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MAY 4, 2007 KING'S SOFTBALL REACHES FREEDOM CONFERENCE TITLE GAME WITH PAIR OF WINS WILKES-BARRE -- The top-seeded King's College softball team reached the Freedom Conference championship round with a pair of victories on the opening day of tournament action Friday at Wilkes University. King's won its first game with a 4-3 comeback win over fourth-seeded Delaware Valley. The Lady Monarchs (32-6) then fell behind third-seeded FDU-Florham 3-0 in the first inning, but rebounded to win 11-3 in a game halted in the sixth inning. FDU reached the second-round with a 1-0 win over second-seeded Wilkes in the Devils first game of the day. Against Delaware Valley, the Aggies would open up the scoring in the first inning when Bethany Pavlik reached base on a fielder's choice, stole second base, and scored on a single by Kelly Andrews. In the third inning Kim Harle would single and eventually score on a double by Andrews to give the Aggies a 2-0 lead. Nicole Dorney followed with a single up the middle to plate Andrews for a 3-0 advantage. In the bottom of the fourth King's began its comeback when Becky Loring led off with a triple down the right field line. Kelsey Shreaves would then hit a line drive to centerfield that was nearly caught. But Loring failed to advance home when she was unsure if the ball had been caught. Sue Roccia then drove home Loring on a fielder's choice, cutting the Aggie lead to 3-1. In King's half of the fifth, Justine Maggio would smack a leadoff double to left centerfield. A controversial call would follow when Leanne Harvey would single between shortstop and the second base bag. But Maggio made contact with Aggie shortstop Brittany Stockert on the play and was called out for interference, despite the ball clearly heading into the outfield before contact was made. Mari Valonis singled, moving Harvey to second, and Hoerner reached base on a fielder's choice as Harvey was thrown out at third for the second out of the inning. After Loring drew a walk to load the bases, Shreaves drilled a two-run single to right to knot the game at 3-3. After a wild pitch advanced Loring and Shreaves to third and second respectively, pinch hitter Christy Parfitt walked to load the bases. From there, Julie Bidwell would pinch hit for Drimones and drew a bases on balls from relief pitcher Jennifer Bummer to force in a run and give King's a 4-3 lead. In the sixth, Nancy Kauffman would start off the inning for the Aggies with a single, then stole second base. Hoerner would then enter the game to pitch for King's and struck out Stockert for the first out. Maureen Ferguson followed with a bloop single to right field, moving Ferguson to third. Hoerner then struck out Robyn Jackson and induced Kim Harle to fly out to centerfield to end the threat. In the seventh, relief pitcher Lindsey Hoerner struck out leadoff hitter Lacy Miles, but Pavlick would draw a walk. Andrews then popped out to second for the second out of the inning. After a wild pitch moved Pavlik to second base, Hoerner would strike out Nicole Dorney to end the game. Harvey, Loring, and Shreaves led King's with two hits each.  Shreaves (14-2) also picked up the pitching win, allowing seven hits and all three runs with three strikeouts in five innings. Hoerner earned the save, pitching two innings of scoreless relief. Andrews and Kauffman had two hits each for the Aggies while Kirstyn Ruhling (6-6) took the loss, allowing nine hits and four runs while striking out two batters. In the second game against FDU-Florham, King's fell behind in the first inning when Kelly Nover doubled and Christine Heyl hit a two-run home run. Julie Harnett singled and then score on a double by Leah Minnick for a 3-0 Devil lead. King's got on the boar in the third when Abbey Knoblauch singled and Justine Maggio walked. After a base hit by Leanne Harvey loaded the bases, Mari Valonis came through with an RBI single. Lindsey Hoerner would then deliver a two-run single to tie the score at 4-3.  Becky Loring would then follow with a run-scoring single to give King's a 4-3 advantage. The Lady Monarchs added three more runs in the fourth when Knoblauch walked and Maggio reached base on an error. Harvey and Valonis would follow with RBI singles, while Hoerner's infield out drove in a run for a 7-3 Lady Monarch advantage. King's pushed across another run in the fifth when Meghan Galvin singled and later scored on a base hit by Harvey to up the lead to 8-3. In the sixth inning, Julie Bidwell reached second on a two-base FDU error. King's took advantage when Christy Parfitt stroked an RBI single. After a Galvin base hit, Knoblauch would deliver a two-run double to end the game at 11-3 on the eight-run mercy rule. Harvey led King's by going 3-for-4 with three RBI while Knoblauch was 3-for-4 with two RBI. Hoerner was 2-for-4 with three RBI while Valonis finished 2-for-4 with two RBI. Galvin and Loring added a pair of base hits each. Hoerner picked up the win in relief of starter Amanda Rizner who lasted just two-thirds of an inning. Hoerner pitched five and one-third scoreless innings, allowing four hits while striking out four batters. Nover and Hartnett led FDU with two hits each. Hartnett also took the pitching loss, allowing four runs on six hits in two innings of work. King's will now await the survivor of the loser's bracket game in Saturday's 1:00 p.m. championship game.  The Lady Monarchs, who are 2-0 in the tournament, would have to beaten twice in the double-elimination event.   2007 Freedom Conference Tournament Schedule May 4-5 @  Wilkes University Friday, May 4 Game 1 - #1 King's defeated #4 Delaware Valley, 4-3 Game 2 - #3 FDU-Florham defeated #2 Wilkes, 1-0 Game 3 - #1 King's defeated #3 FDU-Florham, 11-3 (6 innings) Saturday, May 5 Game 4 - #2 Wilkes vs. #4 Delaware Valley, 9:00 a.m. Game 5 - Wilkes-DVC winner vs. #3 FDU-Florham, 11:00 am Game 6 - Championship - #1 King's vs. Game 5 winner, 1:00 pm Game 7 - Championship - Same Teams (If necessary), 3:00 pm *Note:  The Freedom Conference Tournament is a double-elimination event. The winner receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III National Tournament

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