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SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Gettysburg College softball team came away with a split at Swarthmore College on Saturday, losing the first game 3-2 and capturing the nightcap 7-4 in 11 innings.

The Bullets (12-9-1, 4-2 CC) received a 4-for-8 day at the plate from freshman Sam Bader while sophomore Adrienne Rahs drove in five runs. Sophomore Lanie Parr had a season-high 11 strikeouts to earn the win in the second game.

In the first game, the Garnet (9-15, 2-4 CC) went up 2-0 with a two-run first against senior Beth McCullough but the Bullets tied it up in the fourth on a two-run homer from Rahs. However, Swarthmore plated the go-ahead in the bottom of the inning, as Danielle Seltzer scored on an error.

Rahs finished 2-for-3 in the opener while McCullough (4-7) had a season-high 12 strikeouts.

Kathryn Riley picked up the win for Swarthmore, scattering five hits and fanning six.

Gettysburg jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first game, getting a two-run single from senior Kara Kempski in the first and a run-scoring single from Bader in the third. But the Garnet tied it up with three runs over the third and fourth.

Neither team would score over the next three frames, bringing on extra innings. International tie-breaking rules came into effect in the 10th after scoreless eighth and ninth innings.

In the top of the 10th, Kempski was placed on second and scored on a single by junior Caitlin Bay. Rahs then broke the game open with a three-run, two-out double to make it 7-3.

Swarthmore threatened in the bottom of the inning, scoring one run before loading the bases. But Parr escaped with a game-ending strikeout.

Bader finished 4-for-5 in the nightcap while junior Megan Lott had two runs and two hits. Bay also smacked two hits.

Parr (7-2) scattered 14 hits and walked just one. Two of her four runs were unearned.

Riley (3-7) was touched for 13 hits. She did not walk a batter and struck out eight.

Gettysburg returns to the diamond on Tuesday, when it hosts Dickinson College in a Centennial Conference doubleheader starting at 3:30 p.m.