THE FACTS
SUNY Geneseo (5-1) 8, McDaniel (5-5) 0 (5 inn.)
Wisconsin Lutheran (7-3) 7, McDaniel (5-6) 4
Salve Regina (5-1) 10, McDaniel (5-7) 9 (9 inn.)
What: Non-conference softball tripleheader
When: Thursday, Mar. 17
Where: Clermont, Fla. – Hancock Park

THE SKINNY
After two days off – one scheduled and one canceled by weather, McDaniel dropped three games at The Spring Games. The Green Terror opened the day with an 8-0 loss to SUNY Geneseo in five innings before dropping a 7-4 decision to Wisconsin Lutheran. McDaniel wrapped up the day, falling to Salve Regina 10-9 in nine innings.

THE LEADERS
• Makayla Calamita (Fleetwood, Pa./Fleetwood Area) led the Green Terror with five hits on the afternoon.
• Hannah Raygor (Frederick, Md./Seneca Valley) went 3-for-5 in two games, including the team's only extra-base hit on the day – a third-inning grand slam against Salve Regina.

FOR THE FOES
• Leah VanDerwarker led the Knights with two hits and two RBIs.
• Taylor Peterson went 3-for-4 with two runs scored to lead the Warriors.
• Nikki Vanelli led the Seahawks with a 4-for-4 game, adding two runs scored and two RBIs.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• In the opener, Kaitlyn Schmitz doubled to the gap with one out in the first. After Lauren Kersch was hit by a pitch, Taylor Riccardi and Audrey Minton each singled for a 3-0 lead.
• A Leah VanDerwarker two-run home run stretched the advantage to 5-0 in the second.
• A pair of errors and walk coupled with two singles pushed the lead to 8-0 in the third for the final margin.
• Wisconsin Lutheran had four hits in the bottom of the first inning, including a Katie Scott double to cap the three-run frame.
• With one out in the third, Mattie Whalen (Magnolia, N.J./Sterling) drew a walk before taking second on a wild pitch. Kylie Sears (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) followed with a walk of her own before a Megan Horsey (Chesapeake City, Md./Bohemia Manor) single plated Whalen. After an Evie Craig (Valby, Denmark/International School of Hellerup) single loaded the bases, Makayla Calamita singled home Sears and a two-run Paytyn Hazelton (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Seminole Ridge) single gave McDaniel a 4-3 lead.
• Olivia Plewa came on in relief and issued a walk before retiring 14 of the final 15 hitters she faced.
• The Warriors tied the game in the bottom of the third on a Makayla Huff sacrifice fly before taking the lead in the fourth on a Gracie Wilson RBI groundout.
• Three singles to go with three stolen bases, including a first-third double steal, led to two-run fifth for the 7-4 final.
• In the finale, three straight two-out singles from Raygor, Julia Dimmick (Silver Spring, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase), and Whalen staked McDaniel to a 1-0 lead in the second.
• Five singles and a Raygor grand slam made it a 7-0 game in the third.
• Nikki Vanelli and Maddie Capetta hit back-to-back one-out solo home runs in the fourth to make it 7-2.
• Six singles, another first-third double steal, and throwing error allowed Salve Regina to tie the game at 7-all in the home fifth.
• With pinch-runner Angelina Tyler (Columbia, Md./Howard) at second base to start the eighth, she stole third before scoring on a Dimmick squeeze for an 8-7 lead.
• Abbie McDonugh bunted pinch-runner Morganti Bello to third in the bottom of the frame before Alex Kelly poked a single into shallow right to tie the game.
• Sears came through with a two-out single to the gap to score Isabella Sylvester (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) from second in the ninth for a 9-8 lead.
• After a sacrifice in the bottom of the inning, Capetta hit her second home run of the game for the walk-off winner.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Geneseo limited McDaniel to two hits and three total base runners in the run-rule win. Hannah Raygor was 1-for-1 in the contest.
• Makayla Calamita was 3-for-3 against Wisconsin Lutheran.
• Evie Craig had three hits against Salve Regina while Sylvester, Sears, Calamita, and Raygor all had two each.

NEXT UP
McDaniel concludes the spring break trip on Friday with three more games, taking on Eastern Connecticut State, Carleton, and Western New England at Legends Way. The first game begins at 2 p.m.