SWARTHMORE, PA - The No. 22 Swarthmore College softball team swept past Dickinson College in a rainy regular-season finale on Saturday afternoon. The Garnet won the opener 8-3, while braving slippery conditions in a 10-5 finale. 

The Barron twins helped orchestrate the sweep with a pair of outstanding performances. Lane Barron earned the victory in game one, surrendering three runs in a complete game. Rae Barron then took over in game two, batting a perfect 3-for-3 with four RBI and a run scored. 

DICKINSON 3, SWARTHMORE 8
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Barron navigated through the first three innings with relative ease. The senior worked around a leadoff single in the first inning before coasting through the second and third frames.

- The Garnet struck first with three runs in the third. After recording two quick outs, Iris Barone kickstarted the rally with a single. Regan Valenzuela then followed with another single before Emilee Espinoza loaded the bases with a hit-by-pitch. McClure then came through with a single to right field, while Linnaea Rasmussen brought home two more with a line drive past the shortstop, making it 3-0. 

- Barron answered the call in the fourth with a 1-2-3 shutdown inning. The Garnet offense then added two more in the bottom frame on a Barone double and Valenzuela single, building a five-run cushion.  

- Dickinson added a pair of runs in the fifth to cut into its deficit. However, Swarthmore would answer back with a crooked number in the sixth. Espinosa doubled home a pair of runs before Rasmussen capped off the scoring with an RBI single.

GARNET OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Rasmussen: 2-for-4, 3 RBI
Espinoza: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI
Barone: 4-for-4, 3 R, RBI, 2B

GARNET PITCHING LEADERS
Barron: (W, 11-4) 7.0 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO


DICKINSON 5, SWARTHMORE 10
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Garnet scored an unearned run in the first on an RBI single from McClure. Elisabeth O'Connor then doubled their lead with a sacrifice fly in the second, making it 2-0.

- With the rain picking up, Dickinson loaded the bases with no outs in third. The Red Devils then took the lead with a sacrifice fly and a single, making it 3-2. 
- Swarthmore stormed back with six runs in the third. Rasmussen doubled home the go-ahead run, while Ava Babcock added to the score with a RBI single. Barron kept piling on with a two-run double before O'Connor closed the frame with a RBI grounder to take an 8-3 lead. 

- The Red Devils countered with two more runs in the fourth, but surrendered a couple in the bottom half. Rasmussen walked, which was followed by a Babcock single and a Lia Fong walk to start a two-out rally. Barron then came through with the big hit, bringing a pair home with a two-run single up the middle. 

GARNET OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Barron: 3-for-3, 4 RBI, R, 2 2B
Babcock: 3-for-3, 3 R, RBI
Rasmussen: 1-for-2, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB, 2B

GARNET PITCHING LEADERS
Goldberg: (W, 15-3)  6.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 6 SO

UP NEXT
The Garnet (30-8, 15-1) host the Centennial Conference Tournament on Thursday.