THE FACTS
Gettysburg (7-8) 8, Penn College (11-2) 0 (Game 1 – 5 inn.)
Gettysburg (8-8) 10, Penn College (11-3) 2 (Game 2 – 5 inn.)
What: Non-conference softball doubleheader
When: Thursday, Mar. 26
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning of game one to pick up an 8-0 run-rule win over Penn College before completing the sweep with a second run-rule victory, 10-2.
THE LEADERS
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Lexi Waring (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) led the Bullets, tossing a one-hit shutout in game one. She struck out five with now walks in the contest.
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Jamie Shaw (Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg) went 5-for-5 at the plate to lead the offense.
FOR THE FOES
• Payton Crawford led the Wildcats with a double in each game.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Scoreless in game one,
Audrey Bergan (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) reached on an error to start the bottom of the third. A
Jamie Shaw infield single put two runners on before
Renee Laczkowski (Erie, Colo./Erie) singled home Bergan for a 1-0 lead. A one-out walk to
Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) loaded the bases before an
Abby Todd (Roebling, N.J./Northern Burlington County Regional) stretched the lead to 3-0. An RBI groundout from
Abigail Gold (Apex, N.C./Apex) plated pinch-runner
Siara Gonzalez (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom) before Todd scored on a
Lily Mader (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley) single to right for a 5-0 lead.
• In the seventh,
Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) singled on a hard liner to center before DeFreitas walked for the third time. A Todd walk loaded the bases before a third straight free pass to Gold on just four pitches forced in Pelekis. With one out,
Lauren Bickler (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) singled to score pinch-runner
Zoe Brennan (Arlington, Va./Yorktown) and Bergan ended it with a single to center, scoring pinch-runner
Bella Rausch (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) for the 8-0 win.
• Bergan started game two with a single before stealing second. Shaw was hit by a pitch before both scored on a Laczkowski double to deep center. After a wild pitch, a DeFreitas sacrifice fly made it 3-0.
• Walks to Gold and Bickler around a Mader single loaded the bases in the home second. Bergan singled up the middle for a 4-0 lead. Shaw followed with an RBI knock of her own before taking second on a wild pitch. Laczkowski poked a single back up the middle that scored both runners and made it 7-0. A
Sydney Goldstein (Villanova, Pa./Harriton) pinch-hit single extended the advantage to 8-0.
• Sofia Mileto singled up the middle to start the top of the third before Payton Crawford walked on four pitches. After a double play left it with a runner at second and two down, Astyn Calaman doubled home Crawford. Ryleigh Rinker poked a single into center and Harley Kunes had a hard-hit ball back to the circle to cut the deficit to 8-2.
• Gettysburg got both runs back in the bottom of the inning. With one out,
Emily Bakker (Hawthorne, N.J./Hawthorne) walked before a fielder's choice. Shaw reached on an infield single and Bergan took the extra base on a throwing error to put runners at the corners. Laczkowski followed with a triple to right to make it 10-2.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Audrey Bergan and
Sydney Goldstein joined
Jamie Shaw with two hits in game two.
Renee Laczkowski was 3-for-3 in the nightcap. She tied her career high with six RBIs.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Washington (Md.) in the Centennial Conference opener on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.
