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Box Score 2 SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – Shepherd University split with Wheeling Jesuit in MEC softball doubleheader action at Shepherd on Saturday. The Rams held on for a 5-4 win in game one, while Wheeling Jesuit rallied for a 14-10 win in the nightcap.
Senior second baseman
Elisa Orlandi (Owings, MD/Northern) hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth inning to plate freshman pinch-runner
Sarah North (Belcamp, Md./Harford Technical) to lift the Rams to victory in game one.
Senior third baseman
Savannah Snyder (Elkton, Md./Padua Academy) led the Rams with a 3-for-3 effort at the plate with a pair of runs scored.
Angie Reddick went 2-for-2 with three runs scored to lead the Cardinals.
Sophomore pitcher
Tara Hanson (Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown) (7.0 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 4 Ks, 3 BB) (9-9) got the complete game win for the Rams. Mallory Chapman (6.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 4 K2, 2 BB) (13-7) took the loss for the Cardinals.
Chapman went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and four RBI and Reddick added three hits to pace Wheeling Jesuit in the nightcap.
Sophomore first baseman
Alexandra Witt (Harpers Ferry, W.Va./Jefferson), freshman outfielder designated player
Molly Staley (Port Deposit, Md./Perryville), and sophomore outfielder/pitcher
Paige Buckworth (Elkton, Md./North East) each had a pair of hits for the Rams. Buckworth drove in three runs.
Buckworth (3.2 IP, 7 H 6 ER, 1 K, 3 BB) (1-1) took the loss for the Rams. Chapman (5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 UR, 2 Ks, 0 BB) (14-7) gained the win in relief for the Cardinals.
Shepherd moves to 18-19, 11-13 in MEC play, while Wheeling Jesuit is now 18-18, 14-8. The Rams return to action on Sunday when they host West Liberty for a 1 p.m. doubleheader.
Notes: Shepherd honored seniors
Elisa Orlandi,
Shanan Plunkett,
Tayler Schaefer, and
Savannah Snyder in between games for Senior Day… Schaefer and Snyder both eclipsed the 200-hit mark for their careers today… Schaefer had a pair of hits on the day to give her 201 for her career… Snyder's four hits on the day give her 202 for her career.
