Owls, Lancers Split Doubleheader

Maddy Atkocaitis watches the ball fly to right on her triple in game 2. Atkocaitis hit for the cycle in the game.

WESTFIELD, Mass. --    Westfield State senior 3B Maddy Atkocaitis (Westfield, Mass.) hit for the cycle as the Owls split a MASCAC doubleheader with Worcester State on Friday.  Westfield won game one by a 6-4 final score, while Worcester rallied for a 6-5 win in game 2.
 
Westfield State is now 4-10 overall, 1-1 in the MASCAC, while Worcester is 3-8 and 1-1 in the conference.
 
GAME 1
 
Worcester State took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, with Dakota Smith-Porter's (Turners Falls/Montague, Mass.) single driving in Ashley Lynch (Shrewsbury, Mass).
 
Westfield scored three runs on five hits in the third inning, as Caitlin Hughes (Whitman-