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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Swarthmore College softball team dropped a pair of afternoon games to Geneva and Wooster on Wednesday, March 11 at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic. The Garnet fell to Geneva, 1-0, and Wooster by a score of 9-3.
 
Swarthmore wasted no time getting its offense going in the nightcap game against Wooster by scoring three times in the bottom of the first. After senior Chelsea Matzko reached on a bunt single to load the bases with nobody out, sophomore Sara Planthaber drove in the first run on a groundout to first. Junior Clara Obstfeld followed with a single up the middle to score senior Emma Madarasz and double the Garnet lead, and classmate Boas Hayes hit a sacrifice fly to center to send in senior Laurie Sellars from third and make it 3-0.
 
Wooster (5-1), however, shook off the bad inning defensively and rallied to score four runs in the top of the second. Jenna Kendall most notably blasted a two-run homer to swing the momentum the Fighting Scots' way. Wooster then added one run in the third and three more in the sixth to pull away, which was highlighted by a two-run double by Carly Schoenstein in the late frames.
 
Kate Edgehouse earned the victory for Wooster by giving up three runs which were all unearned. She punched out four Garnet hitters and did not issue a walk. Freshman Frankie Ponziani of Swarthmore suffered her first loss of the season after picking up two saves earlier this week. She yielded 15 hits and nine runs, including seven earned, while issuing one walk.
 
Earlier in the day, Geneva (3-2) scored the game's only run in the bottom of the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Lucia Fee that plated Dayna Hicks. With Andrea Hinds in the circle, Swarthmore's only hit came in the bottom of the fifth when Planthaber beat out a throw from short for an infield single. The sophomore stole second with two outs to move into scoring position, but Hinds induced a popup to third to end the inning.
 
Hinds earned the victory for Geneva by hurling a one-hit shutout. She struck out five and issued only one walk. Swarthmore freshman Emily Bowman took the loss after giving up four hits and one earned run, which was earned, over six frames. She also fanned eight.
 
Swarthmore (3-3) concludes its Florida trip on Friday, March 13 when it faces Curry at 9:00 a.m. and Nazareth at 11:00 a.m.