Softball | 4/5/2014 7:07:00 PM

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LAGRANGE, Ga. -- The Methodist softball team rallied for a 5-4 win in game one over LaGrange en route to a split with the Panthers on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers came back to win game two, 8-1.
 
Hannah Fickle scored the eventual game-winning run on an LC (19-12) fielding error in the top of the sixth inning to help the Monarchs (10-24) erase a 4-3 deficit.
 
Heather Williams led off the inning with a single and moved up to second on an error. Natalie High laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Williams up to third and Amanda Taylor laid singled to score Williams and tie the game at 4-4.
 
After a walk to Marcy McKee, Emily Hester reached on a fielder's choice that moved Fickle to third, and Sarah Stapleton's ground ball to second base was misplayed, allowing Fickle to score.
 
Hester (2-3) picked up the win in the circle, tossing 2.2 scoreless innings in relief of Stapleton. Hester did not allow a hit and worked around three walks by striking out six, including all three batters in the seventh. Olivia Wolfe (11-5) took the loss, allowing five runs on five hits and five walks with five strikeouts in 5.1 innings.
 
Kelsey Harrington led the Monarchs offensively, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs driven in and a run scored. Williams was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
 
Wolfe added a 2-for-3 day at the plate with a walk, two RBI and a run scored. Courtney Beshel was 2-for-4, and Dani Gravett drove in two runs.
 
In game two, the Panthers took a 5-0 lead before MU got on the board, then added three more runs down the stretch for the win.
 
Already holding a 1-0 lead, LC tacked on four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 5-0 lead. Gravett had a two-run single in the inning and Wolfe added a sacrifice fly. The Monarchs avoided the shutout with a single run in the fifth, scoring when Morgan Prince scored on a passed ball.
 
Gravett pitched game two and limited MU to five hits in 7.0 innings. She allowed an unearned run, walked three and struck out eight. Jordan Pietrolaj took the loss (2-2). She allowed three runs on two hits and six walks in 3.0 innings.
 
Harrington and McKee each doubled for the Monarchs, and Brittany Miller, Fickle and William each added a single.
 
Gravett added a 2-for-3 performance at the plate with a pair of runs driven in.
 
In light of the cancellations to its Sunday doubleheader at Huntingdon, Methodist will close out the season with a twinbill at Salem on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 3:00 pm in Winston-Salem, N.C.