THE FACTS
Gettysburg (11-5) 11, Mary Washington (11-8) 3 (Game 1 – 6 inn.)
Gettysburg (12-5) 4, Mary Washington (11-9) 2 (Game 2)
What: Non-conference softball doubleheader
When: Friday, Mar. 22
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg got solid pitching and timely hitting to sweep Mary Washington, taking game one 11-3 in six innings before escaping with a 4-2 win in the nightcap.
THE LEADERS
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Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) led the Bullets with four hits and three RBIs on the afternoon. She was one of three players with three hits in the opener
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Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) provided the difference in game two with a three-run home run in the fifth inning.
FOR THE FOES
• Emily Angel led the Eagles with three hits on the day.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In the opener,
Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) was hit by a one-out pitch before a
Giovanna Komst (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) single and
Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) walk loaded the bases.
Julia Smith (Marydel, Md./Queen Anne's County) followed with a sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead.
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Anika Pelekis tripled with one out in the second before a
Bailey Quinn (Hanford, Calif./Robinson Secondary School [Va.]) sacrifice fly made it a 2-0 game.
• With one out in the top of the third, Hannah Steele, Shelby Presgrave and Bridget Laychak each singled to make it a 2-1 game. After a groundout, Emily Angel poked a two-run single up the middle to turn the one-run deficit into a one-run lead.
• O'Leary doubled to lead off the third before back-to-back one-out walks to DeFreitas and Smith loaded the bases. After a fielder's choice erased the run at the plate for the second out,
Clare Sottile (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Spackenkill) dropped a single into left-center to score DeFreitas and Smith before Pelekis cleared the bases with a double of her own to make it a 6-3 lead.
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Audrey Bergan (Encinitas, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) led off the fourth with a single before moving to second on a wild pitch and then was able to score on a Komst single to left to push the lead to 7-3. After a pair of wild pitches and a walk put runners at the corners with two outs,
Carlie Goldstein singled home Komst to stretch the advantage to 8-3.
• Komst led off the sixth with a double to the gap before a one-out walk to Smith. With two out, Sottile doubled to the gap, scoring both runners before she was able to score on a Pelekis knock to center for the run-rule win.
• In game two, neither team could dent the scoreboard until two outs in the home fifth. Pelekis and Quinn led off the inning with back-to-back singles before a pair of groundout had runners at second and third with two outs. A fielding error allowed Pelekis to score with the game's first run before Goldstein ripped a 1-2 pitch over the fence in left for her first homer of the season and a 4-0 lead.
• Steele singled to lead off the top of the sixth before a two-out Angel single cut the margin to 4-1. Emma Schieda followed with a double to the fence in left to make it a 4-2 game but a lineout ended the threat.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Audrey Bergan,
Giovanna Komst and
Anika Pelekis all had three hits in game one.
Clare Sottile had two hits and a career-best four RBIs. For Pelekis, it was her first collegiate multi-hit game.
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) went the distance in the circle with six strikeouts and no walks.
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Bailey Quinn had the only multi-hit game in the nightcap, rapping out a 2-for-3 day.
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Isabella Santiago (Austin, Texas/Akins Early College) struck out four and walked none in the complete-game victory in game two.
NEXT UP
The Bullets return to action in the Centennial Conference opener at home against Swarthmore on Saturday, Mar. 30. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.
