NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Thiel College softball team went 1-1 Monday during play in the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic.
 
Thiel began the day with a 6-4 win over the King's Monarchs in eight innings. Tied up 2-2 after seven innings, the Tomcats plated four runs in the top of the eighth to earn their first win of the season.
 
Dani Ficeti (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) drove in Thiel's first run in eighth on a sacrifice fly to right field. Julianna Sloan (Kingsville, Ohio/Edgewood) scored the second run on a wild pitch. The third and fourth runs were scored on a bunt by Makenna Oswalt (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop).
 
Sloan drove in Thiel's first run of the game on a single through the left side in the third inning, but King's tied up the game in the bottom of the third.
 
Ficeti gave the Tomcats a 2-1 lead in the sixth on a solo home run over the left field fence, but the Monarchs scored a run in the bottom of the inning to force another tie.
 
Kylee Yothers (Indian Head, Pa./Connellsville Area) went 3-for-3 at the plate with a double, a run scored and one RBI. Ficeti hit a solo homer and tallied two RBIs. Sloan went 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and one RBI.
 
Kayla Roddy (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) earned the win. She allowed three earned runs on nine hits in eight innings. Roddy struck out four batters and allowed two walks.
 
Thiel fell to the Widener Pride in the second game Monday, 14-5.
 
Ficeti led the Tomcats at the plate with three RBIs and a double. Mila Brdar (White Oak, Pa./McKeesport) drove in two runs on a pair of singles.
 
The Tomcats will resume play in the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic on Wednesday. Thiel will play Eastern Nazarene at 3 p.m. and DeSales at 5 p.m.