THE FACTS
Penn College (1-1) 6, Gettysburg (3-1-1) 2
Gettysburg (4-1-1) 9, Penn State-Abington (1-1) 0 (5 inn.)
What: Non-conference softball games
When: Monday, Mar. 6
Where: North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
THE SKINNY STORY
After being limited to four hits in a 6-2 loss to Penn College, Gettysburg rebounded with a 12-hit, five-inning victory over Penn State-Abington 9-0 to salvage a split on the day.
THE LEADERS
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Megan Hughes (Woodstock, Md./Marriotts Ridge) went the distance in the circle in game two with six strikeouts and no walks to earn the three-hit shutout.
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Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) and
Julia Smith (Marydel, Del./Queen Anne's County) each had three hits over the two games.
FOR THE FOES
• Jordan Specht led the Wildcats with two hits in the first game.
• Jenna Gorman, Grace Renninger and Maddie Duffy each had a hit for the Lions in the nightcap.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In the opener against Penn College, Mackenzie We led off the bottom of the second with a single. After a fielding error and sacrifice put runners at second and third, a Margaret Man walk loaded the bases. Madison Herr singled to right to score We and stake the Wildcats to a 1-0 lead.
• A one-out Jordan Spech single, fielding error and Lexi Snyder double stretched the lead to 3-0 in the third. After a walk, Man doubled home Snyder for a 4-0 lead.
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Lauren O'Leary led off the top of the fourth with a home run to right field.
Julia Smith followed with a single before scoring from second on a two-out error to make it a 4-2 game.
• Penn College took advantage of a pair of errors in the bottom of the sixth to take on a pair of insurance runs.
• In the nightcap against Penn State-Abington, Smith singled with one out before taking second on a wild pitch and scoring on a
Maddie Murphy (Summit, N.J./Summit) single to left for a 1-0 lead.
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Bailey Quinn (Hanford, Calif./Robinson Secondary School [Va.]) drew a one-out walk before scoring on an O'Leary triple to the gap to double the advantage in the second.
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Michaela Carroll (Hackensack, N.J./Hackensack) tripled with two outs in the third before scoring on a
Lily Mader (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley) single to left to make it 3-0.
• With one out in the fourth, O'Leary roped a double before Smith followed with a single to left. A throwing error allowed O'Leary to score before back-to-back knocks from
Giovanna Komst (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) and Murphy coupled with a
Jess Campana (Brick, N.J./St. John Vianney) double to the fence stretched the lead to 7-0.
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Emma Rokoszak (Belmar, N.J./Trinity Hall) drew a pinch-hit walk to lead off the fifth before O'Leary and Smith also walked to load the bases. Komst followed with a two-run single through the right side to put the game in run-rule position before
Megan Hughes worked around a one-out single to preserve the shutout.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Lauren O'Leary smacked the team's first home run of the season in the opener.
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Lily Mader's third-inning in the second game was the freshman's first career hit and first RBI.
• O'Leary joined
Julia Smith,
Giovanna Komst,
Maddie Murphy, and
Jess Campana all with two hits against Abington as part the 12-hit out. For Murphy, it was her first multi-hit outing.
Michaela Carroll also notched her first career triple in the game.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against Kean and Fitchburg State on Wednesday. The first game begins at 3 p.m.
