Lady Lions Dominate in Doubles Game

Monaca, PA – Penn State lady Lions competed in a doubles match against Penn Highlands Black Bears this Sunday, March 23^rd. Both games would see the Lady Lions defeat the Bears in an epic showdown. Game 1 would start with Third-year Selene Arteaga (Simi valley. CA) making the first score at the end of the 1^st inning, followed by Fourth-year Mackenzie Boyd (Beaver, PA) and First-year Emilee Waggoner (Conway, PA). Fourth-year Maria Matts (Pittsburgh, PA) would also score, giving Beaver a 5-0 lead on Penn Highland all within the 1^st inning. Highlands Blackbears would attempt to respond to Beaver at the top of the 3^rd inning. The game ended at the bottom inning 5 with Third-year Selene Arteaga (Simi valley. CA) making a home run with Second-year Cassidy Crean (Wrightsville, PA) and Allison Delong () bring the final to 10-1. Game 2 would see Beaver pull all the stops once again with Third-year Selene Arteaga (Simi valley. CA) and Fourth-year Mackenzie Boyd (Beaver, PA) scoring during the 1^st inning. Third inning would see Second-year Kiersten Mays (Sterling, IL) make an impressive homerun and score giving Beaver a 3-0 lead. Penn Highlands would once again attempt to return fire at the top of the 4^th inning. Beaver would continue to rack points on top of Penn Highlands until the bottom of the 5^th inning when Third-year Selene Arteaga (Simi valley. CA) and Second-year Cassidy Crean (Wrightsville, PA) would score giving Beaver a final of 9-1.

Game 1: Fourth-year Mackenzie Boyd (Beaver, PA) would lead Beaver in this first game. At base 2 times and hitting those 2. Mackenzie would make 2 runs and 1 walk on the field. First-year Emilee Waggoner (Conway, PA) would follow, being at base 2 times and hitting on 1. Emilee would make 1 run. Second-year Cassidy Crean (Wrightsville, PA) would also be at base twice, hitting once. Cassidy would make 1 run and 1 walk. At pitch, Second-year Kiersten Mays (Sterling, IL) would see 4 strikeouts, 1 run, and 1 earned run.

Game 2: Game 2 would be led by Beavers Second-year Kiersten Mays (Sterling, IL). During 4 times at base, she would hit 3 times. During her time on the field, she would run once. Following Kiersten, Fourth-year Mackenzie Boyd (Beaver, PA), being at base 3 times and hitting 2. Mackenzie would run twice and walk once on the field. Third-year Selene Arteaga (Simi valley. CA) would thirdly lead the Lady Lions, being at base once and hitting once. Selene would run and walk 3 times. At pitch, Fourth-year Gabbey Flynt (Fayetteville, TN) would strike out 4 players. Gabbey would see 1 run and 1 earned run.

The Lady Lions are now 4-8 on the season. They will hit the field again on March 29^th at 1:00pm when they take on La Roche University at home. Make sure to catch the action live on the Rise and Roar Network or come out and support the Lady Lions all season long.