Gettysburg College Athletics

FIRST PITCH: Today's Centennial Conference (CC) doubleheader marks the 95th and 96th all-time meetings between No. 14 Gettysburg (31-4, 11-1 CC) and McDaniel (14-16-1, 4-8 CC) in a series that dates back to 1981. The Bullets hold a 47-46-1 edge in the all-time series but the Bullets have the last four meetings after the Green Terror swept the 2022 season series in Westminster. 

LAST SEASON'S SERIES: Gettysburg had five multiple run innings offensive and the pitching staff allowed just two runs in 14 innings to sweep McDaniel last season The Bullets took game one 7-0 before completing the sweep, 9-2. Emily Bakker led the Bullets offensively with four hits in the twinbill that included three doubles. She also had three RBIs and two runs scored. Paige Forry threw 10 innings in the circle, allowing just one run and five total hits while striking out 14. Bella Sylvester led the Green Terror with four hits that included a 3-for-4 game two. (Full Recap) (Game 1 Box) (Game 2 Box)

SSD AWARENESS: Gettysburg is Susquehanna Service Dogs (SSD) Awareness Day this afternoon. Part of Keystone Human Services, Susquehanna Service Dogs breeds, raises, trains, and places assistance dogs and hearing dogs, as well as facility dogs, to assist children and adults with disability to lead the lives they want to live. SSD works hard to match people and dogs to form a successful partnership and follow each team for the working life of the dog and through the dog's retirement. SSD will have Ambassador Dogs and a table with more information about volunteering and raising service dogs. Gettysburg will is also collecting donations at the game to support SSD's mission. You can give online through this link. More information about Susquehanna Service Dogs can be found on their website.

LAST TIME OUT: Gettysburg scored multiple runs in the first two innings of both games to sweep Haverford on Saturday. The Bullets took game one 9-1 in five innings before completing the sweep, 10-6. Lauren O'Leary went 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead the Bullets in game two. Morgan DeFreitas had two hits and four RBIs in the opener. Addie Sapirstein had three hits in the second game to lead the Fords. (Full Recap) (Game 1 Box) (Game 2 Box)

NO. 14 WITH A BULLET: Gettysburg dropped one spot to 14th in last week's NFCA Div. III coaches' poll.

WHAT'S THE SCENARIO?: The Bullets enter the final week of the regular season having already secured a top-three seed in next week's Centennial Conference tournament. Gettysburg's magic number to clinch one of the top two seeds is one, earning hosting rights for a Thursday semifinal. The Orange and Blue is currently tied with Swarthmore atop of the conference standings with the teams already splitting the regular-season series, which means the top seed seed and weekend hosting rights will come down to the run-differential tiebreaker if both teams win all four games this week.

NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP HERE: Audrey Bergan leads the conference in numerous offensive categories and ranks top two in everything except the power categories. She paces the conference in batting average (.504), on-base percentage (.587), OPS (1.178) and walks (22). She is second in hits (58) and runs scored (42). She has multiple hits in 20 of the 36 games this season and a team-best six games with three or more hits.

LAST TIME OUT: Muhlenberg plated four runs in the first inning of game one, opening the scoring on a bunt to ignite of sweep of McDaniel on Saturday. The Mules took game one 11-0 before completing the sweep, 2-0. (Full Recap) (Game 1 Box) (Game 2 Box)

SPLITSVILLE: Saturday's two losses at the hands of Muhlenberg was just the second time in six conference doubleheaders that McDaniel had been swept. The other time was to conference co-leader Swarthmore on Apr. 5 by scores of 10-0 and 5-0. Three of the four splits have been game two wins by the Green Terror. Ashley Sawyer is the only player hitting over .300 in CC play for McDaniel, posting a .455 average with 15 hits that includes two doubles and two home runs.