LITTLE RIVER, S.C. – The Penn State Altoona softball team played its final games of its spring break trip in the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic on Friday afternoon, when the Lions posted a pair of wins at the North Myrtle Beach Complex.

Penn State Altoona (7-5) took care of SUNY Canton for a 10-3 victory in game one of the day, and the Lions finished their week with an 11-1 win over the Mississippi University for Women in a run rule-shortened second game.

Game One: Penn State Altoona 10, SUNY Canton 3

Penn State Altoona started its day with an all-around solid win. At the plate, the Lions posted season highs in runs (10) and hits (14), and they limited the Roos (0-7) to three runs and five hits while playing error-free defense.

Alyssa Fisher (Lock Haven, PA/Central Mountain) went 2-for-3 with a double, three runs scored, a walk, and a stolen base. Allison Beeman (Tyrone, PA/Tyrone) was 2-for-3 with two RBI, and Meghan Flynn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Lauren Davidson (Clearfield, PA/DuBois Central Catholic) was 2-for-4 with a run and a stolen base. Gianna Hoppel (Lewistown, PA/Mifflin County) drove in a pair of runs, while Karli Storm (Chest Springs, PA/Cambria Heights) walked three times and scored a pair of runs.

Madalyn Maynard (Towanda, PA/Towanda) got the start in the pitching circle for the Lions and took a no decision, after she allowed just one run across three innings and struck out four batters. Sidney Nihart (Ashville, PA/Cambria Heights) finished things off, tossing the next four innings of the game, allowing just one earned run, and striking out three batters to pick up her first collegiate win.

SUNY Canton scored a run in the top of the first on a Jordyn Tarbox sacrifice fly, but Penn State Altoona answered with five runs in the bottom of the first. Singles by Fisher and Davidson started the inning, and Hoppel's RBI single to center and Hanna Lauck's (Bellefonte, PA/Bellefonte) sac fly to center scored each player. One batter later, Madison Kennedy's (Williamsburg, PA/Central) RBI double made it 3-1, and Beeman later hit a two-run single to center to extend the Lions' lead to 5-1.

Penn State Altoona added a run to its lead in each of the next two innings. In the second, Fisher led off with a walk and later came home on Hoppel's sac fly to center. The Lions again took advantage of a leadoff walk in the third, when Storm drew a free pass to start the frame and later scored on Flynn's RBI single through the left side.

The Roos picked up a run in the top of the fifth, then another in the sixth to narrow the Penn State Altoona lead to 7-3. But the Lions added three more to their total in the bottom half of the sixth. Flynn started the inning with a single to shortstop, then scored on Fisher's RBI double to right center. Two batters later, with two outs, Carly Hutchinson's (Wayne, PA/Conestoga) RBI single drove Fisher home, and Hutchinson scored on a Haleigh Peters (Lock Haven, PA/Central Mountain) RBI base hit to left.

Game Two: Penn State Altoona 11, Mississippi University for Women 1 (Final/5 innings)

Penn State Altoona scored three in the first, three more in the third, then got five runs across in the fifth to establish an 11-run lead. MUW (10-8) picked up a run in the bottom of the fifth, but the Lions allowed no further damage, clinching a five-inning, run rule win. Penn State Altoona again played clean defense, committing no errors.

Aubrey Dotts (Houtzdale, PA/Moshannon Valley) went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored, and Hoppel was 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Storm also hit 2-for-3 with two runs, an RBI, and a walk, and Kennedy hit 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Lauck drove in two runs, Maynard had a double and an RBI, and Fisher scored two runs while drawing a walk and stealing a base.

Josselyn Nau (Bellefonte, PA/Bellefonte) tossed a complete game and registered her fifth win of the season in the circle. She held MUW to one run on five hits and no walks, and she struck out a pair.

Penn State Altoona drew first blood in the top of the first. Fisher and Hoppel both reached after being hit by pitches, and Lauck scored them both with her double to left center. One batter later, Kennedy's RBI single made it 3-0.

The Lions doubled their lead in the third. Hoppel, Storm, and Kennedy loaded the bases, and Maynard's sacrifice fly to center plated Hoppel. Dotts followed that with a two-run single to right, upping Penn State Altoona's lead to 6-0.

The Lions increased their advantage to 11-0 in the top of the fifth. Dotts hit an RBI single to left, and Peters scored on a wild pitch to give Penn State Altoona an eight-run lead. Later, Hoppel drove in a pair with her base hit, and a Storm RBI single made it 11-0.

MUW scored a run in the bottom of the fifth, but Penn State Altoona maintained its lead the rest of the way to end the game early via the run rule.

Now, the Penn State Altoona softball team will return to Pennsylvania, where they will continue their schedule on Thursday, March 20. The Lions will host their home opener that afternoon in a doubleheader against non-conference opponent Susquehanna University, with game one slated to start at 3 p.m.