The Lancaster Bible College softball team split a doubleheader with St. Elizabeth on Saturday at Charger Field, as the Chargers won their first North Eastern Athletic Conference game of the season. Lancaster Bible is now 4-12 overall and 1-3 in NEAC play after Saturday's split, while St. Elizabeth is 11-5 overall and 1-1 in conference play.
 
Game 1
Lancaster Bible 2, St. Elizabeth 1
Game Notes:
-St. Elizabeth opened the scoring in the top of the second on an RBI single, and the Eagles held the lead until the bottom of fourth when the Chargers tied the game and took the lead
-In the fourth inning, Nicole DeKok drew a walk, and moved to second on a single from Morgan Burkholder
-Kendra Brown followed with a walk and loaded the bases for Bryanna Hoover who singled towards second base and scored DeKok to make it a 1-1 game
-Rheeana Miles grounded out to score Burkholder and give the Chargers a 2-1 lead, and after DeKok worked out of a jam in the fifth inning, she kept the St. Elizabeth bats quiet in the sixth and seventh to secure the win
 
Inside the Box Score: Each team managed just five hits, as Martina McCauley, Zoie Senn, DeKok, Burkholder and Hoover had hits for the Chargers…DeKok went the distance, as she allowed just five hits and one run, while striking out one.
 
Game 2
St. Elizabeth 5, Lancaster Bible 0
Game Notes:
-The Eagles scored once in the first and then twice more in the third to take a 3-0 lead
-St. Elizabeth tacked on two more runs in the fourth inning, as the Lancaster Bible bats fell silent in game two
-The Chargers had just one hit after the third inning, and finished with three for the game
 
Inside the Box Score: McCauley, Burkholder, and Miles had the hits for the Chargers…Tracy Hatton started for the Chargers and went three innings, allowing three hits and three earned runs…McCauley and DeKok pitched two innings each to close out the game.
 
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 8-11 all-time against St. Elizabeth…DeKok pitched a total of nine innings on Saturday and gave up just five hits, and allowed one run, while striking out two…Lancaster Bible is 2-4 at home this season…The one run allowed in game one is a season-low for the Chargers.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible travels to Takoma Park, Md. on Tuesday to face Washington Adventist in a doubleheader…Game one is slated to begin at 4:30 p.m.