WILKES-BARRE, PA (April 15, 2019) – King's College takes a break from conference action to travel to Keystone College as they look to start up another string of victories starting with the Giants.

Event Details
Opponent: vs. Keystone College
Date: Monday, April 15, 2019
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: La Plume, PA – Edmunds Field (Directions)
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Last Time Out:  King's College softball split their doubleheader against rival Wilkes University for their fourth conference win of the season. The Monarchs move to 14-13 overall and 4-6 in Middle Atlantic Conference games.
 
It was a slow start for the Monarchs in game one as they wouldn't get on the board until the fifth inning to tally two runs against Wilkes's three. King's tied it up in the seventh after two back to back hits and won on a walk off 5-4. Mindina Lieback, Taylor Norris, Kristi Ann Skok, Gabriella Medina and Kris Kocher all contributed a run to the Monarch win as Lieback, Marisa Mauro and Medina all registered an RBI.
 
Kocher was in the circle as she goes 6-5 on the season allowing ten hits and striking out three batters in 29 at bats.
 
The Monarchs scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth for game two, one each for Yori and Norris. The Colonels took the win with two last minute runs in the seventh and King's wasn't able to push past.
 
Nicole Kirse took the loss and goes 5-7 so far on the season allowing nine hits and four runs in 30 batters faced.

A Look At The Monarchs (14-13, 3-6 MAC Freedom):

• King's remains sixth in the MAC Freedom after their split against Wilkes and are 5-5 in away games this season. 
• The team is third for batting in the conference still improving to a .301 and stays second for yet another week at fielding advancing to a .971.
• King's is also fourth in the MAC Freedom for pitching with a 3.11 earned run average.
• Gabby Leary still tops the team for batting average at .377 and in slugging percentage with a .481.
• Yori has scored 19 runs in the season while Lieback and Norris have 14. Norris also leads the team in hits with 31 and Lieback has the most RBI's at 17.
• Kocher has 54 strikeouts on the season placing her fifth in MAC Freedom pitchers.
• Skok is second in the conference for doubles at 10 which places her first on the team.

A Look At The Giants (12-18, 7-1 CSAC):

• Wilkes comes off two prolific wins against Clarks Summit University as they are fourth overall in the MAC Freedom.
• The Giants are second in the CSAC for batting average with a .333 and fourth for fielding clocking in a .942.
• Shannon Lloyd is first in the conference for Keystone for batting average (.580), hits (47), on base percentage (.667), RBI's (41), home runs (9), total bases (94) and slugging percentage (1.160).
• Alyssa Hughes is fourth in the CSAC for strikeouts with 56 and holds an ERA of 4.23 on six wins, nine losses and one save.
• Lexy Johnson has brought in 30 runs for Keystone and Paige Mokychic 29.
• Mokychic also holds the most stolen bases for the team at 13.
• Mariah Loughney has assisted in the field 54 times and Johnson 48 while Lloyd holds 206 putouts.

Up Next: King's is at Misericordia University Thursday, April 18 at 2:00 p.m. for some conference action in Dallas, PA.