Softball

Gettysburg Sweeps Hood Softball, 6-1 and 10-9

GETTYSBURG, Pa.--The Hood College softball team (15-21) lost both games of a nonconference doubleheader to the Gettysburg College Bullets by scores of 6-1 and 10-9 Thursday afternoon at Bobby Jones Field.

Gettysburg's Lanie Parr pitched six innings of two-hit ball in the opener while the Bullets rallied to score an improbable 10 runs in the final three innings to come back from an eight-run deficit in the nightcap.

In game one, the Bullets batted around in the bottom of first and plated four runs on five base hits. The Blazers got on the board in the top of the third when shortstop Kandie Glenn belted her first home run in a Hood uniform over the leftfield fence.

Gettysburg scored single runs in the third and fourth innings on a sacrifice fly by Parr and an RBI-single by Catrina DelGais.

Taylor Snyder came in to work the seventh and retired the Blazer bats in order to secure the win for the hosts.

Jordan Wolford suffered the loss, allowing six earned runs on nine hits with five punchouts and four walks.

In the nightcap, the Blazers used an explosive seven-run fifth inning to build an eight-run cushion heading into the bottom of the fifth. Hood was one out away from salvaging a split in the series before the Bullets rallied to score three runs to dash Hood's hopes of a mercy-rule victory.

Gettysburg tacked on two more in the bottom of the sixth as well, but the Blazers got one back in the top of the seventh on an RBI-groundout by Taylor Grimmell.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Bullets mounted a stunning comeback, scoring five runs after the Blazers had already recorded two outs.

After retiring the first batter, DelGais, on a groundout, relief pitcher Wolford surrendered three consecutive singles to load the bases. Second baseman Katie Lang then hit a grounder to Glenn at short, who alertly fired home to nab Kara Kempski at the plate for the second out.

The bases remained loaded and a defensive miscue by the Blazers kept the inning alive. Grimmell was unable to handle a line drive off the bat of Joy Hallfors, allowing Beth McCullough to score. Next up was Megan Lott, who knocked in two runs with a single to right, cutting the deficit to a single run, 9-8. Adrienne Rahs then delivered the dagger, launching Wolford's 2-2 pitch to deep left and off the wall to bring around Lott and Hallfors for the shocking victory.

Brittni Jones had a bases-clearing double in Hood's big seven-run inning while Erin McNally, Rachael Potts, Kelly Gafner and Bridgette Ringley all drove in runs in the outburst. In addition, McNally extended her hit streak to six games in a row.

The Blazers seek to put an end to their eight-game slide Saturday hosting Mt. Aloysius College Mounties in a nonconference twinbill at 1 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Kelly Gafner

#11 Kelly Gafner

1B/OF
5' 7"
Sophomore
Kandie Glenn

#13 Kandie Glenn

UT
5' 6"
First Year
Taylor Grimmell

#14 Taylor Grimmell

UT
5' 6"
First Year
Brittni Jones

#10 Brittni Jones

C/3B
5' 5"
First Year
Erin McNally

#9 Erin McNally

P/OF
5' 8"
First Year
Rachael Potts

#20 Rachael Potts

3B/1B
5' 6"
First Year
Bridgette Ringley

#7 Bridgette Ringley

P/2B
5' 5"
Sophomore
Jordan Wolford

#15 Jordan Wolford

P/IF
6' 0"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Kelly Gafner

#11 Kelly Gafner

5' 7"
Sophomore
1B/OF
Kandie Glenn

#13 Kandie Glenn

5' 6"
First Year
UT
Taylor Grimmell

#14 Taylor Grimmell

5' 6"
First Year
UT
Brittni Jones

#10 Brittni Jones

5' 5"
First Year
C/3B
Erin McNally

#9 Erin McNally

5' 8"
First Year
P/OF
Rachael Potts

#20 Rachael Potts

5' 6"
First Year
3B/1B
Bridgette Ringley

#7 Bridgette Ringley

5' 5"
Sophomore
P/2B
Jordan Wolford

#15 Jordan Wolford

6' 0"
First Year
P/IF