The Lancaster Bible College softball team nearly pulled off a split of a doubleheader on Saturday in Williamsport, Pa., but Penn College's offense proved to be too much, and the Chargers were swept for the second straight day. The 11-2 and 5-4 losses send the Chargers to 2-4 overall and in conference play this season, while the Wildcats improved to 7-1 overall and 7-1 in conference action.
 
Game 1
Penn College 11, Lancaster Bible 2 (5 innings)
How it Happened: Things began well for the Chargers in game one, as freshman Phoebe Clemens hit her first home run of the season to give the Chargers a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Penn College answered with three runs of its own in the bottom half of the inning, and scored again in the second to make it 4-1 after two innings.
 
Lancaster Bible senior Nicole DeKok singled home Clemens in the third to cut the Chargers' deficit to 4-2, but Penn College blew the game open in the fourth inning with seven runs, and the Chargers couldn't score in the top of the fifth, and lost 11-2.
 
Inside the Box Score: Clemens finished 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI, while DeKok had the team's other two hits, and drove in a run…After Penn College got to Nicole DeKok in the fourth inning, her sister Amanda DeKok made her first collegiate appearance, and recorded the last two outs of the fourth.
 
Game 2
Penn College 5, Lancaster Bible 4
How it Happened: Lancaster Bible scored first again in game two, as Kendra Brown drove home Alyssa Paulson with an RBI single in the first, and Sonja Nelson reached on an error later in the inning that scored Nicole DeKok.
 
Penn College answered back immediately with two runs in the bottom of the first, and then took a 4-2 lead in the third inning. The score remained 4-2 in favor of the home team until the seventh, when the Chargers scored in their final at-bat. Bryanna Hoover singled home Hannah Lieb, and Clemens connected for an RBI single a batter later to tie the game at 4-4.
 
The Wildcats responded again, and after a single and wild pitch, Penn College's Olivia Hemstock hit an RBI single to win the game, 5-4.
 
Inside the Box Score: Seven different Chargers had one hit during game two, including Hoover and Clemens were both 1-for-4 with an RBI…Adalyn Steiner, Nelson, Brown, Lieb, and DeKok also had hits for the Chargers…Paulson scored two runs and drew a walk…Nicole DeKok went the distance for the Chargers in game two, as she scattered seven hits and gave up just two earned runs.
 
News & Notes: Lancaster Bible is 0-4 all-time against Penn College…The only other meetings between the teams took place on April 23, 2019, when the Wildcats won, 4-0 and 10-2…Through six games, DeKok is batting .524 with 11 hits and seven RBI…Clemens is hitting .476 through six games with 10 hits and nine runs scored.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible is scheduled to face Penn St. Abington on Wednesday in Abington, Pa…Game one's first pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.