The Lancaster Bible College softball team traveled down to the warmth of the South in Myrtle Beach, S.C. to play in the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic this week. The Chargers will play eight games over just four days as they open their 2023 campaign. The Chargers dropped their first two games of the week on Sunday, March 5^th in a tightly contested battle against Ursinus, 4-5, and then to Sweet Briar, 4-10. The Chargers fall to 0-2 overall to start the season.
 
Chargers Fall in a Close One against Ursinus, 4-5
 
The Chargers put the first run on the board in the top of the first as junior Phoebe Clemens hit a hard grounder to the short-stop to send graduate student Hannah Lieb home. Ursinus responded with a run of their own tying it at 1-1 in the bottom of the first inning. In the following inning, Alyssa Paulson, who had a great first game with two hits and two RBIs, singled and after several miscues, Chloe King scored. Paulson would again single in the fourth inning, sending Steiner home to make it a 3-1 Charger lead. Ursinus scored four more unanswered runs through the fifth inning to take the lead 5-3. Looking for a rally in the sixth inning, senior Adalyn Steiner flew out to right field, sending Clemens to home and brining the deficit within one run, but Ursinus stopped the run there.
 
By the Numbers:

• Alyssa Paulson went 2-3 including two hits and two RBIs.
• Phoebe Clemens and Adalyn Steiner both had one hit and one RBI.
• Chloe King and Hannah Lieb both added a hit of their own.
• Junior Alyssa Hamilton was on the mound allowing only eight hits and striking out three batters.

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Chargers Lose to Sweet Briar, 4-10
 
The Vixens took the lead early, sending a home run in the top of the first, but the Chargers responded, handedly scoring four runs over the first and second inning. The Chargers scored three runs alone in the bottom of the first, and then Alyssa Hamilton sent a ball to center to send Sarah Davies home to make it a 4-1 Charger lead going into the third. Keeping the lead through the first four innings, the Vixens hit their stride, scoring three runs in the fifth inning, one run in the sixth, and four more runs in the seventh to give them a 10-4 win.
 
By the Numbers:

• Hannah Lieb had two hits, including a double, and one run for the day
• Sarah Davies had a triple and a run.
• Hamilton and Clemens added a hit each.
• Chloe King and Paulson had an RBI each.
• Chloe King pitched on the mound for the Chargers.

Up Next: The Chargers played Dean and Hilbert yesterday, March 6 against Dean and Hilbert and play today, March 7 against Widener and Gwynedd Mercy at 5 and 7 p.m.