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KING'S SOFTBALL SWEEPS MANHATTANVILLE TO CLINCH FREEDOM CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT BERTHWILKES-BARRE, PA --- In a rematch of the 2014 Freedom Conference Championship game the King's College softball team swept visiting Manhattanville College on Sunday afternoon at the Betzler Athletic Complex. The Monarchs won both games by identical 9-1 scores in five innings.
With the wins King's clinched its 16
th consecutive Freedom Conference Tournament berth. The Lady Monarchs improved their record to 12-11 overall and 8-4 in league play. Manhattanville falls to 11-17 overall and 3-9 in the conference.
In game one King's took a 2-0 lead when
Alizabeth Ellsworth and Rachel DeTore drew back-to-back walks with the bases loaded. The Monarchs extended that lead in the second inning when
Samantha Bloom singled to centerfield to score
Brianna DiMaggio. Bloom then stole second and Helena Supsic was able to score before the throw to second could get back to the catcher.
Bloom struck again in the third inning with a two RBI triple down the right field line to score Supsic and DiMaggio.
Amy Kowalczyk singled through the right side to score Bloom and give King's a 7-0 advantage. Manhattanville was able to get on the board in the fourth when Alexis Ventarola tripled and then Brittany Deieso hit a sacrifice fly to score the run.
King's scored their final two runs in the fifth when Supsic walked and Kowalczyk tripled to right field to score Suspic.
Debra Renner then hit a grounder that bounced over the shortstop's head and into left field to score Kowalczyk and end the game.
Allison Herbert allowed just three hits and had three strikeouts to get the win in the pitching circle.
In game two the Valiants were able to get a run across in the first inning but King's responded with four runs of their own in the bottom half. With the bases loaded
Nicole Turner hit a two RBI single down the left field line and then DeTore tripled to the gap in right center to give King's a 4-1 lead. Bloom gave the Monarchs another run when she hit a double in the second inning to score Supsic. Bloom was thrown out at third trying to stretch her double into a triple.
The Monarchs would get three more runs in the fourth innings when Renner hit a two RBI single to centerfield and then
Nicole Turner scored on a wild pitch. In the fifth inning King's picked up the game-ending run when Supsic scored on a wild pitch with the bases loaded and two outs.
Rachel Linso got the win in the pitching circle allowing six hits and striking out one.
Samantha Bloom had four hits, two runs, and four RBIs while
Amy Kowalczyk was a perfect 3-for-3 on the day with four runs, and two RBIs.
Helana Supsic scored three runs in each game.
King's will next be in action on Tuesday when they travel to La Plume, PA to face Keystone College at 3:00 p.m.
