THE FACTS
Kean (7-4) 4, Gettysburg (4-2-1) 0
Gettysburg (5-2-1) 10, Fitchburg State (0-4) 6
What: Non-conference softball games
When: Wednesday, Mar. 7
Where: North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg rapped out 16 hits in a 10-6 victory over Fitchburg State after dropping a 4-0 decision to Kean earlier in the day.
THE LEADERS
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Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) led the Bullets with three hits in the nightcap that included a pair of home runs with four RBIs.
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Jess Campana (Brick, N.J./St. John Vianney) had five hits on the day that included three hits against Fitchburg.
FOR THE FOES
• Karly Messina led the Cougars with two hits.
• Madison Mantegani paced the Falcons with a hit, two RBIs, and two walks.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In the first game against Kean, Melody Caces led off the bottom of the first with an infield single before a two-out Autaum Hilyer single up the middle scored Caces from third for a 1-0 lead.
• Gettysburg had a chance to tie the game in the sixth when
Julia Smith (Marydel, Md./Queen Anne's County) reached on a two-out single to right and
Jess Campana followed with a flair to right that got through the opening in the fence to the right of the foul pole for a ground-rule double, forcing Smith to stop at third base. Annabella Manno then induce one of her 16 groundball outs to keep it a 1-0 lead.
• The Cougars then took advantage of errors and two walks in the top of the seventh to tack on three more runs.
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Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) led off the Fitchburg State game with a single to center before taking second on a groundout and scoring on a Campana single for a 1-0 lead.
• Three walks, two hit batters and an error on the bottom of the first helped the Falcons plate three runs for a 3-1 lead.
• In the top of the second,
Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) drew a one-out walk and
Megan Hughes (Woodstock, Md./Marriotts Ridge) made it first and second with a two-out walk before O'Leary blasted a ball over the fence in left-center for a 4-3 lead.
• With two outs in the third,
Michaela Carroll (Hackensack, N.J./Hackensack) and
Gianna Peralta (Gillette, N.J./Union Catholic) singled before Goldstein doubled to the fence in left for a 6-3 advantage.
• With one out in the fourth, O'Leary blasted a 1-0 pitch to straightaway center for her second homer of the night. Campana doubled with two outs before scoring on an
Allegra DeCandia (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) single up the middle. Carroll then doubled into the left-field corner to plate DeCandia and stretch the lead to 9-3 lead.
• An error to start the home half of the inning helped Fitchburg get two of the runs back. Lauren Kirkconnell followed with a double that got to the fence in right to put runners at second and third. Allison Pogorek followed with a single up the middle to make it 9-4 with runners at the corners. After back-to-back walks made it 9-5, Hughes induced a 1-2-3 double play and got a second straight ground ball to get out of the inning.
• With two outs in the seventh,
Jordan Pansy (Stroudsburg, Pa./Notre Dame) poked a two-out single to left before scoring off a Hughes double off the top of the fence for the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Megan Hughes pitched seven innings of relief with seven strikeouts to earn the win in game two. She also went 1-for-3 with a walk at the plate.
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Michaela Carroll joined
Lauren O'Leary,
Jess Campana with three hits in game two while
Allegra DeCandia had two hits.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against Rosemont and Immaculata on Thursday. The first game begins at 11 a.m.
