Gettysburg Earns Sweep at Dickinson

CARLISLE, Pa. The Gettysburg College (4-0) softball team rattled off 10 runs in each game to capture its second straight doubleheader sweep of the season at Dickinson College (0-2) Saturday afternoon.

The doubleheader was not considered a conference game as the two teams will meet again later this season, counting that doubleheader as league games.  

Top Performances – Gettysburg (Game One)
Shelby Baker ’21 – 2-4, 2 RBI, run
Allie Cluster ’23 (Pasadena, Md./Mount De Sales Academy) – 2-4, 2 doubles, 3 RBI, run
Megan Hughes ’24 (Woodstock, Md./Marriotts Ridge) – 6 IP, 3 Hits, 1 Run (0 Earned), 5Ks

Top Performances – Dickinson (Game One)
– Maggie McConney – 2-2

Top Performances – Gettysburg (Game Two)
Olivia Moser ’23 (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville) – 3-4, double, 2 runs
Jess Campana ’23 (Brick, N.J./Saint John Vianney) – 2-4, double, 2 RBI, run
Emily Colline (Bridgewater, N.J./Immaculata) – 2-4, 2 RBI, run
Giovanna Komst ’24 (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) – 2 RBI
– Cluster – 2 RBI
Jasmin Herrera ’23 (Hollywood, Fla./Cooper City) – 4 IP, 3 Hits, 1 Run (0 Earned), 4Ks

Top Performances – Dickinson (Game Two)
Lindsay Kucker, Brooke Espenshade, and Kat Vill – 1 hit apiece  

Game Summary – Game One…

  • The Red Devils held their first and only lead in the bottom of the second as Hannah Brenn started the inning with a single and later scored the lone run of the game as her teammate Kat Vill reached base on an error.
  • RBI singles from Moser and Colline put two on the scoreboard for the Bullets to take over the advantage in the top of the third inning.
  • Gettysburg went off in the fourth by tallying four runs to push its lead 6-1.
  • The Orange and Blue compiled on a run in the fifth and three more in the sixth off a three-RBI double by Cluster to secure the first victory in six innings.

Game Summary – Game Two…

  • A two-RBI single by Komst put Gettysburg ahead 2-0 in the top of the second.
  • Kuck sliced the lead in half as she stole home in the bottom of the second for Dickinson.
  • Moser started the third with a double to center field. Shortly after, Colline would notch a single to left field to drive home Moser across the plate for the third run. Gettysburg tacked on two more runs to close the inning with a 5-1 advantage.
  • The scoring spree would begin in the fifth inning for the Bullets as they corralled five runs with two RBI coming from Campana, and one from Baker and Colline. Baker stole home to close out the runs for the Bullets and clinch the second game in five innings.

By the Numbers

  • The Bullets posted 15 hits in game two, tying the most generated in a game this season.
  • Gettysburg has been red-hot in the first four outings as a team accruing 48 hits, 33 RBI, 37 runs, 14 doubles.
  • Hughes, the reigning Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Week, collected her second win in the circle. She has struck out nine and has allowed only one run in 13 innings pitched.

Where the Series Stands
The Bullets now hold the 55-23 all-time series record against the Red Devils. The last time Gettysburg swept Dickinson was during the 2017 season.

This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.

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Allie Cluster ’23 went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double, 3 RBI, and run in the opening game.

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