THE FACTS
Arcadia (2-1) 10, McDaniel (0-1) 4
Greensboro (4-0) 10, McDaniel (0-2) 4
Wesleyan (Ga.) (7-1) 10, McDaniel (0-3) 1 (5 inn.)
What: Non-conference softball games
When: Saturday, Feb. 26
Where: Raleigh, N.C.

THE SKINNY
McDaniel dropped three games at the Triangle Classic to open the season.

THE LEADERS
• Megan Horsey (Chesapeake City, Md./Bohemia Manor) led the Green Terror with four hits in the three games.

FOR THE FOES
• Serena Goodridge led Arcadia to a 10-4 win in the opener with three hits.
• Kassie Simmons had two hits and four RBIs to lead Greensboro to a 10-4 win in the second game of the day.
• Bailey Caldwell was 2-for-3 to lead Wesleyan (Ga.) to a 10-1, five-inning victory in the finale.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• In the opener, Arcadia jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the second innings keyed by a Shannon Shea two-run single. A Morgan Marchesani two-run double was the big hit of a four-run third that pushed the lead to 9-0.
• A Megan Horsey double and Megan Cappadora (Manchester, Md./Manchester Valley) single made it 9-1 in the bottom of the third.
• A two-out Effia Jamimia home run in the fifth made it 10-1 before two unearned runs in the home fifth and a Mattie Whalen (Magnolia, N.J./Sterling) one-out solo shot in the sixth set the final margin.
• In the second game, Horsey drew a walk in the top of the first before scoring on an Evie Craig (Valby, Denmark/International School of Hellerup) for a 1-0 lead. Hannah Raygor (Frederick, Md./Seneca Valley) singled in the second and scored on a one-out Makayla Calamita (Fleetwood, Pa./Fleetwood Area) knock for a 2-0 lead.
• Greensboro responded, however, with a five-run bottom of the second behind three McDaniel errors.
• Whalen and Horsey led off the third with back-to-back hits before Whalen scored on a Craig base hit and Horsey scored on a Raygor RBI groundout. The Pride tacked on another unearned tally in the bottom of the inning on a Madison Dillner sacrifice fly to make it 6-4.
• A Kassie Simmons home keyed a three-run fifth that made it 9-4 before Greensboro added one more in the sixth for the final margin.
• In the finale, Wesleyan jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first. It was a Savannah Pollock triple that was the big hit in the frame. After a single run in the third, a Tihana Zupanic home run keyed a four-run fourth that made it 10-0. Calamita reached in the bottom of the fifth and scored on a Kylie Sears (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) groundout to break up the shutout.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Madison Froemel (Suffolk, Va./Kings Fork) went 3-for-3 against the Knights while Megan Cappadora had two hits.
• Evie Craig had three hits against the Pride while Mattie Whalen, Megan Horsey, and Makayla Calamita had two each.
• Isabella Sylvester (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) had two hits in her collegiate debut against the Wolves.
• Due to the forecast for rain in the Raleigh area on Sunday, the tournament format was changed from two games on Saturday and two on Sunday to three games on Saturday.

NEXT UP
McDaniel returns to action at home against Hood on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 12 p.m.