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KINGSTON — Defending Division 1 champion Hazleton Area jumped on Wyoming Valley West quickly, defeating the Spartans 19-3 in Wyoming Valley Conference softball on Monday.
Maria Trivelpiece was 4 for 4 with a triple and double for Hazleton Area. Mackenzie Yori was also 4 for 4.
Audi Welles was 3 for 3 for Valley West with a triple. Megan Kane doubled and had an RBI.
Holy Redeemer 11, Meyers 0
The Royals used an eight-run fourth inning to take control and end the game after five innings.
Freshman Morgan Bienkowski struck out 11 and allowed one hit. Kristen Coffay had two hits for Redeemer. Randie Kuhar and Britney Hebda had two RBI each.
Meyers pitcher Alexis Bruno had four strikeouts.
Crestwood 3, Coughlin 1
Colleen Borum allowed five hits and held Coughlin off the scoreboard until the sixth inning to spark the Comets.
Ashlee Olenginski led Crestwood’s hitting attack with a double.
For Coughlin, Teagan Bigelow had two of the team’s five hits and Taylor Pawlush added a double. Pitcher Brittany Nastawa surrendered just four hits and one earned run while absorbing the loss.
Wyoming Area 7, Tunkhannock 2
Gwen Glatz did a little bit of everything in the Warriors’ win over Tunkhannock.
On the mound, Glatz went seven innings, striking out nine while giving up two runs on six hits. At the plate, she was 2 for 4 with four RBI.
Teammate Emily Wolfgang hit a double and finished with two RBI.
Holy Redeemer 11, Meyers 0 (5 inn.)
Meyers`000`00`—`0`
Holy Redeemer`012`8`-`11
Pitching — WP – Morgan Bienkowski, 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 11 SO. LP – Alexis Bruno, 3.1 IP, 7 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 7 BB, 4 SO; Gina Strillacci, 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO.
Crestwood 3, Coughlin 1
Crestwood`100`011`0`-`3
Coughlin`000`001`0`-`1
Pitching — Colleen Borum, 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO; LP – Brittany Nastawa, 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO.
2B – Crest: Ashlee Olenginski; Cou: Taylor Pawlush.
Wyoming Area 7, Tunkhannock 2
Wyoming Area`013`001`2`—`7
Tunkhannock`002`000`0`—`2
Pitching — WP — Gwen Glatz, 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 9 SO; LP — Faux, 7 IP, 8H, 7R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO.
2B — WA, Emily Wolfgang, Grace Gober. HR — WA, Gwen Glatz.
Top hitters — WA, Glatz 2-4, HR, 4 RBI, Wolfgang 1-3, 2 RBI. TUN, Lindsey Kwiatkowski 1-3, 1 1B, Molly Hampsey 2-4, Traci Kromko 1-2, 1 RBI.
Hazleton Area 19, Wyo. Valley West 3 (5 inn.)
Hazleton Area`342`73`—`19
Wyo. Valley West`011`10`—`3
Pitching — WP – Selina Podlesney 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO; LP — Chloe Ruckle 3 IP, 12 H, 11 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO; Kasen Heim 1 IP, 1 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 0 K; Melodi Raskiewicz 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.
2B — HA, Maria Trivelpiece, Abby Sachse, Megan Trivelpiece; WVW, Megan Kane, Morgan Klosko. 3B — HA, Maria Trivelpiece, Mikaela Browdy; WVW, Audi Welles.
Top hitters — HA, Mackenzie Yori 4-4, Maria Trivelpiece 4-4; Sachse 2-3; Megan Trivelpiece 2-3; Browdy 1-3; WVW, Kane 1-2, RBI; Welles 3-3, RBI; Klosko 2-3; Erin Gibbons 1-1, RBI.