THE FACTS
No. 17 Gettysburg (19-3, 1-0 CC) 14, Washington (Md.) (4-13, 0-1 CC) 2 (Game 1)
No. 17 Gettysburg (20-3, 2-0 CC) 5, Washington (Md.) (4-14, 0-2 CC) 3 (Game 2)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Mar. 29
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 17th in the latest NFCA Div. III coaches' poll, scored five runs in consecutive innings to key a 14-2 run-rule game one win over Washington (Md.) before earning the sweep in game two, 5-3.

THE LEADERS
• Elliana Hopple (Collegeville, Pa./The Episcopal Academy) recorded four hits and seven RBIs on the days, including a three-hit, five-RBI game one.

FOR THE FOES
• Gracelyn Goforth led the Shorewomen with three hits and an RBI on the day.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• In game one, Audrey Bergan (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) drew a walk to start the bottom of the first. After a Jamie Shaw (Mt. Airy, Md./Glenelg) sacrifice, Elliana Hopple singled to center to score Bergan for a 1-0 lead. A two-out Renee Laczkowski (Erie, Colo./Erie) single up the middle, wild pitch and two-run single from Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) made it 3-0. Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) poked a single back up the middle before Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) got one just inside the third-base bag for a 4-0 lead after one inning.
• Three walks loaded the bases with one out in the home third. A fielder's choice cut down the run at the plate and gave Washington the second out. However, Bergan drew a walk to force home O'Leary and a wild pitch plated Goldstein for a 6-0 lead. After a Shaw walk reloaded the bases, Hopple cleared them with a double to the fence in left to give the Bullets a 9-0 lead.
• Laczkowski and Pelekis led off the fourth with back-to-back singles before a fielder's choice, a lineout and wild pitch made it second and third with two outs. Abigail (Apex, N.C./Apex) scored both Pelekis and O'Leary with a double. Elie Lardiere (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) followed with a pinch-hit double off the fence in center to trade places and make it 12-0. Kate Buckley (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton) drew a walk before a Hopple single scored Lardiere. With the bases loaded, Jordan Pansy (Stroudsburg, Pa./Notre Dame) reached on an infield single to score the 14th run.
• Lilly Wenzel and Julia Weglarz each singled to start the top of the seventh before Becca Foulk was hit by a pitch to load the bases. After groundout scored pinch-runner Julia Guzman, Gracelyn Goforth singled home Weglarz for the 14-2 final.
• In the nightcap, Bergan and Shaw each drew walks in the home first before a wild pitch and sacrifice flies from Hopple and Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) made it 2-0.
• Jenna Harper started the second with a single before a sacrifice and throwing error allowed her to score and cut the deficit in half. Singles from Laczkowski, Pelekis and an O'Leary walk loaded the bases. Lily Mader (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley) popped a ball that fell behind the circle to score one run and make it 3-0.
• Bergan and Shaw were then both hit by pitches with one out in the second before a Hopple single up the middle plated Bergan for a 4-1 lead.
• Goforth doubled to lead off the third before a Lilly Cook single and stolen base had two in scoring position. Harper grounded out to the right side, scoring Goforth with two outs before a Mia Mavoides single scored Cook to cut the deficit to 4-3.
• Shaw started the fourth with a flare single to right before stealing second, taking third on a groundout and scoring on a two-out Laczkowski single for a 5-3 advantage.

THE INSIDE STORY
• In addition to Elliana Hopple's three hits in game one, Renee Laczkowski and Anika Pelekis each had two hits.
• Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) threw an efficient 4 2/3 innings, scattering three hits without allowing a run or walk for her 14th win of the season.
• Audrey Wright (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) allowed just two baserunners after the fourth inning for the complete-game victory in game two. She struck out four with no walks to improve to 6-1 on the year.
• Jamie Shaw and Laczkowski each had two hits in the nightcap.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against York (Pa.) on Tuesday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.
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