THE FACTS
No. 14 Gettysburg (34-4, 14-1 CC) 1, Muhlenberg (20-17, 8-7 CC) 0 (Game 1)
No. 14 Gettysburg (35-4, 15-1 CC) 5, Muhlenberg (20-18, 8-8 CC) 3 (Game 2)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Apr. 26
Where: Allentown, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 14th in the latest NFCA Div. III coaches' poll, scored late in both games to break ties and sweep Muhlenberg by scores of 1-0 in game one and 5-3 in game two.
THE LEADERS
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Jamie Shaw (Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg) led the Bullets with three hits in the twinbill.
FOR THE FOES
• Gillian Zack led the Mules with two hits in game two, including a double and triple. She had two RBIs in the game as well.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In game one, neither team could scratch a run across until the sixth inning.
Audrey Bergan (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) reached on a one-out throwing error before a
Jamie Shaw infield single put runners at first and second. After a flyout,
Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) singled to center field to score Bergan just ahead of an out on the bases for a 1-0 lead and the game's lone run.
• Bergan led off game two with an infield single before stealing second and taking third on a Shaw infield single.
Elliana Hopple (Collegeville, Pa./The Episcopal Academy) followed with a sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead.
• Kaitlyn Burrman poked a one-out single to center in the bottom of the frame before scoring on a Gillian Zack double to tie the game.
• In the fifth inning,
Abigail Gold (Apex, N.C./Apex) reached on a one-out single for the Bullets in the top of the frame. A Bergan bunt single and wild pitch put two runners in scoring position before Shaw walked to load the bases. Hopple was hit by a pitch to force in Gold with the go-ahead run before a two-run DeFreitas single made it 4-1. After the second pitching change of the inning,
Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) doubled to score pinch-runner
Kate Buckley (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton) for a 5-1 advantage.
• A pair of errors around a Zack triple closed the deficit to 5-3 in the bottom of the fifth.
THE INSIDE STORY
• There were just eight combined hits in the first game.
Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) went the distance in the circle for Gettysburg with four strikeouts and no walks, scattering five hits.
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Jamie Shaw,
Audrey Bergan,
Morgan DeFreitas and
Abigail Gold all had two hits each in game two.
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Audrey Wright (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) pitched the first five innings to improve to 10-1 while Forry picked up her fourth save throwing the final two innings.
• With the sweep, the Bullets assure no worse than a tie atop the conference standings. If Swarthmore sweeps Dickinson on Sunday, the top seed will be determined by run differential. Gettysburg currently holds the advantage in tie tiebreaker.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will host one of the two semifinals of the Centennial Conference tournament on Thursday. The top seed and weekend host will be determined based on the results of Sunday's doubleheader between Swarthmore and Dickinson. Thursday's game time will be announced on Monday.
