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Caleb Fausnaught lived a pitcher’s dream Wednesday in Sunbury. The senior right-hander dominated from start to finish and threw a no-hitter while leading Williamsport to a 5-1 win against Shikellamy in baseball.
Fausnaught struck out seven and threw 58 of his 78 pitches for strikes, winning for the third time this season. In his first start this year, Fausnaught allowed just one hit in five shutout innings at Milton. Fausnaughtás gem gave the offense time to get going and Williamsport (8-3) scored four times in the seventh inning to break a tie. Coen Britton was 2 for 4 and scored twice, while Cole Shuler hit a double and drove in two runs.
Cayden Robertson also hit an RBI double. Adam Aldenderfer and Griffin Vollman both had hits and RBIs, while Kellen Jackson was 1 for 1 with a run.
• Nolah Moyer threw two more perfect innings and also hit two doubles as Muncy softball routed Millville, 17-1 in four innings. Moyer struck out all six batters she faced and has thrown nine perfect innings with 23 strikeouts this week. Alaina Brelsford had a strong game, going 2 for 3 with a double and three RBIs, while Jailyn Baker ripped a triple and drove in four runs. Kailyn Rice hit a two-run double and Bekah Rosario was 1 for 1 with two runs as Muncy (11-1, 8-0) stayed undefeated in the Mid-Penn.
Lizzie Weller hit a first-inning home run but Northwest came storming back and defeated St. John Neumann, 12-1 in five innings. Weller homered for a second straight game, and Brianna Lisi and Sheiana Tutler also had hits.
Addi Muhl and Vallyn Ault both delivered two hits and three RBIs, helping Montgomery defeat CMVT, 18-1 in three innings and win for the fifth time in six games. Falin Reynolds went 2 for 2 with two runs and Montgomery (7-4) scored 14 first-inning runs. Madisyn Miller hit a double and drove in three runs while Ava Hartman threw a one-hitter for the win. Summer Drick went 1 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs.
A seven-run second inning helped Sullivan County cruise past Sugar Valley, 13-2. The Griffins and Phoenix were tied 2-2 after the first inning before Sullivan went ahead 9-2 after two.
The Griffins collected 16 hits as Amber Kelly went 3 for 4 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored and Mariah Hallabuk (2 for 4), Ava Dunham (2 for 4, double, two RBIs) and Kayla Fowler (2 for 3, double) all had multiple hits.
Emilia Viveiros pitched the whole game and earned the win, striking out six and throwing a no-hitter.
• In boys tennis, Jersey Shore defeated Muncy, 3-2. Eli Bower earned a 7-5, 7-5 win against Zach Slamka at No. 1 singles for the Bulldogs and Ryder Fink won at No. 3 singles 6-0, 6-1.
At No. 2 singles, Muncy’s Rowan Revata won against Matt Fravel, 6-4, 6-2.
Central Columbia blanked Montoursville, 5-0. Wyatt Fry lost at No. 2 singles to Matt Getz, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), and James Kehrer lost at No. 1 singles to Luke Hottenstein, 7-5, 6-0.
In doubles action, Montoursville’s duo of Brendon Shaffer and Josh Wentzler came up shy against Adam Long and Elias Hosler, 6-0, 6-1.
The Warriors are now 11-5.
• Despite a pair of second-set leads, the fourth-seeded Lycoming College women's tennis team couldn't make a comeback after falling in all three doubles matches, helping No. 1-seed Stevens Institute of Technology post a 5-0 win in a MAC Freedom Championship semifinal.
The Warriors finish their 2022-23 campaign with an 8-9 record under first-year coach Joel Reid. Three Warriors finished the season with more than 10 singles wins, with sophomore Rei Saar, a Montoursville graduate, leading the team with a 13-5 record, tied for the sixth-most wins in program history. Sophomore Sarah Lanphear and freshman Emma Kelchner each had 11 wins.
Kelchner also posted 11 doubles wins, tied for fourth in program history and Saar's 23 combined wins were tied for sixth in the program record book.
Stevens, which improved to 9-9 with the win, moves on to the MAC Freedom Championship final for the third straight year as it will try to repeat as the conference champion.
Stevens won two of the three doubles bouts, 8-0, with the Warriors' No. 2 pair of junior Hannah Seebold, a Milton graduate, and sophomore Rei Saar, a Montoursville graduate, winning to of 10 games.
• A late afternoon downpour at Bowman Field left the field unplayable in the midst of the first game of a doubleheader between Lycoming College and Elmira College on Wednesday.
The game was called with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning of the first game of the two seven-inning game twinbill, with Elmira College leading, 1-0, and as such, stats from the game are not official because the game did not reach the minimum regulation length of five innings.
