THE FACTS
Gettysburg (1-0) 2, LeTourneau (4-5) 0
Gettysburg (2-0) 7, No. 6 Tufts (1-1) 4
What: Non-conference softball games
When: Friday, Feb. 28
Where: Columbus, Ga.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored twice in the sixth inning of its opening game to break a scoreless deadlock and defeat LeTourneau 2-0 before knocking off sixth-ranked Tufts 7-4 in the second game of the Bullets' trip to the NFCA Leadoff Classic.
THE LEADERS
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Audrey Bergan (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) led the Bullets with five hits, recording multiple knocks in each game.
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) threw a complete-game shutout in game one before earning the save in game two.
FOR THE FOES
• Jaci Taylor led the Yellowjackets with two hits
• Cat Kawabe had two hits to pace the Jumbos.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In game one, neither team could dent the scoreboard until
Audrey Bergan reached on an infield single to start the bottom of the sixth. One-out walks to
Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) and
Abby Todd (Roebling, N.J./Northern Burlington County Regional) loaded the bases for
Elliana Hopple (Collegeville, Pa./The Episcopal Academy), who drove in both runs of the game.
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Paige Forry worked around a one-out single in the top of the seventh to finish off the shutout.
• Against the Jumbos, Bergan and
Jamie Shaw (Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg) led off the game with back-to-back singles before a one-out walk loaded the bases. A two-out
Renee Laczkowski (Erie, Colo./Erie) single through the left side plated Bergan for a 1-0 lead.
• Back-to-back home runs from Cat Kawabe and Emma Tonies turned the one-run deficit into a 2-1 Tufts lead in the bottom of the second.
• Gettysburg, however, responded with four runs in the third. After a walk,
Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) doubled down the line. Laczkowski followed with a single to score both pinch-runner
Jordan Pansy (Stroudsburg, Pa./Notre Dame) and O'Leary for a 3-2 edge.
Lily Mader (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley) followed with an RBI single before Goldstein drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk for the 5-2 lead.
• An error and RBI groundout from Laczkowski pushed the lead to 6-2 in the fourth.
• Heaven Oliva led off the home fourth with a home run to make it 6-3.
• O'Leary and Lauryn Horita traded home runs in the sixth for the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Paige Forry struck out six and walked none against LeTourneau. She then struck out two over the final 1 2/3 innings for the game-two save.
• In addition to
Audrey Bergan's three-hit game two,
Lauren O'Leary,
Renee Laczkowski and
Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) had two hits each.
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Audrey Wright (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) had two strikeouts to grab the win against Tufs.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg takes on LaGrange and Stevens in the second day of the Leadoff Classic on Saturday. The first game begins at 10 a.m.
