THE FACTS
McDaniel (4-4) 7, Wheaton (Mass.) (1-3) 6
McDaniel (5-4) 6, Ripon (1-9) 3
What: Non-conference softball doubleheader
When: Monday, Mar. 15
Where: Clermont, Fla. – Hancock Park

THE SKINNY
McDaniel jumped out to early leads in both games to aid in a sweep at The Spring Games. The Green Terror defeated Wheaton (Mass.) 7-6 in the first game before topping Ripon 6-3 in game two.

THE LEADERS
• Megan Horsey (Chesapeake City, Md./Bohemia Manor) led the Green Terror with five hits on the day, including a 4-for-4 game one.

FOR THE FOES
• Tristan Keller led the Lyons with two hits and four RBIs in the game.
• Lexzie Hassemer had two hits and two RBIs for the Red Hawks.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• In game one, Juliet Zito singled with one out in the bottom of the first before Katelyn Barton walked. A two-out Tristan Keller single to left staked Wheaton to a 2-0 lead.
• Madison Froemel (Suffolk, Va./Kings Fork) singled up the middle with one out in the top of the second before Colleen Camburn (Waretown, N.J./Southern Regional) doubled to the gap to put runners at second and third. Olivia Dresser (Valrico, Fla./Newsome) beat out an infield single to load the bases for Mattie Whalen (Magnolia, N.J./Sterling), who singled to shallow right to cut the deficit in half. With two outs, Megan Horsey blasted a double to the right-center gap and Evie Craig (Valby, Denmark/International School of Hellerup) poked a double to the opposite gap for two RBIs each and a 5-2 lead.
• A Bryanna Agan double and pair of sacrifices cut the deficit to 5-3 in the bottom of the inning.
• Barton and Sofia Knopf had back-to-back one-out doubles in the fourth to make it 5-4 before Paytyn Hazelton (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Seminole Ridge) led off the top of the fifth with a blast to right for a 6-4 edge.
• A hit batter and Keller two-run home run tied the game in the bottom of the fifth.
• Whalen walked to lead off the sixth before moving up on a groundout and scoring on a Horsey double.
• Hannah Costa (Bayville, N.J./Central Regional) worked around back-to-back singles to lead off the home sixth with a caught stealing and then retired the final five to pick up her first collegiate win in the circle.
• Against Ripon, Whalen walked to lead off the bottom of the first before moving to second on a passed ball, third on an error, and scoring on a wild pitch for a 1-0 lead.
• Kylie Sears (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) and Makayla Calamita (Fleetwood, Pa./Fleetwood Area) had identical singles up the middle to start the second before a Hannah Raygor (Frederick, Md./Seneca Valley) double plated Sears and Hazelton drove in Calamita and Raygor with a single over the first-base bag for a. 4-0 lead.
• Jessica Millard (Easton, Md./Easton) and Whalen were both hit by a pitch with one out in the fourth before a Horsey single and throwing error made it 6-0.
• Three doubles, including a two-run shot from Lexzie Hassemer, made it 6-3 in the top of the fifth.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Evie Craig had two hits in game one.
• Makayla Calamita went 3-for-3 in game two.
• Kattie Hutchison (Ridgely, Md./North Caroline) struck out three in five innings of work to earn the win. Parker Murphy (Onacock, Va./Nandua) threw the final two for the save.
• The two victories were career wins No. 325 and 326 for 18th-year head coach Phil Smith, who became the Green Terror's all-time winningest coach. He passed hall of fame coach George Dix, who had 325 in his storied career.

NEXT UP
McDaniel returns to action against Farmingdale State and Mt. St. Mary on Wednesday. The first game begins at 9:30 a.m.