MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Emory & Henry College Softball Team (4-4) split its pair of game Wednesday at the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Break Tournament at the Pepper Geddings Recreational Center. The Wasps fell to the Nitanny Lions of Penn State-Berks, 7-3, in the first game and bounced back to defeat the Green Mountain College Eagles, 10-0, in five innings.

Game One – Penn State-Berks 7, Emory & Henry 3
The Nittany Lions and Wasps played tight through the first six innings to a 4-3 score. In the top of the seventh, Penn State-Berks got three runs to seal the victory.

Senior catcher Ashley Ebersole (Maurertown, Va.) went three-for-three with two RBI, a double and a run scored while sophomore shortstop Bethany Anderson (Dublin, Va.) was two-of-three with a pair of runs and a stolen base.

Sophomore pitcher Brandy Bryant (Salem, Va.) took the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits across four innings of work. She struck out four while walking three. Sophomore Katie Grimm (Staunton, Va.) struck out five in three innings of relief.

Game Two – Emory & Henry 10, Green Mountain 0 (five innings)
E&H got its second run-rule victory of the week and its second shutout in as many days as the Wasps defeated the Eagles of Green Mountain, 10-0 in five innings.

Ebersole hit two home runs and had three RBI as she scored three times. Freshman first baseman Taylor Doss (Damascus, Va.) and senior left fielder Sylvia Robbins (Smithfield, Va.) each had doubles while freshman third baseman Hannah Bays (Abingdon, Va.) scored two runs and drove in another.

Grimm earned the win as she allowed just one hit in three innings of work. Bryant struck out two in two innings of relief.

The Wasps will complete their slate of games Thursday morning when they have matchups against Tennessee Wesleyan College (9:30 a.m.) and Penn State-Fayette (11:30 a.m.), who they beat, 15-1, on Monday.

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