THE FACTS
Swarthmore (12-7, 1-0 CC) 2, Gettysburg (10-8-1, 0-1 CC) 0 (Game 1)
Swarthmore (13-7, 2-0 CC) 9, Gettysburg (10-9-1, 0-2 CC) 1 (Game 2 – 5 inn.)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Apr. 1
Where: Swarthmore, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Swarthmore scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning a doubleheader sweep of Gettysburg with a 9-1 run-rule victory. The Garnet took game one, 2-0.
THE LEADERS
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Giovanna Komst (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) led the Bullets with a 2-for-2 game two, adding a walk and driving in the lone Gettysburg run of the day.
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Allegra DeCandia (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) also had two hits in game two.
FOR THE FOES
• Emily Bertrand led the Garnet with two hits in the nightcap – one of three players with a pair of hits in the game.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In the opener, Iris Barone drew a walk to lead off the home first. After a strikeout, Alexandra Simon reached on an infield single to put runners at first and second. An error allowed Olivia McClammy to reach, scoring Barone with runners at second and third. A wild pitch after a second strikeout plated Simon for a 2-0 lead.
• Swarthmore once again loaded the bases with one out on three straight singles in the third but did not score. Gettysburg best threat came a half-inning earlier when
Elliana Hopple (Collegeville, Pa./The Episcopal Academy) led off the frame with a double and moved to third with one out on a fly out but was stranded there.
• In game two, Barone led off the bottom of the inning with a single before moving to second on a sacrifice and scoring on a Simon single up the middle for a 1-0 lead.
• The Bullets loaded the bases in both the second and third but could not score before the Garnet got a pair of hits and an error to make it 2-0 with one out and the bases loaded in the third. A fielder's choice, error and passed ball stretched the lead to 5-0.
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Lily Mader (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley) drew a walk to lead off the fifth before moving to second on a wild pitch. Back-to-back singles from
Allegra DeCandia and
Giovanna Komst made it a 5-1 game with nobody out but a fielder's choice and second double play in as many innings got Swarthmore out of the inning.
• Bertrand led off the home fifth with a double before pinch-runner Caterina Reed scored on a Grace Taylor single up the middle. A hit batter and back-to-back two-out singles made it an 8-1 game before McClammy doubled home the game-ending run.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Jess Campana (Brick, N.J./St. John Vianney) picked up career hit No. 99 in the top of the first inning of game one.
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) fanned eight in game one.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against McDaniel on Tuesday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.
