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Steve Finkernagel
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Winner Manhattanville MVILLE 7-8, 1-2 Freedom
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Wilkes WUSB 5-12, 1-4 Freedom
Winner
Manhattanville MVILLE
7-8, 1-2 Freedom
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Final
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Wilkes WUSB
5-12, 1-4 Freedom
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Manhattanville MVILLE 1 2 0 0 6 0 0 9 11 3
Wilkes WUSB 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 9 0

W: Alicia Marino (6-2) L: Cumbo, Nicole (0-6)

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Manhattanville MVILLE 7-9
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Winner Wilkes WUSB 6-12
Manhattanville MVILLE
7-9
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Final
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Wilkes WUSB
6-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Manhattanville MVILLE 0 0 5 2 1 2 1 11 19 2
Wilkes WUSB 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 12 11 1

W: Gambino, Christina (2-1) L: Rosaria Callara (0-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Late Rally in Game Two Allows Wilkes Softball to Split with Manhattanville

Late Rally in Game Two Allows Wilkes Softball to Split with Manhattanville
 
EDWARDSVILLE – Mandy Seccia completed a Wilkes University comeback in game two with an RBI single plating the game-winning run in a 12-11 victory as the Lady Colonels salvaged a split with visiting Manhattanville College dropping game one 9-7 Saturday afternoon at the Ralston Athletic Complex.
 
Wilkes moves to 6-12 overall and 2-4 in league play following the conference split.
 
Game two was a thriller with each team trading leads throughout. Wilkes took an early 2-0 lead after two thanks to Alex Hoops (Mountaintop, PA/Crestwood)' first home run of the year, a two-run shot to left field.
 
Manhattanville answered in the third inning tying and taking the lead scoring five runs. A two-run home run in the fourth and RBI double in the fifth extended the Valiants advantage to 8-4.
 
Wilkes answered back in the bottom of the fifth tying the game at 8-8 using two bases-loaded walks and an RBI groundout from Sarah Birchmeier (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East). Seccia gave the Lady Colonels the lead back with a two-run single to left field to end the rally.
 
Manhattanville again came back to tie the game and take the lead at 10-9 in the sixth with two RBI hits. Another insurance run in the top of the seventh setup the final at-bat for Wilkes down 11-9.
 
In the seventh, Christina Gambino (Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge) singled up the middle cutting the lead to 11-10 scoring Liz Lisecki and one batter later both Wilkes runners advanced on a wild pitching plating the tying run. From there, Seccia knocked home the game-winning tally with an RBI hit through the left side as Wilkes escaped with the one-run conference victory.
 
Gambino picked up the win in the circle pitching the final two and one-third innings.
 
Seccia finished 4-for-5 with three RBI's in game two.
 
Wilkes stormed out to a 3-0 lead in game one only to see Manhattanville battle back to tie the game in the second inning and score six runs in the fifth holding on for the 9-7 win.
 
Lacey Bixler (Williamstown, PA/Williams Valley)  posted an RBI double while Ally Paskas (Rutherford, NJ/Rutherford) added a sacrifice fly in the first. Brooke Limeberry (Easton, PA/Easton) and Emily McGarth each added RBI hits later in the game for Wilkes.
 
Nicole Cumbo (Wyoming, PA/Wyoming Area) suffered the loss in the circle in game one for Wilkes pitching four and two-thirds innings allowing all nine runs on nine hits.
 
Wilkes next hosts Keystone College Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. at the Ralston Athletic Complex.
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