Box Score

WESTMINSTER, Md. – Gettysburg College and McDaniel College turned in a thrilling Centennial Conference Championship finale with the Green Terror out-lasting the Bullets 2-1 in nine innings to claim the conference crown on Sunday.
 
Gettysburg (30-14) delayed the decision by scoring the game-tying run in the top of the seventh inning. McDaniel (29-10) eventually procured the deciding run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth en route to its seventh Centennial title. The extra-inning affair was the seventh in tournament history and the first to decide the title.
 
The Green Terror, which cruised into the title game with wins over Muhlenberg College (8-0) and Gettysburg (10-1), received all it could handle from the Bullets on Sunday. Freshman Aileen Reilly (Huntington Station, N.Y./St. Anthony's) retired the first eight batters she faced and did not allow a runner to reach second base until the fourth inning.
 
Senior Melissa Tighe (Little Falls, N.J./Mount St. Dominic Academy) led off the game with a single through the left side, breaking the program's all-time record for hits. She was stranded at second base after three consecutive ground outs. A double by Wendy Folfas (Westminster, Md./McDonogh School) in the fourth was the only other hit recorded by Gettysburg through the first six innings.
 
McDaniel scored the game's first run following a two-out walk to Roxana Aviles. Stacie Maring doubled to right field to plate Aviles and give the hosts a 1-0 lead.
 
The Green Terror aimed for more runs in the sixth with runners on second and third, but consecutive fly outs to center field put the threat to rest.
 
Gettysburg was down to its final out in the top of the seventh. The Bullets loaded the bases with two outs to bring up Tighe. The senior, who set the program record for career walks in the previous inning, drew another free pass to plate the tying run and set the Bullets' single-season mark. McDaniel closed the inning with a fielder's choice to third.
 
Each team posted hits in the eighth inning with no scoring result. After Gettysburg went down quietly in the top of the ninth, McDaniel received a lead-off single by Lindsey Miller and a hit-by-pitch. Following a pop-up to third base, Aviles drew a walk to load the bags. Maring followed up with a fly to right field to plate Miller and end the championship game.
 
Folfas led the Bullets with a pair of hits. Reilly took the loss to fall to 17-4 on the year. The first-year hurler allowed two runs on six hits and three walks with one strikeout. It was the second time this season Reilly fell to McDaniel in extras as the first-year hurler worked all 10 innings of a 2-1 setback on April 18. She finished with the most wins by a freshman and third-most for a single-season in program history.
 
Caroline Brehm picked up the win for McDaniel after allowing just an unearned run on four hits with five strikeouts. She improved to 23-6 on the season.
 
The result capped a record-breaking campaign for the Orange and Blue. Gettysburg posted the second-most wins in school history and set team records for games played (44), at bats (1,240), runs scored (277), hits (417), doubles (75), RBI (231), total bases (545), stolen bases (102), innings pitched (281), chances (1,295), putouts (843), assists (399), and double plays (25).
 
Individually, Tighe polished off a career that saw her set new Gettysburg career standards for games played (156), games started (156), runs scored (162), hits (190), walks (89), and stolen bases (86). She also set the single-season mark for runs scored (48), walks (29), and stolen bases (36) this spring. Sophomore Jamie Abell (Glenn Dale, Md./Elizabeth Seton) set single-season standards for at bats (152) and hits (63), while junior Steph Zengel (High Bridge, N.J./North Hunterdon) tied the single-season mark for doubles with 15.