THE FACTS
No. 14 Gettysburg (30-4, 10-1 CC) 9, Haverford (15-16, 3-8 CC) 1 (Game 1 – 5 inn.)
No. 14 Gettysburg (31-4, 11-1 CC) 10, Haverford (15-17, 3-9 CC) 6 (Game 2)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Apr. 19
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 14th in the latest NFCA Div. III coaches' poll, scored multiple runs in the first two innings of both games to sweep Haverford. The Bullets took game one 9-1 in five innings before completing the sweep, 10-6.
THE LEADERS
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Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) went 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead the Bullets in game two.
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Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) had two hits and four RBIs in the opener.
FOR THE FOES
• Addie Sapirstein had three hits in the second game to lead the Fords.
• Lauren Martin had two hits in each game.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Audrey Bergan (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) and
Jamie Shaw (Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg) led off the bottom of the first with back-to-back slap singles before
Elliana Hopple (Collegeville, Pa./The Episcopal Academy) was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Morgan DeFreitas poked a single back up the middle to stake Gettysburg to a 2-0 lead. An RBI groundout and passed ball made it 4-0 before
Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) tripled and scored on a
Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) single for a 5-0 lead.
• A Shaw single and Hopple double in the second made it 6-0 before back-to-back groundballs scored Hopple for a 7-0 lead.
• Lauren Martin doubled with one out in the top of the fifth before scoring on a two-out Grace Stowe double to make it 7-1.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Shaw drew a two-out walk before Hopple reached on an infield single. DeFreitas then laced a ball to right-center, scoring Shaw and pinch-runner
Kate Buckley (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton) for the run-rule victory.
• After working around a leadoff double in the top of the first of game two, Bergan beat out an infield single to start the home first. Shaw and DeFreitas then drew walks to load the bases with one out before
Renee Laczkowski (Erie, Colo./Erie) cleared them with a triple for a 3-0 lead. A Pelekis single up the middle made it 4-0.
• A Bergan walk and Shaw double made it 5-0 in the second before Shaw made it 6-0 on a Laczkowski sacrifice fly.
• Addie Saperstein tripled with one out in the third and scored on a two-out error to make it 6-1.
• An error and seeing-eye singles in the top of the sixth led to a five-run frame that tied the game. Kyra Van Denburgh had the big hit with a two-run, bases-loaded single that dropped just fair behind the first-base bag to tie the game.
• Shaw led off the bottom of the inning with a single before Hopple poked a ball through the left side. A DeFreitas walk loaded the bases before a wild pitch broke the tie. Laczkowski ripped a double to left, scoring pinch-runners Buckley and
Zoe Brennan (Arlington, Va./Yorktown) before a one-out
Lauren O'Leary single up the middle plated pinch-runner
Alyna Balewitz (Kendall Park, N.J./Lawrenceville School) for a 10-6 advantage.
THE INSIDE STORY
• The 31 wins on the season matches the program record for wins in a season from 2005.
• Gettysburg secured a top-three seed in the upcoming Centennial Conference tournament with the sweep.
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Jamie Shaw,
Elliana Hopple,
Morgan DeFreitas and
Anika Pelekis all had two hits in game one.
• Shaw, Hopple and
Renee Laczkowski all had two hits in game two. Laczkowski drove in a season-best six runs.
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) started both ends of the doubleheader, grabbing both wins to improve to 22-3. She had eight strikeouts and no walks on the day and allowed just one earned run.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against McDaniel on Tuesday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.
