THE FACTS
McDaniel (1-3) 5, Hood (1-3) 3 (Game 1)
McDaniel (2-3) 13, Hood (1-4) 7 (Game 2)
What: Non-conference softball doubleheader
When: Saturday, Mar. 5
Where: Westminster, Md.

THE SKINNY
McDaniel built an early lead in the opener and broke open the second game with a seven-run third inning to sweep Hood. The Green Terror captured the first game 5-3 before completing the sweep, 13-7.

THE LEADERS
• Evie Craig (Valby, Denmark/International School of Hellerup) led the Green Terror with five hits and seven RBIs that included a grand slam as part of the seven-run third inning.
• Isabella Sylvester (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) added three hits and three RBIs in game two.

FOR THE FOES
• Alyssa Walters led the Blazers with four hits, including a 3-for-4 game two.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• After just one baserunner in the first three-and-a-half innings of game one, Mattie Whalen (Magnolia, N.J./Sterling) led off the bottom of the fourth with a home run to straightaway center field. Hannah Raygor (Frederick, Md./Seneca Valley) followed with a single to center before stealing second. With one out, Evie Craig dropped a single into left to put runners at the corners. After a passed ball put two in scoring position, a two-out Paytyn Hazelton (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Seminole Ridge) double to the gap made it a 3-0 lead.
• Julia Dimmick (Silver Spring, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) doubled to left. A two-out Raygor pop-up single was enough to scoring Dimmick, who was running on contact with two outs. After a stolen base and Megan Horsey (Chesapeake City, Md./Bohemia Manor) walk, Craig singled home Raygor for a 5-0 lead.
• Brandi Davidson led off the top of the sixth with a single before a one-out walk put runners at first and second. A groundout moved both runners into scoring position for Rebecca Gottleib, who singled home Davidson and Cailyn Barthlow to make it 5-2. Kiersten Tomshack followed with an RBI double to make it 5-3.
• Whalen was hit by the first pitch she saw in the bottom of the first in game two before an Isabella Sylvester infield single put two runners on base. After a ground erased Whalen at third, Craig ripped a single to left to plate Sylvester for an early 1-0 lead.
• Kylie Sears (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) and Makayla Calamita (Fleetwood, Pa./Fleetwood Area) led off the home second with back-to-back singles. A one-out Whalen walk loaded the bases for Sylvester, who dropped a single into left that scored Sears and Calamita for a 3-0 lead. A Horsey single scored Whalen from second before back-to-back walks to Craig and Raygor forced in Sylvester for a 5-0 lead.
• The first six batters reached in the top of the third, cutting the deficit to 5-4. Barthlow had the big hit of the inning with a two-run double just inside the left-field line. A Gottleib sacrifice fly knotted the game at 5-all.
• Sears led off the third with a walk before Hood got two quick outs. A Whalen single to shallow center and Sylvester 0-2 single that poked through the right side scored Sears for a 6-5 lead. Horsey drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases for Craig, who blasted an 0-1 pitch over the left-field fence for a 10-5 lead. After Raygor walked and Hazelton was hit by a pitch, Sears and Calamita both had RBI knocks to stretch the lead to 12-5.
• Walters and Mallorie Hetzel led of the top of the fourth with singles before a sacrifice and walk loaded the bases. A Barthlow groundout scored Walters to make it 12-6.
• A Davidson single, wild pitch, and Jocelyn Pfleiger single up the middle made it 12-7 in the sixth before McDaniel plated an unearned run in the bottom of the frame for the final score.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Krista Waller (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) went the distance in game one, striking out five while walking just one for the victory in the circle.
• Hannah Raygor and Evie Craig had two hits each in game one.
• Evie Craig's grand slam in game two was her first collegiate home run.
• In addition to Craig and Isabella Sylvester's three-hit nightcap performances, Kylie Sears also had three hits while Maddie Whalen and Makayla Calamita had two hits each.
• Craig had a career-high six RBIs in game two – the most by a Green Terror player since Whalen had seven on Mar. 11, 2019.
• Kattie Hutchinson (Ridgely, Md./North Caroline) pitched the final three innings with two strikeouts in her first collegiate action, picking up the save. Mel Grant (Middletown, Del./Padua Academy) picked up the win in relief.

NEXT UP
McDaniel returns to action in the first of its 10-game trip to The Spring Games in Clermont, Fla., against Salve Regina and Utica on Sunday, Mar. 13. The first game begins at 1:45 p.m.