WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Widener University softball team began Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth competition on Sunday afternoon, going up against the Lycoming Warriors and splitting the double-header. The Pride dropped game one 4-2 then bounced back with a 7-1 victory in game two.

Highlights

• Ally McDowell had a three-for-six day at the plate. The freshman scored two runs and drove in one.
• Carli Benozich had three hits, scored three runs, recorded 4 RBI, and hit her first triple of the year.
• Gosselin scored her 20th and 21st runs of the season.
• Sydney Powell threw a four-hit complete game for her fourth win of the year.

How it happened in game one

• McDowell got it started in the first inning, singling then stealing second
• Benozich hit McDowell to third
• Ariel Silva grounded out to short, but brought McDowell home, making it 1-0
• Malia Calciano singled to left on the next at bat, scoring Benozich
• A four-run fifth by Lycoming cemented the final score

How it happened in game two

• Benozich knocked in the Pride's first run with sacrifice fly in the first inning
• Lycoming got the run back in the second
• Marissa Camac smacked a single with two on in the fourth, Benozich scored on the play
• Mikaela Lovell doubled in the fifth and crossed the plate on a McDowell single to center field
• Sydney Powell pitched five scoreless innings
• Four more Widener runs in the seventh provided some insurance en route to the win 

Up next
Widener hosts Immaculata on Tuesday, March 26 for a double-header beginning at 4:00 p.m.