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LAKEWOOD, N.J. – Three members of the Kutztown University softball team hit a home run in Wednesday's doubleheader, but Kutztown dropped 4-3 and 6-4 decisions to Georgian Court University.
 
The Golden Bears (11-15) trailed by one heading into the seventh inning in game one, but Jackie Hetzler (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township) hit a solo home run to center field to tie the game. However, Georgian Court's (15-17) Meghan Sfraga hit a walk-off single to give GCU the game one victory.
 
Hetzler was 2-for-4 in the opener as Kutztown took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, and a 2-0 lead in the second off a Hetzler RBI single.
 
The game remained scoreless until the fifth inning when Georgian Court tied the game with two runs with two outs. Kutztown retired the first two batters of the inning, but an infield bunt single followed by an infield error gave Justine Mattia the chance to knock in a two-run double to tie the game.
 
Sfraga led off the sixth with a double for Georgian Court and scored the go-ahead run off a groundout leading to the seventh inning. Following Hetzler's solo shot, Georgian Court opened the seventh with a walk and then sacrificed the runner over. A single put runners on the corners, and a walk-off single by Sfraga closed the book on the opener.
 
Dominique Ficara (Swedesboro, N.J./Kingsway Regional (Hofstra)) pitched game one for Kutztown and struck out three batters as two of the four runs allowed were unearned.
 
Georgian Court jumped out to a 6-0 lead through the first three innings of the nightcap.
 
Kutztown scored all four of its runs in the sixth inning. Colleen Smith (Islip Terrace, N.Y./East Islip (Hofstra)) led off the inning with a home run to right field, Katie Lynch (Willow Street, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) singled and scored on a two-run homer by Brianna Knipe (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty), and Hetzler hit an RBI double to center field to score Jessica Kurtz (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) in the inning.
 
Smith and Lynch each reached base in the seventh to bring the go-ahead run to the plate with one out, but a popup and groundout ended the day for Kutztown.
 
Ficara and Krista Schauder (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown Area) each pitched three innings in the nightcap with Ficara pitching the opening three. Schauder allowed just two hits in the final three innings for Kutztown.
 
The Golden Bears return to action on Friday, April 5 when they travel to Millersville University to continue its conference schedule beginning at 2:30 p.m.