The Lancaster Bible softball team kicked off its 2015 campaign with a split of its first two games of the season as the Chargers defeated St. Lawrence, 4-3 in the morning and lost to Southern Maine, 16-2 in the afternoon. This is the first time since the 1993 season that Lancaster Bible has won its opening game of the season. The win breaks a streak of eight straight seasons as the Chargers did not have a softball program from 2002-13.

Below is a recap of each contest from Monday.

Lancaster Bible 4, St. Lawrence 3

After losing to St. Lawrence by scores of 10-2 and 11-5 last season, the Chargers overcame a 3-0 deficit on Monday morning to defeat St. Lawrence, 4-3. Sophomore Kelsey Collins picked right up where she left off last year as she pitched a complete game and overcame a rocky start to strike out six and earn her first win of the season. Collins allowed five hits and three runs in the top of the first inning, but gave up just three hits the rest of the way and gave the Lancaster Bible offense time to wake up and wake up they did as the Chargers scored four runs in the top of the sixth to pull ahead for good.

In the sixth, Kellie Wallace and Ali Morton singled to lead off the inning. After a strike out and fielder's choice, the Chargers had runners on first and third when Courtney Koser doubled in Wallace from third and moved Julia D'Arrigo from first to third. Kelsey Collins walked to load the bases for freshman Emily Coffman. In her first collegiate softball game, Coffman came up big as she singled and then advanced to third on an error by the right fielder. All three runs scored and the Chargers took a 4-3 lead. 

St. Lawrence put the tying run on base in the seventh on a bunt single, but Collins shut the door as she struck out the final St. Lawrence hitter to preserve the win.

Lancaster Bible managed just four hits, with three of the four coming in the sixth inning. Coffman finished 2-for-3 with three runs batted in, while Koser was 1-for-2 with an RBI and run scored.

Southern Maine 16, Lancaster Bible 2

Southern Maine pounded out 19 hits and scored eight runs in the top of the seventh to blow the game wide open. The Chargers were led by D'Arrigo who went 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Morton, Koser, Richelle Kane and Kristen Hartline also had hits for Lancaster Bible. 

Lancaster Bible is back in action on Tuesday when they face Clarkson at 9 a.m. and Scranton at 11 a.m.