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hen Rachel DeWolfe ’24 stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning in a MAC Freedom Championship elimination game against King’s on May 5 with the Lycoming College softball team down by a run and two runners on, the team had the perfect player at bat — the veteran junior who already had two game-winning hits during the season. Her game-winning base hit that sent the Warriors to the conference final for the first time in 18 years was more than dramatic, though. It was cathartic. “That is definitely something I will remember in all my career of softball,” DeWolfe said. It was the first year without COVID threats in these seniors’ careers. It was Lycoming’s last sport to play as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference, and as the season unfolded, the Warriors played for more than each other, and it showed. After all, along the road to a school-record 25 wins in 2023, there were long slumps, injuries, and unexpected deaths. After the game, head coach Melissa

softball DELIVERS in a Montoro said, “I didn’t even know what to say to them in the team huddle. I’m so proud of them.” LYCOMING BIG WAY in By Joe Guistina Kylie , 23

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