THE FACTS
Gettysburg (14-6, 2-1 CC) 2, Haverford (7-13, 1-2 CC) 1 (Game 1)
Gettysburg (15-6, 3-1 CC) 10, Haverford (7-14, 1-3 CC) 1 (Game 2 – 5 inn.)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Apr. 6
Where: Haverford, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
A seventh-inning home run gave Gettysburg a 2-1 win in the opener at Haverford before the Bullets put up three three-run innings for a 10-2, five-inning game two victory and the sweep.
THE LEADERS
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Giovanna Komst (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) led the Bullets with two hits in each game, totaling four hits, three runs and an RBI in the two games.
FOR THE FOES
• Kyra Van Denburgh led the Fords with two hits in the opener.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Audrey Bergan (Encinitas, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) drew a walk to lead off game one before back-to-back fielder's choices had
Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) at first with two outs.
Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) roped a double to right, scoring Goldstein for a 1-0 lead.
• A throwing error allowed Mia Kessinger to reach to start the fourth inning. A sacrifice and hit batter put runners at the corners before Addie Sapirstein's RBI groundout tied the game.
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Giovanna Komst led off the seventh with a home run to left-center for a 2-1 lead before
Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) worked around a one-out infield single in the bottom of the inning to preserve the victory.
• In game two, Komst led off the second with a single before a one-out walk to
Clare Sottile (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Spacenkill) and throwing error on a fielder's choice allowed Sottile to score and put
Julia Smith (Marydel, Md./Queen Anne's County) at third with two outs.
Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) doubled home Smith before scoring on an
Emily Vinal (Erwinna, Pa./Mt. St. Joseph Academy) for a 3-0 lead.
• Jocelyn Leal led off the home second with an infield single before a sacrifice bunt, fielding error and Maddie Etheridge single made it 3-1.
• A Komst double and back-to-back two-out walks loaded the bases in the top of the third for Pelekis, who singled to push the advantage to 4-1.
• A fielding error, stolen base, groundout and wild pitch made it 4-2 in the bottom of the frame.
• Bergan walked to lead off the fourth before moving to second on a wild pitch and scoring on a one-out Goldstein double. After she moved to third on a wild pitch,
Allegra DeCandia (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) singled Goldstein home. A walk to Sottile and a Smith double pushed the lead to 7-2.
• Three straight two-out walks in the fifth loaded the bases for DeCandia. She poked a two-out single to center to make it 9-2 before a wild pitch and Sottile single put the game in run-rule territory.
Megan Hughes (Woodstock, Md./Marriotts Ridge) then worked around a one-out double and fielding error with a pair of groundouts in the bottom of the fifth to end the game early.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Giovanna Komst had the only multi-hit outing of the opener.
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Paige Forry struck out two and scattered five hits for the win in the circle.
• In addition to Komst,
Allegra DeCandia and
Anika Pelekis each had two hits in game two. DeCandia added three RBIs while Pelekis had two.
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Megan Hughes allowed just three hits and struck out four with no walks in the game two win.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at York (Pa.) on Tuesday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.
