CLERMONT, Fla.— The Allegheny College softball team concluded play at the 2018 Spring Games Friday (March 23).
The Gators fell to Hope College 9-0 (five innings) in game one. In game two, the Gators lost a hard fought battle to Middlebury College 4-3.
GAME ONE
After a scoreless first inning, Hope strung together five hits and took advantage of a pair of errors as they scored six in the top of the second. With two outs in the bottom of the frame, Maria DiDonatio beat out a throw for an infield single.
Kelly Lafferty followed up with a single to center field, but Hope was able to make it out of the frame unscathed.
The Flying Dutch added one run in the third, and two in the fourth to take a 9-0 lead into the fifth.
Rachel Ramsey singled in fifth, but a ground ball double play ended the game.
DiDonato, Lafferty and Ramsey supplied the Gator hits.
GAME TWO
After keeping Midlebury off the board in the top of the first, the Gators got to work. Lafferty reached base safely on an error to lead off.
Jessica Gordon moved her to second on a sac bunt, followed by a
Hayley Behr single through the left side.
Jessica Zavolta followed up with a hit to the same spot to bring Lafferty home for the first run of the game. With runners on first and second,
Victoria Vradenburg hit into another error, which brought Behr home from second to extend the lead to two.
The Panthers tied the game up in the top of the fourth as they strung together three hits to plate two runs. They followed up in the fifth with an additional run to gain a 3-2 advantage.
The Gators earned three walks in the sixth inning to load the bases.
Jessica Gordon hit a bloop single to left field which scored
Delaney Harrison-Peters to tie the game at three.
However, the Panthers utilized a lead-off hit to score one run in the seventh to regain the lead 4-3.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Panthers kept the Gators off the bases as they sealed the win.
Five Gators tallied hits in the game, while Gordon and Zavolta drove runs in.
