GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Swarthmore College softball team split a conference doubleheader at Gettysburg College on Saturday. The Bullets won a pitcher's duel 2-1 in eight innings before the Garnet bounced back with a 14-3 rout in five frames.
 
Elisabeth O'Connor was 3-for-6 with a double, two triples, five RBI, and two runs scored to lead the Swarthmore offense. Iris Barone was 4-for-8 with a stolen base and an RBI. Linnaea Rasmussen and Ava Babcock both tallied three hits with Babcock also driving in four runs. Lilly Goldberg pitched seven scoreless innings in the opener but had to settle for a no-decision.
 
GETTYSBURG 2, SWARTHMORE 1 (8 INN.)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Goldberg and the Gettysburg starter were locked in a pitcher's duel for the majority of the contest. Neither side was able to produce a run through seven innings of action as no baserunner advanced past second.
 
- In the eighth, Serafina Tinio finally put the Garnet on the board, smacking a double to score Regan Valenzuela who started the inning on second base. In the bottom of the inning, a fly out advanced the ghost runner to third and the run came in on a fielder's choice to tie the score for the Bullets. After a single, Gettysburg had runners on first and second when a dropped fly ball allowed the winning run to score.
 
GARNET LEADERS
Barone: 2-4, SB
Valenzuela: 2-4, SB, R
Tinio: 1-2, 2B, RBI
Rasmussen: 2-4
Goldberg: 7.0 IP, 0 R, 7 H, 1 BB, 3 K
 
SWARTHMORE 14, GETTYSBURG 3 (5 INN.)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Swarthmore went off for six runs in the second to take a commanding lead. The first seven batters all recorded a hit to account for the six runs. Babcock hit a two-run double and O'Connor laced a two-run triple to highlight the inning.
 
- The Garnet tacked on two more in the third as O'Connor drove in another pair with a two-out double. The Bullets scored twice in the bottom of the inning on a single and an error to make the score 8-2.
 
- Swarthmore posted another six-spot in the fourth to complete its scoring. Babcock singled home two, Lia Fong hit a two-run double, and O'Connor smacked another triple for a run before scoring herself on a wild pitch. Gettysburg managed a final run in the fifth before the contest ended.
 
GARNET LEADERS
Barone: 2-4, RBI
Kate Borza: 2-3, 2B, RBI, 3 R
Babcock: 2-3, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R
Fong: 2-2, 2B, SB, BB, 2 RBI, 3 R
O'Connor: 3-3, 2B, 2 3B, 5 RBI, 2 R
 
UP NEXT
The Garnet (22-8, 9-1 Centennial) host Haverford College on Tuesday.