Gettysburg College Athletics

FIRST PITCH: Today's Centennial Conference (CC) doubleheader marks the 87th and 88th all-time meetings between No. 17 Gettysburg (24-3, 4-0 CC) and Dickinson (13-13, 2-4 CC) in a series that dates back to 1981. The Bullets lead the all-time series 59-27 but the Red Devils have won three of the last four meetings. 

LAST SEASON'S SERIES: Dickinson rallied from a 5-0 deficit for a 6-5 game-one win before Gettysburg jumped out to an 8-0 lead in game two en route to a 12-5 victory and split last season. Lauren O'Leary led the Bullets with two hits and an RBI in each game. Abby Kohan led the Red Devils with three hits on the afternoon, included a 2-for-4 opener. (Full Recap) (Game 1 Box) (Game 2 Box)

LAST TIME OUT: Gettysburg scored seven runs in the first inning of game two after a 3-1 victory in game one to key a sweep of Ursinus with an 11-2 five-inning win on Saturday. Audrey Bergan led the Bullets with five hits on the day. She also scored four runs and drove in two. Samantha Mallen led the Bears with a hit in each game. (Full Recap) (Game 1 Box) (Game 2 Box)

NO. 17 WITH A BULLET: Gettysburg remained at 17th in last week's NFCA Div. III coaches' poll. The Bullets debuted at 24th two weeks ago before rising to 21st last week. The No. 17 national ranking is not only the best in program history but it is the highest known ranking for any Centennial Conference softball team.

ON A ROLL: Gettysburg is on a 12-game winning streak since returning north from its Florida trip. Over those 12 games, the Bullets are hitting .348 as a team and outscoring the opposition, 85-30. Paige Forry is 7-0 with two saves in that span and has posted a scant 0.60 ERA with 48 strikeouts and just eight walks in 46 ? innings. Audrey Bergan leads the offense with a .590 average over the last 12 games with 23 hits and eight walks for a .667 on-base percentage.

LAST TIME OUT: Junior Eden Blanker used a two-run ninth-inning home run to walk off visiting Washington 3-2 in game one of Saturday's Centennial Conference doubleheader. She then tied game two with a two-out home run in the last of the seventh. Unfortunately, the visitors put together a six-run rally in the eighth to claim a 10-5 win. (Full Recap) (Game 1 Box) (Game 2 Box)

KEEPING IT ON THE DOWN LOW: Dickinson enters today's doubleheader hitting just .271 as a team this season. The Red Devils are seventh in the conference in average and runs scored (113). Dickinson has scored more than six runs in a game just seven times this season - and are 6-1 in those games. In the team's 12 losses this season, the Red Devils have scored more than three runs just three times. They have also won three games while scoring three or fewer runs.