Game 1 Boxscore |
Game 2 BoxscoreMEADVILLE, Pa. - The Bethany softball team plated seven runs in the top of the seventh to erase an 8-1 deficit and scored the game-winning run in the tie-breaking 10th inning capture game one of a non-conference doubleheader on Monday afternoon. The Bison (14-12) posted an 9-8 victory, before winning the nightcap, 4-1.
Andrea Thomas went a combined 6-for-8, scoring three runs and driving in four while smacking a home run in the opener. Cortney Newland only allowed one run on five hits to earn the complete-game victory in game two.
Katie Wills, Rachel Ryan, Elizabeth Burr and Allison Piper each posted three hits on the day for the Gators (15-13).
In game one, Allegheny got on the board first thanks to Bessie Artino single to knock in Stephanie Baer. The Bison tied it up in the top of the second, but the Gators regained the lead with Maggie Bodenlos scoring on Ryan's double to right field.
Back-to-back three-run innings gave Allegheny a commanding 8-1 lead heading into the top of the seventh. Baer tallied two runs during the stretch and Marci Potuzko smashed her third home run of the season to plate Baer and Piper.
Bethany did exactly what they had to do to stay in the game, scoring seven runs on five hits to knot the game at 7-all and eventually forcing extra innings. Thomas, who went 4-for-5 in game one, singled before Summer Terrell homered to make it 8-3. The Bison took advantage of two errors and scored the next five runs with two outs.
After two empty innings, the international tie-breaking rules went into effect and the Bison's put Fauth on second to start the 10th. A sacrifice bunt by Marinacci got Fauth to third Thomas drove her in with a single to left field for the game-winning run.
Cortney Newland worked three innings to get the victory. Terrell started in the circle, going seven innings and allowing eight runs on 12 hits.
In the nightcap, Thomas doubled to left field and scored on an error to give Bethany a 1-0 lead in the top of the second. The Bison added another run in the second. Brittany Leslie got on with a single and rounded the bases on a Fauth double to centerfield for a 2-0 lead.
The Gators attempted a comeback in the fourth. Potuzko doubled to centerfield and was knocked in by Wills' single to make it 2-1.
In the top of the sixth, Fauth and Marinacci each hit a double to set up two more runs for Bethany. Marinacci drove in Fauth and pinch runner Lindsay Olson scored on an RBI single by Thomas for a 4-1 lead.
Hurler Amanda Downey went the distance in game two, striking out six in giving up three earned runs in the loss.
Allegheny returns to action Thursday against Baldwin Wallace. The doubleheader begins at 3:30 p.m.