THE FACTS
Gettysburg (8-4) 9, Geneseo (3-9) 0 (5 inn.)
Gettysburg (9-4) 2, Utica (5-5) 1
What: Non-conference softball games
When: Friday, Mar. 15
Where: Clermont, Fla.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg put together a seven-run inning for a 9-0, five-inning win over Geneseo in the opener before capping the day and trip to The Spring Games with a 2-1 win over Utica.

THE LEADERS
• Lily Mader (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley) recorded a pair of two-hit games to lead the Bullets.
• Audrey Bergan (Encinitas, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) had five hits, including a three-hit game against Utica.

FOR THE FOES
• Kaitlyn Schmitz led the Knights with a double.
• Emily Joss paced the Pioneers with a 3-for-3 day.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Lily Mader poked a one-out single up the middle in the second inning against Geneseo. Emily Vinal (Erwinna, Pa./Mt. St. Joseph) followed with a single before Clare Sottile (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Spacekenkill) drew a walk to load the bases. After a fielder's choice scored Mader before an Audrey Bergan two-run single made it a 3-0 game. A Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) infield single and an Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) RBI single pushed the lead to 4-0. Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) singled home O'Leary before a two-run Giovanna Komst (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) double made it 7-0.
• Singles from Sottile and Bergan in the third put runners at the corners with two outs for O'Leary, who tripled to the right-center gap in the third for a 9-0 lead.
• Against Utica, a walk and throwing error on an attempted double play put Julia Smith (Marydel, Md./Queen Anne's County) at second base with two outs before Bailey Quinn (Hanford, Calif./Robinson Secondary School [Va.]) poked a single into center for a 1-0 lead in the top of the second.
• In the fifth inning, Alyssa Barbato reached on an infield single before moving to second on a fielder's choice. A two-out single from Emily Joss tied the game at 1-all.
• A throwing error and sacrifice bunt had Bergan at second in the top of the sixth for Pelekis, who dropped a single into left for the 2-1 advantage.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Lauren O'Leary had three hits and two RBIs against Geneseo while Audrey Bergan and Lily Mader notched two hits each. Bergan and Giovanna Komst each had two RBIs.
• Isabella Santiago (Austin, Texas/Akins Early College) went the distance in that game, scattering five hits.
• In addition to Bergan's three hits against Utica, Mader added a pair.
• Audrey Wright (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) pitched five-plus innings with one strikeout for the win while Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) fanned two to close out the victory with her second save.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Messiah on Thursday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.
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