softball DELIVERSin a ,23 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 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 W in By Joe Guistina Rachel Kylie 20 LYCOMING COLLEGE 2023 SUMMER MAGAZINE
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