THE FACTS
Gettysburg (6-2-1) 6, Rosemont (3-5) 1
Gettysburg (7-2-1) 3, Immaculata (1-2) 1
What: Non-conference softball games
When: Thursday, Mar. 8
Where: North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg pounded out 28 hits, including five for extra bases to wrap up its 10-game trip to Myrtle Beach with two victories. The Bullets opened the final day with a 6-1 win over Rosemont before defeating Immaculata, 3-1.
THE LEADERS
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Jess Campana (Brick, N.J./St. John Vianney) rapped out seven hits on the day to lead the Bullets, including a career-best four knocks against Rosemont. She was one of four players with four or more hits over the two games.
FOR THE FOES
• Kendyll Strohl had a hit and run scored for the Ravens.
• Bryele Anthony led the Mighty Macs with three of hits.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Against Rosemont in the opener,
Jess Campana doubled with two outs in the bottom of the first before scoring on an
Allegra DeCandia (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) single through the left side for a 1-0 lead. A
Michaela Carroll (Hackensack, N.J./Hackensack) single and
Giovanna Komst (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) double made it a 3-0 game.
• The Bullet tacked on one more run in the third.
Julia Smith (Marydel, Md./Queen Anne's County) and Campana led off the frame with back-to-back singles before a two-out Komst single scored Smith for a 4-0 lead.
• Campana led off the fifth with a single before being erased on a fielder's choice. Carroll followed with a triple to the wall in right to score DeCandia from first before Komst followed with her third hit of the day to score Carroll for a 6-0 lead.
• A two-out Kendall Strohl single down the line, wild pitch, passed ball on a walk and a first-third double steal broke up the shutout in the sixth.
• Against Immaculata in game two,
Bailey Quinn (Hanford, Calif./Robinson Secondary School [Va.]) poked a single to right with two outs in the fourth inning to start a rally. O'Leary followed with a sky-high fly ball that landed between the third baseman and shortstop to put two on. Smith added another infield popup single to load the bases for Campana, who knocked a ball through the left side to score Quinn and O'Leary for a 2-0 lead.
• With one out in the bottom of the sixth, Peyton McGowan smoked a single to third base before Rylee Martin hit a ground-rule double into the right-field corner to put runners at second and third. After a pitching change, Allison Hill followed with a ground ball back to the pitcher and McGowan took off for home after the throw to record the second out at first base to make it a one-run game.
• Campana dropped a single into center to lead off the seventh before
Maddie Murphy (Summit, N.J./Summit) smoked a double to deep center to get the run back.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) struck out nine, allowing just two hits against Rosemont for her third win of the season.
• In addition to
Jess Campana's four-hit day,
Giovanna Komst had three hits.
Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Manasquan),
Julia Smith and
Michaela Carroll all had two knocks as part of a 14-hit outing against the Ravens.
• O'Leary was 4-for-4 against Immaculata while Campana had three hits and Smith added two.
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Audrey Wright (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) went 5 1/3 innings in the circle with a career-high seven strikeouts to nab the win.
Megan Hughes (Woodstock, Md./Marriotts Ridge) locked down the final 1 2/3 innings for her first save.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg is scheduled to play at Shenandoah against the Hornets and Denison on Saturday. However, the forecast could cause a change to the SU Softball Classic that would force the Bullets to play a doubleheader at Shenandoah on Sunday, Mar. 19 after a twinbill at Mary Washington on Saturday, Mar. 18.
