Tracy Davis, McDaniel (photo by David Sinclair)
McDaniel 7, Washington College 2
McDaniel 4, Washington College 3
Two McDaniel seniors contributed three game-one home runs to propel their team into the playoffs and a doubleheader sweep of Washington (Md.) in Centennial Conference (CC) softball action on Saturday. Tracy Davis (Christiansburg, Va./Christiansburg) recorded two home runs among her three hits to lead the Green Terror (21-15, 10-6 CC), who also got a long ball from Jackie Liebowitz (Bellerose, N.Y./Benjamin N. Cordozo) – her first career home run. McDaniel took the opener 7-2 before holding on a 4-3 win in the nightcap. Caroline Brehm (Hanover, Pa./New Oxford) struck out 19 batters on the day, including three in the final inning, to give her 300 on the season and McDaniel the No. 2 seed in next weekend's conference tournament at Muhlenberg. The Green Terror will play Haverford in the first game of the tournament while the Mules host Washington in the other first-round game of the double-elimination tournament. Lauren Dockrill led the Shorewomen (23-16, 9-7 CC) with four hits on the day.
Muhlenberg 7, Ursinus 3
Muhlenberg 8, Ursinus 2
Muhlenberg fielded its first intercollegiate athletic team in 1900, and in the 113 years since no Mule squad had won more than 27 games or matches in a season. Until now. The Muhlenberg softball team swept Franklin & Marshall, 7-3 and 8-2, in its final Centennial Conference games of the season to run its record to 28-7-1. The first win set the softball program record for wins, and the second one knocked the 1992 volleyball team (27-6) off the top of the list of winningest Mule teams ever. This softball team is phenomenal in its own right. The Mules, who will host the CC playoffs next weekend, ended up 14-2 in the CC to match the best record in program history, achieved previously in 2000. Muhlenberg's four-game lead over second-place McDaniel and Haverford tied the biggest margin in league history.
Haverford 6, Gettysburg 1
Haverford 10, Gettysburg 2
Details to come.
Ursinus 2, Swarthmore 0
Ursinus 9, Swarthmore 1
The Ursinus College softball team closed out its season with a sweep of Swarthmore on Saturday afternoon. In game one, Ursinus defeated the Garnet 2-0 while only needed five innings to defeat the Garnet (19-19, 3-13 Centennial) 9-1 in the nightcap.