THE FACTS
Lebanon Valley (34-8) 3, Gettysburg (28-12) 2
What: NCAA Div. III softball regional first-round game
When: Thursday, May 16
Where: Virginia Beach, Va.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored the first two runs of the game but Lebanon Valley rallied to tie the game before scoring the game-winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 3-2 win in the first round of the NCAA Div. III softball tournament at Virginia Wesleyan.
THE LEADERS
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Gabby Wood (Dalton, Pa./Tunkhannock Area) led the Bullets with a 2-for-3 at the plate.
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Giovanna Komst (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) added two hits of her own.
FOR THE FOES
• Megan Heard led the Dutchmen with two hits.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Allegra DeCandia (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) and
Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) led off the second inning with back-to-back singles before a fielder's choice and caught stealing had a runner at third with two outs. A miscue on the infield allowed DeCandia to score for a 1-0 lead.
• In the third,
Audrey Bergan (Encinitas, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) reached on a one-out error before
Julia Smith (Marydel, Md./Queen Anne's County) and
Giovanna Komst had back-to-back base knocks to make it a 2-0 game.
• Julia Craig reached second on a throwing error to lead off the bottom of the fourth before pinch-runner Nikki Sellers advanced to third on a groundout. After a hit batter, a single back to the pitcher allowed Sellers to score and cut the deficit in half.
• Lindsey McCurdy led off the home sixth with a triple to the fence in right-center before Sam Burns dropped down a perfect bunt up the first-base line for the single and tied the game at 2-all.
• With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Megan Heard put a ball just out of the reach of the Gettysburg infield. After she moved to second on a wild pitch, Craig reached on an infield single but the ball was thrown out of play, which allowed Heard to score the winning run from third.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) struck out seven batters in the complete game in the circle.
• Lebanon Valley advanced in the winner's bracket and will take on top-seed Virginia Wesleyan, which defeated Eastern Connecticut 6-1 in the day's first game, in Friday's first game at 11 a.m. Gettysburg will face Eastern Connecticut in the first elimination game at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. The winner of that game will meet the loser of the day's first game at 4 p.m.
NEXT UP
Game time on Friday against Eastern Connecticut is 1:30 p.m.
Post Game Interview Game Two: Gettysburg from Tyler Costello on Vimeo.
