THE FACTS
No. 21 Gettysburg (15-3) 2, Bridgewater (12-5) 1 (Game 1 – 8 inn.)
No. 21 Gettysburg (16-3) 5, Bridgewater (12-6) 3 (Game 2 – 8 inn.)
What: Non-conference softball doubleheader
When: Sunday, Mar. 23
Where: Bridgewater, Va.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 21st in the latest NFCA Div. III coaches' poll, needed extra innings in both games but came away with a sweep of Bridgewater, taking game one 2-1 before grabbing the nightcap, 5-3.
THE LEADERS
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) picked up the win for the Bullets in both games, going the distance in game one with eight strikeouts before throwing the final two innings of game two.
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Zoe Brennan (Arlington, Va./Yorktown) had a career-high three hits in the second game.
FOR THE FOES
• McKenna Muller led the Eagles with two hits and drove in the lone run of game one.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Audrey Bergan (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) led off game one with a triple before scoring on a one-out
Elliana Hopple (Collegeville, Pa./The Episcopal Academy) double for an early 1-0 lead.
• That advantage held until the bottom of the seventh when Jadelyn Ramirez led off with a pinch-hit single. After moving to second on a sacrifice, McKenna Muller singled her home to tie the game.
• With
Jamie Shaw (Mt. Airy, Md./Glenelg) at second to start the eighth, Hopple bunted her to third and
Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) singled to left to break the tie. The Eagles bunted the would-be tying run to third to start the bottom of the frame but
Paige Forry recorded strikeouts No. 7 and 8 to cap the 2-1 win.
• In the nightcap, Kaelyn Ramsey poked a one-out double in the bottom of the first before taking third on a wild pitch and scoring on a Jordan Wise single up the middle.
• The Bullet drew even in the fourth when Hopple led off with a double and scored on a two-out
Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) single up the middle.
• The Eagles answered in the bottom of the inning. A one-out Leiah Branch single, stolen base and Lexi Schaaf double down the line made it 2-1.
• A
Renee Laczkowski (Erie, Colo./Erie) one-out home run in the sixth retied the game at 2-all.
• With
Gabby Wood (Dalton, Pa./Tunkannock Area) at second to start the eighth, Pelekis singled to put runners at the corners with one out before
Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) doubled into right for a 3-2 lead. A
Lily Mader (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley) sacrifice fly and
Zoe Brennan single through the right side made it 5-2.
• A pair of groundouts in the bottom of the inning set the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
• In game one,
Audrey Bergan,
Jamie Shaw and
Morgan DeFreitas all had two hits.
• In addition to
Zoe Brennan's three-hit game two,
Anika Pelekis also had three hits while Bergan and
Lauren O'Leary added a pair.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Lebanon Valley on Thursday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.
