THE FACTS
No. 14 Gettysburg (36-4) 7, Ursinus (21-19) 0
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball tournament
When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 14th in the latest NFCA Div. III coaches' poll, broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-run third inning to key a 7-0 win over Ursinus in the opening game of the 2025 Centennial Conference softball tournament.
THE LEADERS
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Renee Laczkowski (Erie, Colo./Erie) led the Bullets with a three-run home run in the fifth inning – one of her two hits on the day.
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) tossed a two-hit shutout with seven strikeouts and no walks.
FOR THE FOES
• Kayla Carr led the Bears with a first-inning double.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Ursinus put two baserunners on in the first inning but could not score. That was the best early threat until
Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) led off the bottom of the third with a single. After a sacrifice,
Audrey Bergan (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) tripled for a 1-0 lead. A
Jamie Shaw (Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg) RBI groundout plated Bergan for a 2-0 advantage.
• That was all the offense
Paige Forry needed. She proceeded to retire the last 15 batters she faced.
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Zoe Brennan (Arlington, Va./Yorktown) led off the fifth with an infield single. Bergan followed with a single back to the pitcher before a groundout put two runners in scoring position. A two-run
Elliana Hopple (Collegeville, Pa./The Episcopal Academy) single made it 4-0 before a
Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown East) single to center.
Renee Laczkowski then blasted a 1-2 pitch down the left-field line for a three-run home run.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Audrey Bergan and
Zoe Brennan joined
Renee Laczkowski with two hits each.
• Gettysburg advances to the winner's bracket game on Saturday.
NEXT UP
The Bullets play at Swarthmore against the top-seeded Garnet on Saturday at approximately 1:30 p.m.
