(Game 1) / (Game 2)

4/26/08 -- Widener gained a share of the Commonwealth Conference regular-season title with a doubleheader sweep, 7-4 and 4-0, over Messiah.

Widener (30-10, 9-1 CC) in game one scored four times in the fourth inning for a 6-2 lead. Trina Menta (Broomall, PA) had an RBI groundout and fellow junior Krista Cesarine (Ridley Park, PA) lined a two-run single.

Lansdowne, PA senior Mallory Meyer (12-6) yielded four runs and seven hits over seven innings with three strikeouts. Cesarine ended with three RBI and Menta had two.

Megan Rice (2-4) allowed six runs – three earned – and seven hits over 3 2/3 innings for the Falcons (21-19, 4-6). Lana Trotter and Abby Bergakker each homered.

The Pride in game two got an RBI single from sophomore Steph Connolly (Aston, PA) and a two-run double from sophomore Kim Dougherty (Belle Mead, NJ) in the fourth for a 3-0 lead. Cesarine drove home a run in the fifth for the final.

Dougherty (11-2) again was at her best, notching her eighth straight win by yielding just six hits over seven scoreless innings. It was her first shutout of the season.

Meyer had one hit in game one and two in game two, raising her hitting streak to eight games.

Jessica Climenhaga (8-6) surrendered four runs and six hits over six innings for Messiah. Bergakker went 3-for-3 in game two, closing 5-for-6 in the doubleheader.

Widener finished tied with Lebanon Valley atop the standings, but will be the No. 2 seed for next week's conference tournament by virtue of a tiebreaker.

The Pride are in action Friday at 1:00 pm against third-seeded Elizabethtown, after Lebanon Valley plays No. 4 seed Messiah at 11:00 am. The double-elimination tournament takes place on the campus of Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA.