After getting knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten last week, Whitehall got back onto the field Monday and quickly started what they hope will be another winning streak.

The Canaries fell victim to Whitehall’s determination to dispel that bad taste left in their mouths after their 4-2 loss at the hands of the Blue Eagles. They quickly erased that feeling against their Steel Division foe, winning 16-1.

The win now pushes their record to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.

While they hosted William Allen on Monday afternoon, the Zephyrs were the away team given William Allen’s inability to get onto their field.

With Allen retiring the Zephs without a run in the top of the first, it looked like it may be another pitcher’s duel as Allen’s Morgan Fritchman battled Kay Solderitch.

But the top of the second proved to be the beginning of the end for the Canaries. After Ashlee Brosky led off the inning with a single, she promptly stole second, and then was driven in by Gabrielle Molitoris’s single. That 1-0 lead quickly ballooned when Allen started committing a string of errors that led to multiple Whitehall runs. That total was aided by more Whitehall hits, sending 12 batters to the plate in the inning.

The ability to get back into the win column after dropping their first game of the season was important for their mental outlook heading into division games this week.

“We talked after Friday’s game and the monkey is off our back,” said head coach Alexis Berg-Townsend. “The focus was to just come out and we have to start the winning streak over. Allen just happened to be the next in line, and we wanted to come out and make a statement that we’re back.”

They accomplished that early as Kay Solderitch was popping strikes into Logan Bortz’s mitt. She was dominant early, mowing down batter after batter en route to her fifth win. The southpaw was eventually lifted for Taylor Kosman who pitched the final inning. The game only lasted three.

Berg-Townsend said the most important thing about that big second inning outburst was making contact.

“It’s about finding their pitch in their zone and then making connections with that,” said Berg-Townsend.

They made 11 connections on the afternoon. Leading the way was Rachel Spanitz who was 2-for-2 with two singles.

Berg-Townsend also said that when facing a pitcher that’s new to a team, the tendency may be to get a little anxious. She said that had to be countered with discipline and patience, but all the while staying aggressive.

As for the Nazareth game, Berg-Townsend said that their games have evolved into a heated rivalry. They’ve played some big games at crucial times over the last few seasons.

She believes that this year the mental aspect of maintaining that perfect record may have played a part in the outcome. The weather also played a factor. But she said it all boiled down to Nazareth taking advantage of a couple of key hits. That was compounded by Whitehall leaving a lot of runners stranded, said Berg-Townsend.

“I think the difference in the game was that we didn’t execute with runners on base, and they executed with runners on base,” she said.

Whitehall took the early lead with runs in the top of the second and third. But in the bottom of the fifth, Daphne Adams doubled in two runs, to give the Blue Eagles the 3-2 lead. They would add an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth for the 4-2 win.

Kay Solderitch continued to wield a hot stick. She finished the game with a double and an RBI. On the mound, she struck out five during her seven innings of work.