STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- The Grove City College softball team posted 28 total runs and 39 total hits Monday afternoon in a doubleheader sweep of Presidents' Athletic Conference foe Franciscan. Grove City earned a 17-0 road win in Game One, then picked up an 11-3 victory in the nightcap. The first game went only five innings due to the eight-run mercy rule while the second game went six innings.

Sixteen different Grove City players had at least one hit in the opener as Grove City finished with 19 hits. Junior second baseman Erin Mulholland (Malvern, Pa./Delaware County Christian) doubled and singled for the Wolverines while senior center fielder Clare Moran (Watertown, N.Y./Indian River) and sophomore right fielder Annika Rinehart (McDonald, Pa./Fort Cherry) both went 2 for 3. 

Junior left fielder Lauren McNeil (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) cracked a two-run double in the first inning to give Grove City an early 2-0 lead. Senior shortstop Lexi Buck (Akron, Ohio/Lake Center Christian) singled in freshman center field Noel Anthony (Clarion, Pa./Clarion) in the second inning, pushing the lead to 3-0. 

Junior catcher Emily Smyth (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township) then doubled the lead when she blasted a three-run home run that scored Buck and senior first baseman Janessa Dawson (Zanesville, Pa./Tri-Valley).

Moran and sophomore third baseman Rachel Zona (New Castle, Pa./New Castle) both drove in runs in the third inning to give the Wolverines an 8-0 lead. Sophomore second baseman Maci Linhart (Columbiana, Ohio/Columbiana) belted a three-run homer that extended the lead to 11-0.

Rinehart's two-run single highlighted a four-run fourth inning. In the fifth inning, Mulholland singled in freshman Selah Severson (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) while freshman Rylie Eaton (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) scored on a single from freshman catcher Kristin Tesch (Clinton Township, Mich./Chippewa Valley).

Junior Kaitlyn Constantino (Clarion, Pa./Clarion) fired a two-hit shutout, striking out six. She recorded her second straight shutout victory. 

Six Grove City players produced multi-hit outings in Game Two as the Wolverines finished with a season-high 20 hits. Linhart went 4 for 5 while Buck, Dawson and senior DP Michaela Ban (Kittanning, Pa./Armstrong) all had three hits.

Anthony, Ban, Buck, Dawson and Smyth all doubled in the nightcap. Anthony finished 2 for 4 while McNeil had two hits and a walk in four plate appearances. 

Grove City trailed 2-1 after one inning but reclaimed the lead for good in the second inning. Buck scored on an error to tie the game while Rinehart scored the go-ahead run on a Linhart single. Dawson singled in Rinehart in the fourth inning to give Grove City a 4-2 lead. 

The Wolverines broke open the game with four runs in the fifth inning and three more runs in the sixth. Ban's two-run double in the fifth plated Anthony and McNeil. Buck doubled home Ban, then scored on a Linhart single.

Buck's two-run single in the sixth brought home Anthony and McNeil. Dawson closed out the scoring by doubling in Buck.

Freshman pitcher Miranda Metro (Sharon, Pa./Sharon) earned her first collegiate victory by striking out six batters in six innings. She yielded six hits and three earned runs. 

Grove City (10-8, 4-2 PAC) will visit Chatham for a conference doubleheader Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.