GREENVILLE, Pa. -- The Grove City College softball team evened its Presidents' Athletic Conference record at 2-2 by sweeping a conference doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Thiel. The Wolverines won the opener in five innings, 11-3, then picked up a 4-1 win in the nightcap at Tomcat Park.

Grove City (8-8) pounded out 14 hits in the opener, led by a 3-for-3 outing from senior first baseman Haley Dietz (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton). Dietz cracked a pair of doubles, scored three times and drove in four runs. 

Junior DP Janessa Dawson (Zanesville, Ohio/Tri-Valley) went 2 for 3 and scored twice, while sophomore pitcher Kaitlyn Constantino (Clarion, Pa./Clarion) doubled and singled. Sophomore left fielder Lauren McNeil (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) added a pair of singles while senior right fielder Hannah Dietz (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) and sophomore third baseman Maralee Caldana (Milesburg, Pa./Bald Eagle Area) both doubled.

Grove City grabbed a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning as Haley Dietz doubled in Dawson and later scored on a groundout by sophomore catcher Emily Smyth (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township). McNeil singled home Constantino in the second inning, pushing the lead to 3-0.

The Wolverines then broke open the game with eight runs in the third inning. Hannah Dietz belted a two-run double to give Grove City a 5-0 lead. Haley Dietz's three-run double later in the inning pushed the lead to 10-0. Smyth singled home Haley Dietz to close the scoring.

Constantino earned the win by pitching four shutout innings. She struck out eight, walked none and allowed one hit. Senior Kaitlyn Dittrich (Houston, Pa./Chartiers-Houston) pitched the fifth and struck out one.

Dawson threw a four-hitter in Game Two to secure her fifth win of the season. Dawson (5-2) struck out five and allowed one run in seven innings. Offensively, she helped pace the Wolverines with a triple, single and two runs scored. Smyth doubled twice and junior left fielder Clare Moran (Watertown, N.Y./Indian River) roped a triple. Haley Dietz added a double.

As in Game One, Grove City scored twice in the top of the first in the second game. Caldana's groundout scored Dawson and Smyth later scored on a Hannah Dietz single. 

Smyth doubled in Dawson in the fifth to give Grove City a 3-1 lead. Haley Dietz doubled home freshman pinch runner Maci Linhart (Columbiana, Ohio/Columbiana) in the seventh to cap the scoring.

Grove City will host Baldwin Wallace at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in a non-conference doubleheader.