THE FACTS
Mary Washington (11-4) 4, Gettysburg (7-3-1) 0
Gettysburg (8-3-1) 11, Mary Washington (1-15) 0 (5 inn.)
What: Non-conference softball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Mar. 18
Where: Fredericksburg, Va.
THE SKINNY STORY
One game after stranding five runners in a 4-0 shutout loss to Mary Washington, Gettysburg turned the tables and pounded out 12 hits and scored five times in the top of the first en route to an 11-0, five-inning win in game two.
THE LEADERS
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Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) led the Bullets with three hits in the doubleheader, adding two RBIs and two runs scored.
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Jess Campana (Brick, N.J./St. John Vianney) added three knocks of her own.
FOR THE FOES
• Emma Schieda was 2-for-2 with a walk in the opener for the Eagles.
• Eric Shoop had two hits in game two.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Aminah Shakir led off the bottom of the first in game one with an infield single before moving to second on a groundout and scoring on a Emma Schieda double for a 1-0 lead.
• Both pitchers went to work from there. Caitlyn Burch retired 18 of the first 20 Bullets she faced while
Megan Hughes (Woodstock, Md./Marriotts Ridge) allowed just one Eagle to reach base in the second, third and fourth innings.
• Nya Lloyd and Rayna Lloyd each singled to lead off the home fifth, putting runners at the corners. After a stolen base, an infield single by Kennedy Darling made it 2-0 with runners still at the corners. After getting the first out at the plate on a comebacker, Bridget Laychak singled home Darling and Grace Drury singled with two outs and the bases loaded to score Shakir for a 5-0 lead.
• Gettysburg loaded the bases in the top of the seventh on a
Jess Campana single, hit batter and walk with one out but Burch got a strikeout and ground ball to preserve the shutout.
• In game two,
Lauren O'Leary drew a leadoff walk before Campana singled. A
Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) walk loaded the bases. After a foul out,
Allegra DeCandia (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) singled home O'Leary.
Giovanna Komst (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) and
Julia Smith (Marydel, Del./Queen Anne's County) followed with RBI singles of their own for a 3-0 lead.
Olivia Moser (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville) singled home DeCandia for a 4-0 lead and
Bailey Quinn (Hanford, Calif./Robinson Secondary School [Va.]) lofted a sacrifice fly for a five-run top of the first.
• Campana singled with one out in the second before a Goldstein fielder's choice and
Michaela Carroll (Hackensack, N.J./Hackensack) double made it a 6-0 game.
• Komst singled to start the third then moved to second on a sacrifice and third on a wild pitch before a Moser walk and second Quinn sacrifice fly pushed the advantage to 7-0. A two-run O'Leary home run extended the advantage to 9-0 and put Gettysburg in run-rule position.
• An error, two free passes, a passed ball and Moser RBI single stretched the advantage to 11-0 in the fourth.
THE INSIDE STORY
• The victory in game two was the 100th of head coach
Brooke Kalman's career. She is 100-77-2 in five seasons as a collegiate head coach.
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Allie Cluster (Pasadena, Md./Mount de Sales Academy) recorded her first hit of the season in game one, accounting for one of the three Gettysburg hits.
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuykill Valley) struck out seven in the five-inning complete game nightcap. She had just one walk and scattered five hits.
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Jess Campana,
Giovanna Komst and
Olivia Moser joined
Lauren O'Leary with two hits in game two.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg scheduled doubleheader at Shenandoah, originally scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed with a makeup date yet to be determined. The Bullets return to action in the home opener against Messiah on Tuesday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.
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