FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College softball team fell in both ends of a non-conference doubleheader to visiting Gettysburg 5-2 and 4-0.
At the Plate
- Alyssa Walters (New Oxford, Pa./New Oxford) had a two-run double in game one that accounted for all of the Blazers' scoring.
- Rachel Benden (Gaithersburg, Md./Damascus) walked twice and Kaelyn Blocher (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg) was hit by a pitch twice.
Inside the Circle
- Rebecca Gottleib (Linthicum, Md./North County) had a strong pitching performance in the opener. The sophomore allowed two unearned runs on three hits and a walk, striking out five.
- Jordan Long (Middletown, Md./Middletown) took the loss in relief, allowing three runs on four hits in one inning of work.
- Benden got the start in game two and was charged with three runs on seven hits in five innings.
- Lindsay Wilson (Pasadena, Md./Annapolis Area Christian School) closed both games, accumulating three innings. The senior allowed an unearned run on three hits and a walk.
Gettysburg 5, Hood 2
- In the bottom of the second, Benden walked and Mallorie Hetzel (Pasadena, Md./Northeast) was hit by a pitch to put a pair of runners on for Walters with two outs. The sophomore doubled off the fence in left to clear the bases for a 2-0 lead.
- Olivia Moser doubled and scored on error in the fourth for Stevenson's first run. Moser tied the game later in the inning, scoring on a wild pitch.
- Gettysburg broke the game open with a three-run seventh. Allie Cluster, Jordan Pansy and Lauren O'Leary had three straight hits to start the inning, with O'Leary driving in Cluster for the go-ahead run. After a run scored on an error, Moser drove in O'Leary with an RBI groundout for a 5-2 lead.
Gettysburg 4, Hood 0
- Allegra DeCandia put the Bullets ahead 2-0 in the second with a two-run home run to left field.
- She stretched the lead to 3-0 with an RBI single in the fifth.
- Gettysburg's final run scored on an error in the outfield in the sixth.
For the Opponent
- Jasmin Herrera pitched a three-hit shutout in game two for Gettysburg, striking out six and walking one
- DeCandia had three hits in game two, driving in three.
- Julia Smith and Jess Campana had three hits apiece over the doubleheader.
- Megan Hughes got the win in relief in game one, striking out four in 2.1 shutout innings. She replaced Paige Forry, who allowed two runs in the opening 4.2.
Up Next
Hood returns to Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth play at Eastern on Apr. 12.
