THE FACTS
Haverford (27-12) 11, Gettysburg (20-21) 3
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball tournament elimination game
When: Saturday, May 2
Where: Swarthmore, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Haverford scored four runs in both the first and seventh innings for an 11-3 victory over Gettysburg in the first elimination game of the 2026 Centennial Conference championship tournament.
THE LEADERS
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Lauren Bickler (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) led the Bullets with a 2-for-3 day the play, adding a walk, run and RBI.
FOR THE FOES
• Shelby Preisser led the Fords with three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Addie Sapirstein doubled down the line to lead off the game. A two-out Shelby Preisser staked Haverford to a 1-0 lead before scoring on a Kama Bode double. A Kyra Van Denburgh infield single and Zoe Friedman triple opened up a 4-0 lead.
• A Jocelyn Leal double and Lauren Martin single stretched the lead to 5-0.
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Lauren Bickler led off the bottom of the fourth with a single before a pair of passed balls moved her to third and she scored on an
Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) single up the middle. A dropped fly ball allowed Pelekis to score to make it 5-2.
• A Preisser double and Van Denburgh single stretched the lead to 6-2 in the fifth before another Preisser RBI single extended the lead to 7-2 in the sixth.
• Friedman went yard with one out in the seventh to start the four-run frame before singles from Sapirstein and Lauren Martin around an RBI groundout made it 11-2.
• Two walks and an
Audrey Bergan (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) infield single loaded the bases with two outs before Bickler drew a walk for the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Anika Pelekis finished with two hits for Gettysburg.
NEXT UP
The tournament continues at Swarthmore on Saturday. Gettysburg takes on Haverford in the first elimination game at 11 a.m. with the winner's bracket game between Muhlenberg and Swarthmore to follow at approximately 1:30 p.m.
