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Softball Seniors
6
Franklin & Marshall FRANKLIN 15-24
7
Winner Swarthmore SWARTHMO 21-8
Franklin & Marshall FRANKLIN
15-24
6
Final
7
Swarthmore SWARTHMO
21-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Franklin & Marshall FRANKLIN 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 8 1
Swarthmore SWARTHMO 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 5 2

W: Barron, Lane (12-1) L: C. Dwyer (2-7)

2
Franklin & Marshall FRANKLIN 15-25
3
Winner Swarthmore SWARTHMO 22-8
Franklin & Marshall FRANKLIN
15-25
2
Final
3
Swarthmore SWARTHMO
22-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Franklin & Marshall FRANKLIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
Swarthmore SWARTHMO 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 8 0

W: Barron, Lane (13-1) L: C. Dwyer (2-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Clinches Second Seed on Pair of Walk-Off Wins

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The Swarthmore College softball team clinched the second seed in the Centennial Conference Tournament with a Senior Day sweep over Franklin & Marshall College in its regular season finale on Saturday. 

The Garnet edged out the Diplomats with a pair of walk-off wins. Swarthmore won game one in extra innings on a two-run error in the eighth inning. They then wrapped up the sweep with a Jordan Jackson RBI single to win game two. 

Lane Barron won her 12th and 13th games of the season. Barron allowed one unearned run in the eighth inning to earn the victory in game one, before tossing a two-hit gem to pick up the win in the finale. The sophomore was two outs away from her second no-hitter of the season until she allowed two runs on two hits in the seventh. 

SWARTHMORE 7, FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 6
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Diplomats put pressure on the Garnet with a three-run first inning. However, the Garnet batted around in the bottom half of the inning to take a one-run lead. Swarthmore loaded the bases with three-straight walks, before Olivia McClammy was hit by a pitch to plate the first run. Emily Bertrand then provided the big swing with a two-run double to add two more runs. Molly O'Sullivan then walked to score the team's fourth run of the inning. The Garnet had just one hit in the inning, but batted around to score four runs, 4-3. 

- Bertrand retired the side in order in the second and third innings. Alex Simon helped erase a lead off double in the third with a 6-3-2 double play to gun down a runner at home.

- Franklin & Marshall tied the game with a run in the fifth inning, but the Garnet managed to escape the inning with a tie after hurting themselves with a couple errors. The Diplomats eventually took the lead with a squeeze bunt in the sixth, 5-4.

- Swarthmore forced extra innings with a run in the seventh. Iris Barone led off the inning with a single and stole second with nobody out. McClammy then came up clutch with a rocket past the shortstop to bring home the tying run, 5-5.

- The Diplomats struck first in extras with a run on a passed ball, but Barron prevented further damage with an inning-ending strikeout. Down to their final out, the Garnet walked it off in the bottom half after the shortstop dropped a fly ball on the edge of the infield grass, which allowed the tying and game-winning runs to score. 

GARNET OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Barone: 2-for-3, 2 R, BB
McClammy: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, R
Bertrand: 1-for-4, 2 RBI

GARNET PITCHING LEADERS
Barron (W, 12-1) 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 BB, 1 SO



SWARTHMORE 3, FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 2
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Barron retired the side with three-straight ground outs in the first inning. The Garnet then added a run on a McClammy double in the bottom half, 1-0. 

- Barron struck out five-straight batters between the third and fourth innings. She also retired the side in order in the fifth and sixth innings for four-straight 1-2-3 frames. 

- Alex Simon doubled to right field with one out in the sixth. Fellow senior O'Sullivan then brought Simon home with a single to center field, 2-0.

- Barron struck out the first batter in the seventh inning, before the Diplomats broke her no-hit bid with a one-out single to left field. Franklin & Marshall later scored on a double steal before tying the game with a single to right, 2-2. 

- Swarthmore used its speed to their advantage with a lead-off bunt single from Elisabeth O'Connor. The first-year then advanced to second on a passed ball, before reaching third on a wild pitch. Jackson then walked it off with a single to left field, 3-2. 

GARNET OFFENSIVE LEADERS
McClammy: 2-for-3, RBI, 2B
O'Connor: 2-for-3, R
Jackson: 1-for-2, RBI, R

GARNET PITCHING LEADERS
Barron (W, 13-1) 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 7 SO

UP NEXT
The Garnet (22-8, 11-5) host Gettysburg College in the first round of the Centennial Conference Tournament on Thursday.
 
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