The Lancaster Bible softball team welcomed Valley Forge to campus on Friday, April 3^rd. Maddison Atkins and Ava Stern would dominate the mound as the duo would strike out 19 batters combined, as the Chargers would take both games. With the performance, the Chargers improve to 13-6 on the year and 6-0 in conference as the Patriots drop to 4-11 on the year and 1-3 in conference.

Game One: 16-0 (5 inn.) WIN
A three-strikeout top of the first by Maddison Atkins would get things rolling for the Chargers in game one. In the bottom of the first, a walk and two hit by pitches loaded the bases for Carleigh Cleland, who hit a sacrifice fly ball to score the first run of the game. An errant throw by the catcher would allow Rebekah Hoover to add the second run of the game. Atkins added two more strikeouts to her total in the top of the second keeping the Patriots hitless. The Chargers would add two more runs as a couple of walks followed by an error would score Ila Rowatti; a double steal by Ava Stern and Grace Goodman would score the second run. Atkins continued her dominance in the top of the third with three more strikeouts. Five runs in the bottom of the third along with a scoreless top of the fourth would extend the Chargers lead to 9-0. The bats continued to stay hot for the Chargers as an Ila Rowatti double would score two. Grace Goodman would add a RBI single of her own, along with Kendall Jackman who doubled and scored Goodman. Amelia Huey would single scoring one and Rebekah Hoover would triple scoring Huey bringing the inning total to seven runs. Atkins would add one more strikeout to her performance as the Chargers took game one 16-0 in five innings.

By the Numbers:

• The Chargers scored sixteen runs on nine hits with one error
• The Patriots scored zero runs on two hits with six errors
• Maddison Atkins improved to 8-2 including a season high nine strikeouts
• Grace Goodman went 2-2 with 2 RBIs
• Kendall Jackman, Ava Stern, Amelia Huey, and Ila Rowatti would all add 2 RBIs of their own

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Game Two: 11-0 (5 inn.) WIN
Momentum continued into game two on the day as the Patriots would go three up, three down in the top of the first. Kendall Jackman would hit a leadoff triple and would eventually score on a Rebekah Hoover ground out. The Chargers would add three more in the bottom of the first, with the final two coming from a KariAnn Mecke two run home run. After giving up a double to start the inning, Ava Stern would strike out the next three batters to end the top of the second. Jackman would continue the scoring for Lancaster Bible with a double that scored two, followed by an Ava Stern triple which scored her. Rebekah Hoover would score off a Stern off an infield ground out. Stern added two more strikeouts at the top of the third inning as she continued to hold the Patriots scoreless. An Atkins triple would score two more as the lead pushed to 10-0. Stern closed out the last two innings facing six batters and striking out four of them, while the Chargers added one final run to win 11-0.

By the Numbers:

• The Chargers scored eleven runs on ten hits with zero errors
• The Patriots scored zero runs on one hit with two errors
• Ava Stern improved to 5-4 including a season high 10 strikeouts
• Kendall Jackman would go 3-3 with a single, double, and triple, including two RBIs
• Rebekah Hoover, Maddison Atkins, and KariAnn Mecke would all add two RBIs

Up Next:
The Chargers head to Stevenson for a non-conference break as they take on the Mustangs in a double header on Thursday, April 9^th.