Two days after being swept by St. Elizabeth in a doubleheader in Morristown, N.J., the Lancaster Bible softball team hosted the Eagles at Charger Field and was one out away from returning the favor of a sweep, but a late St. Elizabeth rally in game two spoiled the idea and the Chargers settled for a split with the Eagles. Lancaster Bible took game one, 12-9 and dropped game two, 10-8. The Chargers are now 14-17 overall and 5-9 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play, while St. Elizabeth is 13-16 overall and 4-8 in conference action.

Game 1
Lancaster Bible 12, St. Elizabeth 9
How it Happened: St. Elizabeth jumped out to a 6-0 lead after 2 1/2 innings of play as the Eagles scored four times in the top half of the third inning to break the game open. Lancaster Bible quickly turned the momentum however and scored seven runs in the bottom half of the inning to grab a one-run lead. Trailing, 6-3, Julia D'Arrigo stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and hit a bases-clearing triple that tied the game at 6-6. 

The next batter, Zoie Senn, drew a walk and as she reached first base, took a turn like she was heading towards second base. The pitcher turned, after receiving the ball from the catcher, and threw to try and get Senn out. As she did, D'Arrigo took off for home plate and scored to make it 7-6 in favor of Lancaster Bible. Senn was eventually tagged out, but not before D'Arrigo gave the Chargers their first lead of the game.

Lancaster Bible added a run in the fourth on an RBI triple from Ali Morton, but St. Elizabeth scored three unearned runs in the top of the sixth to re-take a one-run lead at 9-8. The Chargers responded once again in their half of the inning as Morton singled home Senn to tie the game and Samantha Denson hit a sacrifice fly that scored Courtney Koser and gave the home team the lead. Morgan Burkholder added some insurance as she hit a two-run single that plated Kelsey Collins and Morton.

Inside the Box Score: Morton finished game one, 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI...Denson was 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored...McKayla Smucker was 1-for-3 with three RBI and D'Arrigo was 1-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored...Both D'Arrigo and Morton had a triple and they both share the team-lead this season with six triples...Collins earned her seventh win of the season as she went the distance and scattered 10 hits, while allowing just three earned runs...Collins struck out seven and walked just one.

Game 2
St. Elizabeth 10, Lancaster Bible 8
How it Happened: The Eagles took a 1-0 lead just two batters into the game as Rachael Romer doubled home Heather Passaro who led the game off with a single. The Chargers answered back with two runs in the bottom half of the first as Denson hit another sacrifice fly and Morton doubled home Senn.

Lancaster Bible scored four more times in the second inning highlighted by D'Arrigo's two-run double. Denson added yet another sacrifice fly, while Burkholder also had an RBI single. The Eagles scored three times in the third inning to make it a 6-4 game, but Lancaster Bible increased its lead back to four runs at 8-4 in the bottom of the third after Senn's single led to two runs as D'Arrigo and Ashli Schmidt scored.

Lancaster Bible maintained its four-run lead into the seventh inning and the Chargers got the first two outs of the inning with relative ease, but St. Elizabeth put the next three batters aboard thanks to an error and back-to-back singles. With the bases loaded, Danesha Triplett hit a three-run double that cleared the bases and trimmed Lancaster Bible's lead to one at 8-7. An intentional walk, followed by a walk, loaded the bases for Sharolin Sanders. Sanders, in just her second at-bat of the game, singled into center field and drove in two runs to give St. Elizabeth the lead. The ball got away from the Chargers in the outfield and another run scored to make it 10-8. 

The Chargers went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh and lost to the Eagles for the third time in four tries in 2016.

Inside the Box Score: D'Arrigo finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI...Koser was 2-for-5 with a run scored...Schmidt finished 2-for-3 with a run scored, while Denson was 1-for-2 with two RBI...D'Arrigo took the loss and dropped to 6-9 this season...She struck out six and just one of the 10 runs scored by St. Elizabeth was earned.

Extra Bases: Lancaster Bible is now 5-6 all-time against St. Elizabeth...Wednesday marked the final two home games for the Chargers at Charger Field...Lancaster Bible will be the home team next Thursday when the Chargers face Elizabethtown at Garrett Park in Willow Street, Pa. 

Up Next: Lancaster Bible travels to Reading, Pa. on Saturday to face NEAC South Division leaders Penn St. Berks...First pitch of game one is scheduled for 1 p.m.