Freshman Treyson Green was impressive in his third start of the season, however, striking out nine and allowing just two hits, two walks and a run in four innings.
Bucknell and Saint Joseph's were all even at 7-7 in the sixth inning when Wednesday's non-league game was called due to heavy rain at Smithson Field. It was an official game and will go down as a tie on both teams' records.
Freshman Michael Trommer's first collegiate hit was a two-run double in the first inning, and Sean Keys belted a three-run homer in a four-run second inning to stake the Bison (18-21-1) to an early 6-0 lead.
Four walks led to a four-run rally for Saint Joseph's (16-19-1) in the bottom of the second, and the Hawks took their first lead of the day on Travis Rinker's two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth.
Bucknell tied it in the fifth when Jacob Terwilliger was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, then went first to third on an Anthony Sherwin single and scored on a passed ball.
• Junior Kylie Russell, a Jersey Shore graduate, threw a four-hitter to finish the MAC Freedom season with an unblemished 7-0 mark and sophomore Rachel Daub hit a bases-clearing fifth-inning triple to lead the Lycoming College softball team to a 6-1 second-game win over first-place Misericordia University in MAC Freedom action.
Russell (12-4) retired 10 in a row from the third to the sixth innings, finishing the conference season with a 7-0 mark with a save, striking out 53 and walking six in 49 2/3 innings. Russell struck out eight and walked none in the complete game.
The Warriors finished the game with a 22-12 overall record and a 12-4 mark in the MAC Freedom, a half-game behind Misericordia (22-10 overall, 11-3 MAC Freedom) and a game ahead of King's (20-12 overall, 10-4 MAC Freedom). Misericordia faces DeSales on Thursday and King's faces FDU-Florham on Saturday in their final MAC Freedom doubleheaders with conference championship seeding on the line.
In the fifth inning, Russell led off when she was hit by a pitch before freshman Claire Alexander, a South Williamsport graduate, reached on a bunt single. After a wild pitch, senior Morgan Wetzel, a Central Mountain graduate, walked to load the bases, setting up Daub, who drilled a triple to right center. An error on the next play allowed Daub to score to make it 5-1.
• Senior Joe Corozzo and sophomore Ryan Farrell led the Lycoming College men's lacrosse team with goals in a 17-2 MAC Freedom setback to Misericordia.
Corozzo's goal was his fourth of the season, tying his career high mark. Farrell notched his second of the season, picking up three ground balls and causing a team high three turnovers. Sophomore Jakob Switzer had a team-leading six ground balls, and senior Christian Brown earned the assist on Corozzo's goal.
Corozzo's goal at 9:48 in the fourth quarter put an end to a 14-goal run by the Cougars after senior Brody Balasa gained possession on a ground ball, passing to Brown who threw a long pass to clear the field to Corozzo, making the high shot to the right of the goal.
Taking the faceoff, Farrell snagged the ground ball as he was forced back to his own restraining line before running the ball back into the Cougars' zone, ripping a low shot on goal with 6:45 left in the game.
• Sophomore Katie Maguire led the Lycoming College women's lacrosse team with three goals as Lycoming fell to Misericordia University, 21-9, in MAC Freedom action.
Maguire, the 14th player in program history with 60 goals in a season, notched three goals, an assist, three ground balls, caused a turnover, and won six draw controls. Freshman Riley Block scored twice, picking up a ground ball and won two draw controls and sophomore Kailey Stocker posted two goals and a ground ball. Senior Tess Arnold and junior Rylie Cranmer each scored a goal a piece, with Arnold adding an assist and two draw controls.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Williamsport 5, Shikellamy 1
Williamsport 100 000 4 — 5 7 3
Shikellamy 000 010 0 — 1 0 0
Caleb Fausnaught and Caiden Helmrich. Brayden Lytle, Mark Culp (7), Brody Rebuck (7) and Cohen Boyer. W: Fausnaught (3-1). L: Culp.
Top Williamsport hitters: Coen Britton 2-4, 2 runs; Cole Shuler 1-4, 2B, 2 RBIs, rub; Griffin Vollman 1-3, RBI; Cayden Robertson 1-3, 2B, RBI; Adam Aldenderfer 1-2, RBI; Kellen Jackson 1-1, run.
Records: Williamsport (8-3, 6-2 HAC-I).
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Muncy 17, Millville 1, 4 innings
Millville 000 1 — 1 2 5
Muncy 472 4 — 17 10 0
Difebo and Evans. Nolah Moyer, Izzy Gush (3) and Taylor Shannon. W: Moyer (10-1). L: Difebo.
Top Millville hitters: Charles 1-2, HR, RBI. Top Muncy hitters: Moyer 3-4, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Gush 1-2, RBI, run; Shannon 1-3, RBI, run; Bekah Rosario 1-1, 2R; Kaylyn Rice 1-2, 2B, 2 RBIs; Jailyn Baker 1-2, 3B, 4 RBIs, Alaina Brelsford 2-3, 2B, 3 RBIs.
