The softball team went 3-1 over the weekend as the battle for 1^st place in the West division continues. On Friday night, the Lancers split with the Brock Badgers as they celebrated their graduating players. On Saturday afternoon, the blue & gold swept the Waterloo Warriors.
 
Friday – Game 1
In the first game of the doubleheader under the lights on Friday night, Brock came out of the gates ready to play and scored a run in the top of the 2^nd inning. The Lancers responded with 2 runs of their own in the bottom of the inning on singles from Breanna Lee, Lauren Hickey, Cylee Hickey, and a double from Aubrey Johnson to take the lead. A pitcher's duel ensued in which neither team could cash another run until the top of the 7^th inning when the Badgers took advantage of a couple errors to take the lead heading into the bottom of the final inning. The Lancers could not regain the lead and dropped the game 3-2.
Allison Dufour was on the mound for the Lancers and gave up 0 earned runs and only 5 hits over 7 innings of work.
Between games, the Lancers honoured Dufour and Aubrey Johnson as their graduating seniors' Dufour graduates with a degree in psychology and Johnson with a degree in developmental psychology.
 
Friday – Game 2
The Lancers were looking for redemption in the second game of the doubleheader as the wind and cold temperatures wreaked havoc on both teams. Emma Hanley and McKay Colombe singles as well as a walk drawn by Soleen DePape allowed the blue & gold to strike first and take an early lead. The Badgers responded in the bottom of the first with a monstrous homerun to take over the lead. The back and forth continued as Aubrey Johnson and Jayde Melhuish-McGahan hit singles and Alexis Russell cashed both on a hard-hit double to right-centre field. An Emma Hanley triple and Soleen DePape RBI in the third inning added to the Lancer lead to make the score 4-2. Brock scored another run in the bottom of the 5^th, but the blue & gold did not want to leave this second game open to a Badger comeback and tacked on a couple more runs in the sixth inning on singles from Sasha Vigneux, Jacqueline Pento, and Jayde Melhuish-McGahan to make the final score 6-3 for the Lancers.
Jayde Melhuish-McGahan earned the win from the circle as she gave up 7 hits and 2 earned runs over 7 innings.
 
Saturday – Game 1
The last place Waterloo Warriors had something to prove on Saturday as they faced off against the top-ranked Lancers. The Warriors capitalized on defensive errors in the top of the first inning to score 6 runs and put the Lancers up against the wall. The blue & gold responded fiercely to show why they are the top team with a full team effort in the comeback to score 11 runs over the 7-inning game to take the win. Highlights include a Jayde Melhuish-McGahan homerun, an Emma Hanley triple, Cylee Hickey with 3 hits over the game, and shut-down defense after the first inning.
Jayde Melhuish-McGahan earned the win from the mound with 6 hits and 0 earned runs over 7 innings with 4 strikeouts.
 
Saturday – Game 2
The Lancers were not done proving why they are the top team in the league and scored hard and fast in the second game of the doubleheader. A 5-inning 11-0 mercy rule victory saw full-team contributions with many younger players getting the chance to get in the game and show their skills. Highlights include Tia Nelson going 2 for 2 at the plate with 3 RBIs and Cylee Hickey adding another 2 RBIs.
Aubrey Johnson earned the win from the mound with a 5-inning shutout victory, only giving up 2 hits and striking out 3.
 
Next Up:
The Lancers will potentially play Laurier next weekend as rescheduled rain-out games in the Dutton area on Friday night. Then they travel to the Napanee Fairgrounds on October 18-20 to participate in the OUS Playoff tournament hosted by Queen's University.