McDaniel no-hit for second time this season; Messiah takes two
GRANTHAM, Pa. – Jessica Rhoads became the second pitcher in six days to no-hit McDaniel, keying a Messiah sweep in non-conference softball action on Thursday. The Falcons (26-4), behind Rhoads’ 15-strikeout game-one performance, notched a 2-0 win before completing the sweep with a 10-4 win in a six-inning nightcap.
Lauren Wildasin (Thurmont, Md./Catoctin) and Megan Elfert (Finksburg, Md./Westminster) each notched two hits to pace the Green Terror (11-10) in game two.
Rhoads allowed only two base runners in the opener while her offensive provided just enough late-inning support for the win.
An Abby Bergakker double and Abi Buckler RBI single in the bottom of the fifth broke a scoreless deadlock before a second Bergakker double an inning later drove in pinch-runner Ashley Lehman.
Trailing 1-0 on a Bergakker double and run scored in the bottom of the second, Beth Ann Fusco (Laurel, Md./ST. Vincent Pallotti) and Elfert each notched RBI singles in the top of the third to give McDaniel a one-run lead.
An Amy Bowie RBI single and Nicole Adams two-run home run gave the Falcons a 5-2 lead in the home third.
Messiah stretched the lead to 6-2 an inning later before using a Jess Hughes pinch-hit two-run single to cap a four-run sixth and end the game.
McDaniel returns to action at Swarthmore on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.
Score by Inning – Game One 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - R H E
McDaniel (11-9) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0
Messiah (25-4) 0 0 0 0 1 1 x - 2 9 1
Christina Morley and Devon Fogarty; Jessica Rhoads and Abby Bergakker. WP: Rhoads (16-1). LP: Morley (5-4). S: none. SO-BB: Morley 1-0; Rhoads 15-0. 2B: Abby Bergakker 2 (Me).
Score by Inning – Game Two 1 2 3 4 5 6 - R H E
McDaniel (11-10) 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 2 9 1
Messiah (26-4) 0 1 3 2 0 4 - 10 16 2
Samantha Reigel, Megan Reilly (6) and Devon Fogarty, Beth Ann Fusco (6); Megan Rice, Corinn Eby (6) and Amy Bowie. WP: Rice (9-1). LP: Reigel (1-2). S: Eby (1). SO-BB: Reigel 1-1, Reilly 0-0; Rive 3-3, Eby 0-0. 2B: Rebekkah Funk (Me), Abby Bergakker (Me). HR: Nicole Adams (Me).
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