The Lancaster Bible College softball team opened North Eastern Athletic Conference play with two losses on Friday, as the Chargers lost to Penn St. Abington, 10-4 and 11-3 at Charger Field. The Chargers are now 3-11 overall and 0-2 in conference play, while the Nittany Lions improved to 5-10 overall and 2-0 in NEAC action.
 
Penn St. Abington 10, Lancaster Bible 4 – Game 1
Game Notes:
-Penn St. Abington got on the board in the top of the first with two runs, but the Chargers answered back in the bottom of the inning, as Martina McCauley doubled, and then eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Nicole DeKok.
-The Nittany Lions tacked on four more runs in the second inning, and scored again in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead
-Marissa Senn hit a two-run single in the fourth that scored Rheeana Miles and Kendra Brown to cut the Chargers' deficit to four at 7-3, but Penn St. Abington scored two runs in the sixth to restore its six-run lead, and eventually won, 10-4
 
Inside the Box Score: McCauley finished 2-for-3 with two runs and a walk, as she had two of the four Lancaster Bible hits…DeKok was 1-for-3 with two runs batted in, while Marissa Senn was also 1-for-3 with two RBI…Zoie Senn was 0-for-1, but drew two walks.
 
Penn St. Abington 11, Lancaster Bible 3 – Game 2
Game Notes:
-After two scoreless innings, Penn St. Abington scored a run in the third and fourth innings to grab a 2-0 lead
-Zoie Senn scored on an error in the bottom half of the fourth inning to make it a 2-1 game, but the Nittany Lions tacked on two more runs in the fifth to take a 4-1 lead
-The Chargers came right back in their half of the fifth, as a McCauley groundout scored Bryanna Hoover, and DeKok singled home Marissa Senn later in the inning to bring the Chargers to within one run, 4-3
-Penn St. Abington scored an insurance run in the sixth, and then blew the game open in the seventh with six runs
 
Inside the Box Score: DeKok finished 2-for-3 with an RBI, while McCauley was 1-for-4 with an RBI…Zoie Senn and Marissa Senn also had hits for the Chargers…Tracy Hatton pitched game two for the Chargers, and struck out two batters.
 
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 5-15 all-time against Penn St. Abington…The Chargers are 1-3 at home this season…Lancaster Bible is batting .242 as a team this season, as DeKok is leading the Chargers with a .419 average and 18 hits.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible is right back in action on Saturday, as the Chargers host St. Elizabeth at 1 p.m.