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Reading, Pa. (May 6, 2011) - Freshman Katie Deardorff drove in the only run of the game with a single to leftfield in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the top-seeded Lebanon Valley College Dutchmen (29-7) a 1-0, walk-off win over #4 Lycoming College (14-15) Friday afternoon in game one of the Commonwealth Conference Softball Championships hosted by Alvernia University.

Lycoming sophomore Holly Lansberry went toe-to-toe with conference pitcher of the year Laura Snyder as the two threw up zeros through the first six and a half innings.  Lansberry gave up the one run on five hits with four strikeouts.  Snyder blanked the Warriors through seven innings on two hits with nine Ks.

Lycoming had two on with two out in the second on a walk and a single by Abbi Miller, but Snyder got one of her nine strikeouts to end the inning.  Miller, who had both hits for the Warriors, also reached on a single in the fifth.

Lebanon Valley had a runner reach second base in four of the seven innings and had second and third with one out in the fifth, but failed to score.

Steffani Secola pinch hit to lead off the seventh for the Dutchmen and drew a walk.  Chelsea Artz, the pinch-runner, was sacrificed to second and Lansberry got the second out of the inning with her fourth strikeout of the day.  The Warriors decided to intentionally walk Kristen Palmerio, the leadoff hitter, with first base open and Deardorff delivered a shot to right that scored Artz without a throw.

Lebanon Valley returns Friday afternoon in the 3:00 game to face the winner of game two between #3 Arcadia and #2 Messiah.  Lycoming comes back Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. to face the loser of Arcadia/Messiah in the first elimination game of the tournament.

#1 Lebanon Valley 1, #4 Lycoming 0