Carlee Baker keyed the Chaps with a two-run, inside-the-park home run in the opener and Amber Dasenbrock dazzled on the mound and at the plate in the nightcap as the Chaps split a doubleheader at College of Lake County on Friday, losing 7-6 and winning 9-6 in Region 4 softball.
 
The Chaps, now 3-1 overall, make their home debut Saturday against Gogebic (Mich.). First pitch is 2 p.m.
 
Game 1: Lake County 7, Chaps 6
The Lancers won the game in walk-off fashion, thanks to a pair of bunts and eventually a run-scoring single with no outs in the seventh.
 
Baker connected on her homer in the fifth, tying the game at 3-3. The Chaps got back into the game in the sixth, thanks to a three-run, four-hit inning that tied the game at 6-6. Back-to-back RBIs from Hanah Nickrand and Gianna Maida were the key plays.
 
Baker and Amber Dasenbrock led the Chaps with two apiece. Lauren Onnezi and Nickrand each had doubles, and Dasenbrock hit a triple.
 
Game 2: Chaps 9, Lake County 6
Dasenbrock showed her talent, both on the mound and at the plate in the victory. She struck out six, issued just one walk and scattered 11 hits for the win. At the plate, she hit a two-run homer in the first, and added a three-run double in the second.
 
She was 3-for-3 with five RBI and four runs scored.
 
Maida added three hits, while Onnezi and Carolynn Keleher each had a multipe-hit game.
 
Nicole Brace and Vincenza Zaccaro each hit a double.