MYRTLE BEACH, SC – The Wilkes University softball team concluded its spring break trip going 2-1 on its final day. The Colonels began the day with an 8-3 setback against Bay Path University before resuming a game against Saint Elizabeth University that was halted in the fourth inning winning 8-3. Wilkes finished off the day with a 14-1 five-inning victory over Valley Forge University in the afternoon.
 
The Colonels finished their 2025 spring break trip with a 4-3 overall record.
 
Bay Path surged out to a 6-0 lead after four innings before adding two more runs in the top of the seventh. Wilkes tried for a late comeback with three runs in the seventh, but Bay Path held strong for the five-run victory.
 
Mia Butka (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) added an RBI single in the Colonels last at-bats and Olivia Dougher (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) reached on an error to score two of the other runs in the frame.
 
Bella Peters (Lancaster, PA/Penn Manor) received the loss in the circle going 2.1 innings allowing five hits and three earned runs.
 
In the win against Saint Elizabeth, Wilkes led 4-2 before rain halted the game in the fourth inning. Butka connected on an RBI single that scored two runs tying the game at two in the third followed by a Saint Elizabeth throwing error that scored one more in the frame to give the Colonels a 3-2 lead. A passed ball with the bases loaded scored the final run of the inning before the rains came.
 
Hana Cross (Kendall Park, NJ/South Brunswick) tripled home a run and Dougher reached on an error by the shortstop scoring another unearned run followed by another Saint Elizabeth error that finished off the Colonels eight tallies.
 
Lauren DeMarco (Merrick, NY/Sanford H. Calhoun) recorded the win in the circle going all seven innings allowing just one earned run on nine hits with a season-best 12 strikeouts.
 
Wilkes pumped out 10 hits in five innings on way to the 14-1 win against Valley Forge. The Colonels scored nine runs in the first with three coming on wild pitches. Talia Piragas (Old Forge, PA/Old Forge) drilled an RBI double to left field before Victoria Butler (Mountain Top, PA/Crestwood) hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-0. Evan Sherrick's (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) RBI ground out and Cross's RBI single made it 8-0. Hannah Boyd (Escalon, CA/Escalon) finished off the inning with an RBI double as Wilkes ran out to the big lead early.
 
Maddy Maloney (Scranton, PA/West Scranton), Butler and Dana Messner (Oley, PA/Oley Valley) connected on RBI singles in the second as the advantage grew to 13-0 after two innings of play. After Valley Forge scored one run in the third, Kayla Burleson (West Chester, PA/B. Reed Henderson) knocked in an RBI single to cap off the 13-run win in the fourth.
 
Alexa Stahl (Montoursville, PA/Montoursville Area) picked up the win starting and going three innings allowing one run while striking out seven.
 
The Colonels return to action Wednesday, March 19 with a road non-conference doubleheader at Immaculata University starting at 2:30 p.m.