Records: Muncy (11-1, 8-0 Mid-Penn).
Montgomery 18, CMVT 1
(3 INNINGS)
Montgomery (14)04 — 18 12 1
CMVT 100 — 1 1 6
Ava Hartman and Zoe Furman. Hons, Cram (1), Patnoude (1) and Fisher. W: Hartman. L: Hons.
Top Montgomery hitters: Furman 2-2, 2B, 2 RBIs; Addi Muhl 2-3, 3 RBIs; Vallyn Ault 2-3, 3 RBI, 2 runs; Falin Reynolds 2-2, RBI, 2 runs; Madisyn Miller 1-2, 2B, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Hartman 1-2; Sloan Wooten 1-3, RBI, 3 runs.
Records: Montgomery 7-4, 6-2 Mid-Penn.
Northwest 12, St. John Neumann 1
(5 INNINSG)
Neumann 100 00 — 1 3 2
Northwest 106 5x — 12 9 0
Lizzie Weller, Gigi Parlante (4) and Parlante, Weller (4). Davis and Gunther. W: Davis. L: Weller.
Top Neumann hitters: Weller 1-2, HR, RBI; Brianna Lisi 1-2; Sheiana Tutler 1-2. Top Northwest hitters: Robaczewski 1-2, HR, 3 RBIs; Bowman 2-4, HR, 4 RBIs.
Records: Neumann (6-5).
BOYS TENNIS
Jersey Shore 3, Muncy 2
SINGLES
1. Eli Bower (JS) def. Zach Slamka, 7-5, 7-5; 2. Rowan Revata (M) def. Matt Fravel, 6-4, 6-2; 3. Ryder Fink (JS) def. Michael Howard, 6-0, 6-0.
DOUBLES
1. Dierk Stetts/Luke Springman (JS) def. Eli Harris/Kohen Meyer, 7-6 (6-4), 6-4; 2. Alex Messenger/Eli Slamka (M) def. Jared Palski/Chris Wilson, 6-4, 7-5.
Central Columbia 5, Montoursville 0
SINGLES
1. Luke Hottenstein (CC) def. James Kehrer, 7-5, 6-0; 2. Matt Getz (CC) def. Wyatt Fry, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5); 3. Dominic Valentine (CC) def. Teli Bobotas, 6-0, 6-1.
DOUBLES
1. Adam Long/Elias Hosler (CC) def. Brendon Shaffer/Josh Wentzler, 6-0, 6-1; 2. Luke Saracoglu/Seth Priestman (CC) def. Mason Morrow/Rain Snyder, 6-1, 6-0.
Records: Montoursville (11-5).
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Misericordia 8, Lycoming 7
(GAME ONE)
Lycoming 100 024 0 — 7 10 2
Misericordia 061 100 x — 8 10 2
W: A. McHugh (11-2). L: Eiswerth (5-4). S: J. Millsits (1).
Top Lycoming hitters: Rachel Daub 2-4, 2B, RBI; Kylie Russell 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs, 2 runs. Top Misericordia hitters: B. Dougherty 2-3, 3B, 2 runs; N. Elliott 2-3, RBI, run; K. Redling 2-3, 4 RBIs, run; E. Grifin 2-2, 3B, RBI, run; A. McHugh 2B.
Lycoming 6, Misericordia 1
(GAME TWO)
Lycoming 001 040 1 — 6 9 1
Misericordia 001 000 0 — 1 4 1
W: Russell (12-4). L: Wenner (6-3).
Top Lycoming hitters: C. Alexander 2-3, run; Wetzel 2-3, 2 runs; Daub 2-3, 3B, 4 RBIs, run; M. Rodarmel 2-4, RBI. Top Misericordia hitters: K. Redling 2-3, 2B; B. Burd 2B.
Records: Lycoming (22-12), Misericordia (22-10).
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
RDF Tax 4, Susquehanna Transit 3
Susq. Transit 201 000 0 – 3 4 1
RDF Tax 200 000 2 – 4 5 3
Hayden Kelley, Nolan Pauling (4) and Yingling. Elijah Eck, Cy Heddings (6) and Austin Davidson. W: Heddings (2-0). L: Pauling.
Top Susquehanna Transit hitter: Beveride 1-1; Smeltzer 1-3, RBI; Lehman 1-4, RBI; Nolan Pauling 1-4, RBI, run. Top RDF Tax hitters: Austin Davidson 2-4, 2B, 4 RBI; Cy Heddings 2-4, run; Elijah Eck 1-3, HBP, 2 runs; Jay Houseknecht 2 BB; Sawyer Vogel BB, run