THE FACTS
Swarthmore (22-7, 9-0 CC) 6, No. 13 Gettysburg (26-4, 6-1 CC) 1 (Game 1)
No. 13 Gettysburg (27-4, 7-1 CC) 7, Swarthmore (22-8, 9-1 CC) 4 (Game 2)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball doubleheader
When: Sunday, Apr. 13
Where: Swarthmore, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 13th in the latest NFCA Div. III coaches' poll, scored three runs in the sixth inning of game two to secure a 7-4 victory and forge a split at Swarthmore in a battle for the top of the conference. The Garnet captured game one, 6-1.
THE LEADERS
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Elliana Hopple (Collegeville, Pa./The Episcopal Academy) led the Bullets with two hits and three RBIs in the nightcap.
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) threw 11 innings on the day, striking out 12 batters.
FOR THE FOES
• Emily Betrand led the Garnet with two hits in each game, adding five total RBIs.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In game one, a two-out walk to Olivia McClammy, hit batter and Emily Bertrand single led to a 1-0 Swarthmore lead in the bottom of the first.
• Gettysburg got back even in the third when
Audrey Bergan (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) led off with a single, moved to third on a throwing error and scored on a two-out
Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) sacrifice fly.
• Jordan Jackson singled with one out in the third before a walk, sacrifice and two-run single from Bertrand made it 3-1. Kate Borza followed with an RBI single down the line and Lia Fong doubled for a 5-1 lead.
• An Iris Barone double and one-out McClammy single set the final score in the sixth.
• In the nightcap,
Jamie Shaw (Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg) reached on an infield single with one out in the top of the first before a throwing error and back-to-back two-out singles from
Renee Laczkowski (Erie, Colo./Erie) and
Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) staked the Bullets to a 2-0 lead.
• An error and two-out Bertrand single made it 2-1 in the bottom of the frame.
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Lily Mader (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley) led off the second with a single before moving to second on a wild pitch, third on a Bergan single and scoring on a Shaw sacrifice fly for a 3-1 edge.
• A Jackson infield one-out single, McClammy double and Bertrand single made it 3-2 in the third. In the fourth, it was a one-out Grace Taylor single and two-out Barone triple that tied the game at 3-all.
• A Bergan single, sacrifice and Hopple double put the visitors back in front in the fifth before Gettysburg plated three in the sixth.
Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) led off with a single before moving up a base on a sacrifice.
Abigail Gold (Apex, N.C./Apex) followed with a single to put runners at the corners. After she stole second, Bergan singled to score O'Leary and make it runners at the corners again. Bergan stole second and scored on a two-out Hopple single down the line for a 7-3 lead.
• McClammy doubled with one out in the seventh and scored on a Fong two-out single for the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Swarthmore outhit Gettysburg 9-3 in the opener led by an 11-strikeout performance from Lilly Goldberg.
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Audrey Bergan had three hits in game two while
Anika Pelekis and
Lily Mader joined
Elliana Hopple with two each.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Franklin & Marshall on Tuesday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.
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