Site: MU Softball Field (Millersville, Pa.)
Final Scores: Millersville 10, Goldey-Beacom 2 (6 innings); Millersville 10, Goldey-Beacom 2 (6 innings)
Records: Goldey-Beacom (7-24), Millersville (18-20)
Next GBC Event: Thursday, Apr. 17 at University of the Sciences (DH) | 2:30 p.m. | McNeil Field (Philadelphia, Pa.)
GBC-Millersville Box Scores: Game 1 HTML |
Game 2 HTMLMILLERSVILLE, Pa. - Senior outfielder
Michelle Foster (Overbrook H.S./West Berlin, N.J.) collected three hits, but it was not enough as the Goldey-Beacom College softball team suffered a pair of losses against Millersville University (18-20) in a non-conference doubleheader at the Millersville University Softball Field on Monday afternoon.
The Marauders, who snapped a four-game losing streak, won both games by a 10-2 margin in six innings.
Foster, who extended her hitting streak to five games in a row, posted two hits in the first game while going one-for-three in the second game. She now has 151 career hits and needs just four hits to become the Lightning's all-time hits leader.
In addition, Foster drove in one of the Lightning's two runs in the fifth inning of the first game with a single to right field.
Meanwhile, freshman utility player
Paulynn Mao (Rancho Alamitos H.S./Anaheim, Calif.) added a pair of hits while driving in both runs for the Lightning in the second game. She gave Goldey-Beacom a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the second game with a single to right center field before the Marauders tallied 10 straight runs to secure the victory.
The Lightning will finish their 11-game road trip on Thursday, Apr. 17 when they visit the University of the Sciences for a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader against the Devils at 2:30 p.m.
