GRANTHAM, Pa. – Jessica Rhoads became the
second pitcher in six days to no-hit McDaniel, keying a Messiah
sweep in non-conference softball action on Thursday.
The Falcons (26-4), behind Rhoads' 15-strikeout game-one
performance, notched a 2-0 win before completing the sweep with a
10-4 win in a six-inning nightcap.
Lauren Wildasin (Thurmont, Md./Catoctin) and
Megan Elfert (Finksburg, Md./Westminster) each
notched two hits to pace the Green Terror (11-10) in game
two.
Rhoads allowed only two base runners in the opener while her
offensive provided just enough late-inning support for the
win.
An Abby Bergakker double and Abi
Buckler RBI single in the bottom of the fifth broke a
scoreless deadlock before a second Bergakker double an inning later
drove in pinch-runner Ashley Lehman.
Trailing 1-0 on a Bergakker double and run scored in the bottom of
the second, Beth Ann Fusco (Laurel, Md./ST. Vincent
Pallotti) and Elfert each notched RBI singles in the top
of the third to give McDaniel a one-run lead.
An Amy Bowie RBI single and Nicole
Adams two-run home run gave the Falcons a 5-2 lead in the
home third.
Messiah stretched the lead to 6-2 an inning later before using a
Jess Hughes pinch-hit two-run single to cap a
four-run sixth and end the game.
McDaniel returns to action at Swarthmore on Saturday. The first
game of the doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.
Score by Inning – Game
One
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 -
R H
E
McDaniel
(11-9)
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 -
0 0
0
Messiah
(25-4)
0 0
0 0
1 1
x -
2 9
1
Christina Morley and
Devon Fogarty; Jessica Rhoads and Abby
Bergakker. WP: Rhoads (16-1). LP: Morley (5-4). S: none. SO-BB:
Morley 1-0; Rhoads 15-0. 2B: Abby Bergakker 2 (Me).
Score by Inning – Game
Two
1 2
3 4
5 6
- R
H E
McDaniel
(11-10)
0 0
2 0
1 0
- 2
9 1
Messiah
(26-4)
0 1
3 2
0 4
- 10
16 2
Samantha Reigel,
Megan Reilly (6) and
Devon Fogarty, Beth Ann
Fusco (6); Megan Rice, Corinn Eby (6) and Amy Bowie. WP: Rice
(9-1). LP: Reigel (1-2). S: Eby (1). SO-BB: Reigel 1-1, Reilly 0-0;
Rive 3-3, Eby 0-0. 2B: Rebekkah Funk (Me), Abby Bergakker (Me). HR:
Nicole Adams (Me).
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