GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College softball team's seven-game winning streak ended Wednesday as visiting Westminster (20-6, 10-2 PAC) took both ends of a Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader from the Wolverines at College Field. Westminster pulled out a 3-1 win in Game One, then won the second tilt in five innings, 9-1.
Grove City (14-10, 8-4 PAC) broke through in the fifth inning of Game One when senior shortstop
Lexi Buck (Akron, Ohio/Lake Center Christian) doubled and later scored on a two-out single from senior first baseman
Janessa Dawson (Zanesville, Ohio/Tri-Valley). Dawson's single cut Westminster's lead to 2-1. Dawson went 2 for 3 in Wednesday's opener.Â
Westminster reclaimed its two-run lead by scoring in the top of the sixth, however.Â
Junior pitcher
Kaitlyn Constantino (Clarion, Pa./Clarion) fired a complete game for the Wolverines. She struck out two and walked two while yielding three runs.Â
Buck also singled and scored in the fifth inning of Game Two. Dawson recorded the run batted in. Sophomore third baseman
Rachel Zona (New Castle, Pa./New Castle) added a double for Grove City, which finished with five hits.Â
Dawson pitched three innings and allowed five earned runs. Freshman
Miranda Metro (Sharon, Pa./Sharon) and sophomore
Brooke Brodie (Mogadore, Ohio/Mogadore) both pitched in relief. Metro pitched 2/3 of an inning while Brodie tossed 1 1/3 scoreless frames.Â
Grove City will visit Allegheny for a conference doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m.