The Lancaster Bible College softball team split a doubleheader for the fourth time in its last five twin bills on Friday, as the Chargers dropped game one to Cazenovia, 5-3, but rebounded for a 10-2 victory in game two. Lancaster Bible is now 9-17 overall this season and 3-7 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play, while the Wildcats stand at 7-11 overall and 3-5 in NEAC action.
 
Game 1
Cazenovia 5, Lancaster Bible 3
How it Happened: Cazenovia jumped out to a 2-0 lead through two innings, but Lancaster Bible answered in the third, as Alyssa Groff led off the inning with a single, and then advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Marissa Senn. Martina McCauley singled to move Groff over another bag, and McCauley went to second on a fielder's choice by Zoie Senn, though Senn reached first on the play to load the bases.
 
After an out, Morgan Burkholder reached on an error that scored McCauley, but the Chargers couldn't score any more runs in the inning. The Wildcats scored a run in the fourth, but Lancaster Bible again cut into its deficit in the fifth, as Nicole DeKok singled in Zoie Senn.
 
A two-run single in the fifth put Cazenovia ahead 5-2 after five innings, though Lancaster Bible scored a run in the sixth on an RBI single by Groff that scored Bryanna Hoover. The Chargers went down in order in the seventh, and Wildcats took game one, 5-3.
 
Inside the Box Score: Lancaster Bible had six hits in game, as did the Wildcats…Groff was the only player with multiple hits, as she went 2-for-3…Groff and DeKok each had an RBI…DeKok scattered six hits over six innings, and walked three batters.
 
Game 2
Lancaster Bible 10, Cazenovia 2 (5 innings)
How it Happened: The Wildcats scored in the bottom of the first and held a 1-0 lead until the third when the Chargers got RBI hits from Burkholder and Rheeana Miles and took a 2-1 lead. DeKok and Burkholder each had two-run doubles in the fourth inning to make it 6-1 in favor of the visitors, and a three-run double from Zoie Senn highlighted a four-run fifth inning, and the Chargers had their doubleheader split.
 
Inside the Box Score: The Chargers had eight hits in game two, led by Burkholder's 2-for-4 output with three RBIs…Kendra Brown was 2-for-3 with two runs, while Zoie Senn was 1-for-1 with two walks, three RBIs and two runs…McCauley pitched five strong innings, allowing just five hits and two earned runs, while striking out one.
 
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 1-3 all-time against Cazenovia…The Chargers are 3-4 in true road games this season, and 5-10 in all gamest away from Lancaster, Pa…Zoie Senn has a hit in eight of her past 10 games.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible continues its swing through upstate New York on Saturday with a doubleheader at Morrisville State beginning at 1 p.m.