THE FACTS
LaGrange (4-7) 7, Gettysburg (2-1) 6 (8 inn.)
Gettysburg (3-1) 8, Stevens (0-6) 0 (5 inn.)
What: Non-conference softball games
When: Saturday, Mar. 1
Where: Columbus, Ga.
THE SKINNY STORY
After dropping a 7-6 extra-inning game to LaGrange, Gettysburg bounced back with a run-rule win, topping Stevens 8-0 in five innings on the second day of the NFCA Leadoff Classic.
THE LEADERS
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) led the way for the Bullets, tossing a five-inning perfect game with four strikeouts – the first of her career.
FOR THE FOES
• Kayla Helms led the Panthers with a 3-for-4 day at the plate, adding three RBIs and two runs scored.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Renee Laczkowski (Erie, Colo./Erie) led off the second inning against LaGrange with a single before moving up a base on a sacrifice. A two-out
Jordan Pansy (Stroudsburg, Pa./Notre Dame) single to right staked Gettysburg to a 1-0 lead.
Audrey Bergan (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) and
Jamie Shaw (Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg) followed with a pair of singles to load the bases before
Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) cleared them with a double for a 4-0 lead.
• After an error and single put two runners on in the bottom of the inning, Kayla Helms quickly made it a 4-3 game with a home run to left center.
• A
Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) single and
Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) double put two on with one out in the third for
Lily Mader (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley), who singled home DeFreitas to push the lead back to two.
• Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases no outs in the bottom of the sixth. Abby Vanhoose followed with a two-run single up the middle to tie the game at 5-all. After a single reloaded the bases,
Paige Forry came in to strand the bases loaded and keep it a tie game.
• Pinch-runner
Abigail Gold (Apex, N.C./Apex) moved to third on a passed ball to start the top of the eighth before scoring on a one-out Laczkowski sacrifice fly for a 6-5 edge.
• After a bunt pushed the tying run in Breonn Newbille to third in the bottom of the inning, Vanhoose dropped down a squeeze and beat it out to tie the game. A fielding error loaded the bases before Claire Chamberlain poked a single into right for the game-winner.
• In game two against Stevens, a Bergan leadoff walk and one-out, two-run Laczkowski home run staked Gettysburg to a 2-0 lead and that's all that Forry would ultimately need. The Bullets added a third run in the frame.
• Singles from Bergan, O'Leary and Laczkowski coupled with an error and two walks doubled the lead in the second.
• A Laczkowski sacrifice fly and
Elliana Hopple (Collegeville, Pa./The Episcopal Academy) single each plated a run in the third to put Gettysburg in run-rule position.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Audrey Bergan,
Lauren O'Leary and
Lily Mader each had two hits in game one while
Carlie Goldstein drove in three.
• Bergan, O'Leary and
Renee Laczkowski all had a pair of hits in the nightcap.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg concludes its trip to the Leadoff Classic on Sunday against Wartburg and Denison. The first game begins at 1:30 p.m.
