GLENSIDE - The Arcadia University softball team swept its non-conference doubleheader with Haverford College on Tuesday in two completely different ways, winning game one 2-1 before taking game two 16-4 in five innings.
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE: ARCADIA 2, HAVERFORD 1
-Haverford opened the scoring in the top of the fifth on a sacrifice fly.
-Arcadia tied the score in the top of the sixth when
Allison LaRochelle reached on a fielder's choice to the shortstop, who elected to try to putout
Angel Schaefer going to third, but the throw went awry allowing Schaefer to score.
-After the Knights loaded the bases,
Aleigha Parnell walked to score
Megan Klose with the eventual winning run.
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Juliana Presto earned her seventh win, allowing one run on six hits with four walks and four strikeouts.
KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits:
Madi Costigan (1) /
Taylor Sommer (1) / LaRochelle (1)
Runs: Schaefer (1) / Klose (1)
RBI: Parnell (1)
Walks: Parnell (1) / Klose (1) /
Megan Sooy (1) /
Nathalia DiIanni (1)
GAME TWO: ARCADIA 16, HAVERFORD 4 (FIVE INNINGS)
-The Fords scored two runs in the top of the first.
-Arcadia sent 13 batters to the plate in a 10-run first, the big hit a two-out grand slam by Sooy.
-The Knights added six runs in the third with RBI hits from Costigan, LaRochelle, Sooy, and
Haley Buckley.
-Haverford added runs in the fourth and fifth to finish the scoring.
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Paige Nolan earned the win, allowing two runs on four hits with two strikeouts.
KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: Costigan (2) / LaRochelle (2) / Sooy (2) /
Xanthe Jamanis (2)
Runs: Costigan (3) / LaRochelle (3)
RBI: Sooy (5) / LaRochelle (2)
Walks: LaRochelle (1) / Costigan (1) / DiIanni (1) /
Grace Caldwell (1)
UP NEXT
Arcadia (11-5) returns to action on Saturday when it travels to Misericordia University for a 1:00 p.m. Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) doubleheader.
