Last week in review: During a busy 10-game week, a new era began on Tuesday for the softball team with two wins in the opening of its new facility at the 28-acre Lumber Yards on Rose Street, which features six lighted synthetic turf fields, among other amenities.

Tennis watch: The women’s team has won four conference matches for the first time in the NCAA era (since 2015), and its overall five-win season is a program best since the sport switched from a coed team to separate women’s and men’s teams in 2013. Also, with three conference wins and two to play, the men’s squad is closing in on its best single-season UE win mark of four, set during 2017-18. And with five overall wins and four regular-season matches remaining, the men’s program-best win mark of seven is within reach.

SOFTBALL

Last week’s hometown highlights: In Monday’s sweep at Penn State Schuylkill, a seven-run fourth inning propelled the first win, with three players getting two hits, including Sofia Mileto, of Loyalsock Township, who doubled and drove in three runs. In the circle, Mackenzi Tice, of Mansfield, improved to 9-1 as she spun a one-hitter, fanning eight and walking one. In the second game, Taylor Brown, of Bellefonte, and Sam Shaw, of Warriors Mark, each plated two runs to back the four-hit pitching of Alivia Bizzarri, of Philipsburg.

Tuesday, in UEC action against Penn State Abington, Bizzarri and Mileto both had triples in the first game, with Bizzarri going 3 for 3 at the plate with three RBIs and two runs scored, and Mileto driving in three runs. Tice won her 10^th game with another 8K, 1W effort. In the nightcap, Carissa Lusk, of Lititz, had three hits and drove in two runs, and Payton Crawford, of Bloomsburg, had three hits and scored twice. Pitcher Laney Wilson, of Doylestown, earned her fourth win.

Nonconference play against Mount Aloysius on Thursday saw the Wildcats take another two and extend their win streak to eight. In the opener, Bizzarri and Crawford had RBI doubles to drive in the only runs, as Tice won No. 11 while striking out 10. Mileto was 3 for 3 with a run scored. In the second game, Mileto was 3 for 4 with two runs scored and one RBI, while Crawford knocked in a pair of runs, and Astyn Calaman, of Elizabethtown, drove in two. Bizzarri improved to 4-0 in the circle.

Hosting Penn State Berks in the UE on Saturday and sweeping to notch their second 10-game win streak of the season, the Wildcats rode the arm of Tice in the first game as the sophomore fired a no-hitter, fanning 11, for her 12^th win. On offense, Harley Kunes, of Mill Hall, had three hits, plated three runs and scored twice; Shaw drove in two runs, and Brown had three hits and scored twice. In the second game, Brown singled in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Mileto and Crawford both had three hits, and Tice turned in three innings of relief work, striking out six, to win No. 13.

Wrapping up a 10-game week on Sunday, hosting defending UE champ Penn State Brandywine, the win streak ended. In the opener, Brandywine scored three runs in the last two innings in its come-from-behind win. Mileto doubled and drove in two runs for Penn College as Tice dropped her second game of the season in the circle. In the nightcap, the Wildcats rallied with a six-run fifth, but it was too little, too late. Mileto was 4 for 4 with two runs scored, while Crawford and Calaman both drove in two runs.

SCHEDULE

Home games at the Lumber Yards

Overall: 21-5

UEC: 6-2

Monday, April 6 — at Penn State Schuylkill (2), W, 9-1 (6 innings); W, 7-3 (8 innings)

Tuesday, April 7 — host Penn State Abington (UEC, 2), W, 10-7; W, 5-2

Thursday, April 9 — host Mount Aloysius (2), W, 2-0; W, 7-5

Saturday, April 11 — host Penn State Berks (UEC, 2), W, 9-0 (6 innings); W, 3-2

Sunday, April 12 — host Penn State Brandywine (UEC, 2), L, 5-4; L, 21-8

Saturday, April 18 — host Valley Forge (UEC, 2), 1 p.m.

Sunday, April 19 — at Penn State Harrisburg (UEC, 2), 1 p.m.

Tuesday, April 21 — at Keystone College (UEC, 2), 3 p.m.

UEC standings through Sunday: Wilson College 8-0, Lancaster Bible College 8-0, Penn State Brandywine 8-0, Penn College 6-2, Penn State Harrisburg 6-2, Notre Dame (Md.) University 4-1, Cedar Crest College 4-4, Penn State Berks 4-6, Cairn University 3-7, Keystone College 2-6, Valley Forge University 1-7, Penn State Abington 1-9, Gallaudet University 0-7.

MEN’S TENNIS

Last week’s hometown highlights: Singles winners against Penn State Brandywine on Tuesday were Kyle Shuler, of Williamsport, at No. 1; Josh Myers, of Hughesville, at No. 2; Logan Ogden, of South Williamsport, at No. 3; Avery Hawk, of York Springs, at No. 4; Valentino Barillaro, of Selinsgrove, at No. 5; and Lormutor Kpangbai, of Darby, at No. 6. Doubles winners were Shuler-Myers at No. 1, Ogden-Hawk at No. 2, and Barillaro-Lormutor at No. 3.

