MARCH 29, 2004
BOB ZIADIEKING'S SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH ELIZABETHTOWN
WILKES-BARRE -- Maria Zangardi delivered a one-out run-scoring single in the sixth inning as the King's College softball posted a 6-5 victory over Elizabethtown College as the Lady Monarchs salvaged a doubleheader split Monday at Betzler Fields. Elizabethtown won the first game 10-4
The Blue Jays forged a 5-5 tie with two runs in the top half of the sixth inning. King's (16-4) quickly answer when Kelley Vaxmonsky led off the bottom half of the inning with a double. Linda Manarchuck's infield out would advance Vaxmonsky to third to set up Zangardi's heroics. The Lady Monarch senior standout drilled a line drive to the opposite field to plate Vaxmonsky with the go-ahead run. Umpires would promptly call the game due to darkness.
Vaxmonsky was 2-for-4 and scored two runs in the game while Sarah Genewski was 2-for-3 and drove in three runs. Genewski was also the winning pitcher, allowing five runs, three which were earned and struck out four batters while improving to 8-2.
In the first game, King's pitchers Megan Adams and Nicole Conger combined to allow nine runs over the first four innings of the game as the Lady Monarchs fell behind 9-4 and would never recover. Manarchuck was 3-for-4 while Stacey Preambo went 2-for-3 with a double, triple, and three RBI. Kristin Brady was also 2-for-4 for the Lady Monarchs.
King's will next host Lycoming College in an important Freedom Conference doubleheader Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Betzler Field.
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