Morgan Rentzheimer	Kaitlyn Brogan

EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. – Senior Morgan Rentzheimer (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) went the distance on the mound and fellow senior Kaitlyn Brogan (Oreland, Pa./Saint Basil Academy) scored the tying run and later delivered an RBI single as part of an extra-innings rally in game one as The University of Scranton softball team split a doubleheader at Wilkes on Tuesday, winning 5-3 in eight innings and falling 9-1 in six innings.

With the win in the opening game, the Royals (27-7) matched the program record for wins in a season. They also won 27 games in 2008, when they finished 27-14.

Game 1 – Scranton 5, Wilkes 3 (8 inn.) – box score

Scranton tied the score in the top of the seventh when sophomore catcher Megan Zinn (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) delivered a two-out RBI single, driving in Brogan, to knot the game at 3.

In the top of the eighth, the Royals scored a run with the help of a pair of errors, then Brogan delivered the insurance run with an RBI single.

Rentzheimer worked all eight innings in the circle for her 12^th win of the season, allowing three runs, all earned, on seven hits and a walk while striking out nine.

Zinn finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run, Brogan had a hit, an RBI and a run, and freshman first baseman Jennifer Sweeney (Dumont, N.J./Dumont) singled and scored twice.

Game 2 – Wilkes 9, Scranton 1 (6 inn.) – box score

Scranton took the lead with a run in the second inning, but Wilkes (21-15) scored twice in the fourth and six times in the fifth before putting the game away with a run in the sixth.

Sophomore third baseman Casey DeSarno (Wall Township, N.J./Wall) doubled and scored on an RBI sac fly by freshman shortstop Maggie Donnelly (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy Academy) for Scranton's run.

The Royals will return to action on Thursday when they host Muhlenberg at 4 p.m. at Magis Field.

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