GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College softball team split a Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader Tuesday afternoon with conference co-leader Waynesburg at College Field. Visiting Waynesburg (22-6, 11-3 PAC) held off Grove City in Game One, 7-4, but the Wolverines (16-12, 10-6 PAC) stormed to a 9-3 victory in the nightcap.

Grove City held a 4-3 lead in Game Two entering the bottom of the sixth and then broke open the game by scoring five times. Senior pitcher Janessa Dawson (Zanesville, Ohio/Tri-Valley) led off with a double while sophomore second baseman Maci Linhart (Columbiana, Ohio/Columbiana) singled and junior catcher Emily Smyth (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township) walked to load the bases. 

Sophomore DP Brooke Brodie (Mogadore, Ohio/Mogadore) followed with a two-run single to give Grove City a 6-3 lead. Smyth later scored when senior shortstop Lexi Buck (Akron, Ohio/Lake Center Christian) walked with the bases loaded. Brodie came home when freshman center fielder Noel Anthony (Clarion, Pa./Clarion) hit into a fielder's choice. An error on the play allowed junior pinch runner Lauren Harris (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) to score the fifth run of the inning.

Linhart tripled in the first and scored on a Smyth single to give Grove City a 1-0 lead. Waynesburg tied the game with an unearned run in the top of the fifth but Grove City reclaimed the lead with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Ban and Anthony both walked with the bases loaded while Buck singled home Linhart.

Linhart finished 3 for 3 with a walk and three runs scored. Dawson went 3 for 4 while Brodie added two hits. 

Dawson (6-5) earned the win by throwing a complete game. She allowed two earned runs and five hits in seven innings. Dawson struck out three and walked one. 

Grove City trailed 7-3 in the seventh inning of the opener but eventually brought the tying run to the plate. Sophomore right fielder Annika Rinehart (McDonald, Pa./Fort Cherry) led off with a double. Sophomore pinch runner Ella Krarup (New Wilmington, Pa./Wilmington) ran for Rinehart and eventually scored on a wild pitch. 

Linhart singled with one out and Harris reached on a hit by pitch. However, Waynesburg pitcher Sydney Wilson ended the game by retiring the next two hitters. 

Brodie roped a run-scoring single that brought in Linhart with Grove City's first run in the bottom of the first inning. Linhart and Rinehart both scored on an error in the third inning. Rinehart finished 2 for 3 while Brodie and Linhart each went 2 for 4. 

Junior pitcher Kaitlyn Constantino (Clarion, Pa./Clarion) threw a complete game for the Wolverines. She struck out four and yielded six earned runs. Constantino is now 8-6 on the season.

Grove City has matched the single-season program record with 10 conference wins. The Wolverines went 10-8 in the league last season.

The Wolverines visit Penn State Beaver for a non-conference doubleheader Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Monaca.