NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The Westminster College softball team swept Bethany College in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) doubleheader at home on Wednesday.
Entering today's doubleheader, both teams were unbeaten in the conference.
The Titans shut out the Bison, 3-0, in game one and won, 2-1, in game two.
In game one, junior
Addie Dieterich (Purcellville, VA / Loudoun Valley) brought in the first Titan run in the second inning with an RBI-single, scoring sophomore
Cheyenne Shifflett (Etters, PA / Trinity). Senior
Checka Nardone (Ellwood City, PA / Lincoln) added insurance in the fifth inning with a two-run single to center field, bringing home junior
Hannah Ritter (Front Royal, VA / Skyline) and junior
Addie Dieterich (Purcellville, VA / Loudoun Valley). Titan junior pitcher
Jazmyn Rohrer (Purcellville, VA / Woodgrove) threw a two-hit-shutout, her third shutout on the year, while improving to 11-0. She struck out five and walked two.
In the second game, Bethany (12-14, 6-2 PAC) led 1-0 in the first inning after Sammie Weiss scored on a Titan error. Junior
Nicole Anderson (Oakmont, PA / Riverview) scored the tying run on a Bethany error in the third. Nardone singled home the eventual game-winning run in the fifth, scoring junior
Alexa Owrey (New Castle, PA / Shenango). Nardone now has 12 RBIs on the season. First-year
Kayla Troxil (Canfield, OH / Canfield) improved to 7-5 after pitching 5.0 innings. She allowed one run (none earned) on two hits. Troxil had four strikeouts and four walks. Rohrer came in for relief and struck out four of the eight batters she faced to pick up her second save on the year. She only allowed one hit in 2.0 scoreless innings.
Westminster (20-6, 8-0 PAC) is back on the field Thursday, April 13 with a conference doubleheader at Saint Vincent College. Game one is set for 1 p.m.