In Friday’s nonconference win at King’s College, Wildcat singles winners were Shuler at No. 1, Myers at No. 2, Ogden at No. 3, Matt Williams, of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, at No. 4 and Hawk at No. 5. Doubles victors were Shuler-Myers at No. 1, Ogden-Williams at No. 2, and Hawk-Christian Abromavage, of Exeter, at No. 3. The win over King’s was its first after 10 losses in the series dating to 2016.

SCHEDULE/RECORDS

Overall: 5-6

UEC: 3-2

Home matches at Central PA Tennis Center

Wednesday, April 8 — at Penn State Brandywine (UEC), W, 7-0

Friday, April 10 — at King’s College, W, 6-1

Tuesday, April 14 — host Lancaster Bible College (UEC), 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 18 — at Cairn University (UEC), 1 p.m.

Friday, April 24 — host McDaniel College, 2 p.m.

UEC standings through Sunday: Penn State Harrisburg 6-0, St. Mary’s (Md.) College 6-0, Penn College 3-2, Penn State Abington 3-2, Penn State Berks 3-4, Lancaster Bible College 1-4, Penn State Brandywine 0-5, Cairn University 0-5.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Last week’s hometown highlights: Singles winners on Tuesday at Penn State Brandywine were Faith Murray, of Dillsburg, at No. 2; Kiera Wene, of Ephrata, at No. 3; and Cici Miller, of Dover, at No. 3. The lone Wildcat doubles victory came at No. 2, where Wene-Miller won.

In Saturday’s win over Cedar Crest, singles winners were Ellen Buckley, of Binghamton, New York, at No. 1, Murray at No. 2, Wene at No. 3, Miller at No. 4, and Eliza Welshans, of Jersey Shore, at No. 5. Doubles winners were Buckley-Murray at No. 1 and Wene-Miller at No. 2.

SCHEDULE

RECORDS

Overall: 5-9

UEC: 4-3

Home matches at Central PA Tennis Center

Wednesday, April 8 — at Penn State Brandywine (UEC), L, 4-3

Friday, April 10 — at King’s College, canceled

Saturday, April 11 — host Cedar Crest (UEC) W, 6-0

Tuesday, April 14 — host Lancaster Bible College (UEC), 2 p.m.

Friday, April 17 — at Penn State Altoona, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 18 — at Cairn University (UEC), 1 p.m.

Wednesday, April 22 — United East Conference play-in, TBA

UEC standings through Sunday: St. Mary’s (Md.) College 8-0, Penn State Harrisburg 6-1, Cairn University 5-2, Lancaster Bible College 5-2, Penn College 4-3, Penn State Brandywine 4-3, Penn State Abington 2-5, Penn State Berks 2-6, Notre Dame (Md.) University 0-7, Cedar Crest College 0-7.

MEN’S LACROSSE

Last week’s hometown highlights: Owen Kupsey, of Chadds Ford, and Aidan McFalls, of Gilbertsville, each scored five goals, and Elliot Dotson, of Wilmington, Delaware, had three goals and four assists, but it wasn’t enough in Wednesday’s overtime loss to Kean University.

SCHEDULE/RECORD

Overall: 10-4

UEC: 0-1

Wednesday, April 8 — host Kean University, L, 16-15 (OT)

Friday, April 17 — at SUNY Brockport, 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 18 — host Cairn University (UEC), 1 p.m.

Wednesday, April 22 — at Pitt-Bradford (UEC), 4 p.m.

UEC standings through Sunday: St. Mary’s (Md.) College 2-0, Pitt-Bradford 0-0, Penn College 0-1, Cairn University 0-1.

ARCHERY

SCHEDULE

Saturday-Sunday, April 11-12 — USA Archery East Region Outdoor Championships at Harrisonburg, Va.

Thursday-Sunday, May 14-017 — USA Archery Target Nationals at East Lansing, Mich.

GOLF

SCHEDULE

Friday-Saturday, April 17-18 — St. Joseph’s Long Island Invitational at Bellport (N.Y.) Country Club, TBA

Monday, April 20 — Penn State Altoona Spring Invitational at Sinking Valley Country Club, TBA

UNITED EAST CONFERENCE

Through the winter sports season, Penn College was fourth in the Presidents’ Cup standings with 8.79 points. St. Mary’s (Md.) College led with 12.90 points and was followed by Penn State Harrisburg 10.20, Penn State Abington 8.93, Penn College, Lancaster Bible College 8.65, Cairn University 7.57, Penn State Berks 6.71, Notre Dame (Md.) University 6.71, Wilson College 5.67, Cedar Crest College 5.40, Penn State Brandywine 3.63, Gallaudet University 3.63, Valley Forge University 3.14, and Keystone College 3.00.

The Presidents’ Cup is determined by a scoring system that rewards a school for success during both regular season and postseason competition.

For additional information, visit the Wildcats Athletics website.

For more about the United East, visit the conference website.

For more about the Lumber Yards, visit https://williamsportlumberyards.com/