GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Thiel College softball team lost a pair of Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) games Sunday to the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.
Waynesburg won the first game 7-0 and the second game 11-4.
Waynesburg's Sydney Wilson threw a three-hitter with seven strikeouts in the first game.
Kylie Heid (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley),
Dani Ficeti (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) and
Kayla Roddy (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) each recorded a single in Game 1.
Roddy struck out six batters in seven innings for the Tomcats.
The Tomcats led 1-0 in the first inning of Game 2 after
Julianna Sloan (Kingsville, Ohio/Edgewood) hit an RBI single down the left field line.
Waynesburg tied up the game in the second inning, but Thiel took a 2-1 lead in the third after
Kylee Yothers (Indian Head, Pa./Connellsville Area) hit an RBI single to center field. Thiel extended its lead to 4-1 in the fourth inning when Sloan hit a 2-RBI double to left center field.
Waynesburg scored 10 runs over the fifth and sixth innings without allowing Thiel to score another run to secure the conference sweep.
Sloan went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two doubles in the second game.
Wilson earned the win in Game 2 in 3 2/3 innings of relief work.
Lauren Bonner (Hermitage, Pa./Reynolds) allowed six earned runs on nine hits in six innings.
The Tomcats are scheduled to play the Penn State Fayette Nittany Lions on the road Wednesday. The first game of the non-conference doubleheader will begin at 3 p.m.