When asked if the crushing of last weekend's Freedom conversation Championships or today's first-round NCAA Division III Regional playoff game affected her or any of her classmates.

When asked if the crushing of last weekend's Freedom conversation Championships or today's first-round NCAA Division III Regional playoff game affected her or any of her classmates, Wilkes freshman shortstop Allison Grohol had a quick replication

"I don't know what jitters you're talking about," the Hazleton Area grad said, sounding a little shrinking but mostly sure of herself.

Easy for Grohol to say.

After all, she was the single who shocked six-time defending Freedom champion King's with a one-out game-tying three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning onward Saturday. Fellow freshman Samantha Evanich gave Wilkes a 4-3 win an inning later with a first-pitch blast not on the lightpole in left-center field.

Needles to say, this young Lady Colonel team isn't intimidated by means of the stiff competition at the seven-team, double-elimination Rutgers-Camden Regional, where sixth-seeded Wilkes (26-13)