LITTLE RIVER, S.C. - The Arcadia University softball team capped off its trip to South Carolina with a 26-1 win over Pricipia before a 9-3 defeat of Centenary on Wednesday.
FOR THE RECORD
-The Knights return home with a 7-3 record.
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE: ARCADIA 26, PRINCIPIA 1 (F/5)
-Arcadia opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with seven runs on one hit.
-The Knights exploded in the second, scoring 17 runs on seven hits to take a 24-0 lead.
-Principia got on the board with a run in the top of the fourth.
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Maddie DeChristopher and
Dakota Fanelli finished the scoring with RBI's in the bottom of the fourth.
-Fanelli earned the win in the circle, allowing one run on four hits with zero walks and seix strikeouts in a complete-game effort.
KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits:
Sophia Passaro (2) /
Jadelin Chui (2)
Runs: Passaro (3) / Chui (3)
RBI: Chui (3) / DeChristopher (3)
Walks:
Sybella DeMaio (3) /
Sofia Forbito (2) /
Samantha Edwards (2)
GAME TWO: ARCADIA 9, CENTENARY 3 (F/6)
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Caity Hinton opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with a single to center scoring Passaro.
-Arcadia added five runs in the bottom of the second on RBI's from Passaro,
Stephanie Binek, and DeMaio.
-Centenary cut the lead with one run in the third and two in the fifth.
-The Knights finished the scoring in the bottom of the fifth on a two-run double from
Kiersten Murray scoring DeMaio and
Alexa Kozarski, followed by an RBI triple off Passaro's bat plating Murray.
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Mac Champion earned her third win of the season, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits with one walk and four strikouts in another complete game.
KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits:
Sadie Drozdowski (2) / Passaro (2) /
Sofia Forbito (2) / Hinton (2) / Binek (2) / DeMaio (2) / Kozarski (2)
Runs: Passaro (2) / Murray (2)
RBI: Passaro (3) / Murray (2)
Walks: Passaro (1) / Drozdowski (1) /
Molly Delio (1)
UP NEXT
-The Knights return to action on Saturday when they open Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) play with a doubleheader at Lebanon Valley scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
