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Ava Karpa
Jason Kapusta
5
Grove City GRO 11-12, 3-6 PAC
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Winner Westminster (Pa.) WES 15-8, 8-3 PAC
Grove City GRO
11-12, 3-6 PAC
5
Final
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Westminster (Pa.) WES
15-8, 8-3 PAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Grove City GRO 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 5 8 2
Westminster (Pa.) WES 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 6 11 2

W: Davis, Natalie (2-0) L: A. Jackson (2-2)

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Grove City GRO 11-13
6
Winner Westminster (Pa.) WES 1-8
Grove City GRO
11-13
2
Final
6
Westminster (Pa.) WES
1-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Grove City GRO 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
Westminster (Pa.) WES 0 0 0 3 0 3 X 6 3 0

W: Malczak, Liz (7-3) L: A. Meadors (6-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Long balls propel Titans to league sweep

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.--The Westminster College softball program earned a pair of Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) victories over visiting Grove City College Wednesday afternoon, as fifth-year Mackenzie Latess (New Castle, Pa., Laurel) smoked a pair of home runs in the Titans' 6-5 game one win before freshman Ava Karpa (Coraopolis, Pa., Moon) launched her first career home run, a three-run shot, in the fourth inning of the 6-2 game two victory. 

Westminster improved to 16-8 overall and 9-3 in the PAC. Grove City fell to 11-13 overall and 3-7 in the league. The Wolverines have now lost seven straight. 

Up next
Westminster will travel to Saint Vincent College on Saturday. The first pitch from Latrobe is scheduled for 1 p.m. 

Game 1: Westminster 6, Grove City 5
Trailing 1-0, Latess smacked a two-out, two-run home run in the third to stake the Titans a 2-1 lead. She delivered a three-run homer in the fifth to up Westminster's advantage to 5-1. 

Grove City sent nine batters to the plate in the fourth and Erin Mulholland's two-out, pinch hit three-run home run capped the four-run frame. Senior second base Liz Malczak (Grove City, Pa., Grove City) and Latess got the seventh inning started with base hits before freshman Natalie Davis (Youngstown, Ohio, Boardman), who replaced graduate starter Madison Brown (Lisbon, Ohio, East Liverpool) in the top of the inning, laid down a successful sacrifice bunt that moved both into scoring position. The Titans' walked off on a fielding error that allowed sophomore pinch runner Olivia Plummer (Seneca, Pa., Cranberry) to score from third. 

Latess went 3-for-5 with a walk, two home runs, five RBIs and two runs scored. Malczak finished 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored while freshman catcher Faith Jones (Volant, Pa., Wilmington) went 2-for-4 with a run. 

Brown went six innings in the no decision, allowing five runs (1 earned) on eight hits with five strikeouts. Davis improved to 2-0 with her second-straight relief win, walking one batter in the seventh. 

Evelyn Montone went 2-for-3 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored. Lauren Harris had two base hits and scored a run. Brooke Brodie, Grove City's game one starter, allowed five runs (4 earned) on eight hits with a walk and a strikeout in five innings. Alexis Jackson took the loss, falling to 1-2 this season after giving up one unearned run on three hits with a pair strikeouts in 1.2 innings. 

Game 2: Westminster 6, Grove City 2
The Wolverines sent seven to the plate in the top of the first and turned three hits and walk into a pair of runs. Harris and Abigail Meadors had back-to-back RBI base hits in the inning. Karpa's two-out, three-run blast in the fourth put the Titans ahead 3-2. Junior third base Mia Meholick's (Dubois, Pa., Dubois Central Catholic) RBI groundout and junior center fielder Sydney Lokay's (North Huntington, Pa., Norwin) two-out RBI base hit keyed a three-run sixth. 

Westminster was limited to three hits in its game two win. Brown had a base hit in the fourth and Latess drew a pair of walks. Malczak improved to 7-3 in the circle with the complete game victory, allowing two runs on six hits with a walk and seven strikeouts. 

Harris had a pair of base hits for the Wolverines. Meadors fell to 6-5 in the circle, giving up three runs on two hits with four strikeouts and three walks in five innings. Jackson allowed three runs (0 earned) on a hit and a walk in the sixth. 
 
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