GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College softball team recorded a pair of last at-bat wins Wednesday evening on the way to a sweep of visiting Washington & Jefferson in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at College Field. Grove City (20-14, 10-8 PAC) won the opener, 2-1, as freshman pitcher
Abigail Meadors (Warren, Ohio/Champion) belted a tie-breaking solo home run in the bottom of the sixth.
In Game Two, Grove City pulled out a 7-6 win in eight innings. Freshman left fielder
Evelyn Montone (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) lofted a two-out single to left field in the eighth inning, driving in sophomore center fielder
Noel Anthony (Clarion, Pa./Clarion) with the winning run.
Grove City trailed 1-0 in the fifth inning of the opener but Montone's game-tying infield hit drove in sophomore shortstop
Rylie Eaton (Grove City, Pa./Grove City). Meadors then led off the bottom of the sixth inning with her first collegiate home run to give Grove City its first lead.
Meadors then retired W&J in order in the top of the seventh to close out the win. Meadors allowed six singles in seven innings. She struck out two and walked one.
Senior catcher
Lauren Harris (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) doubled and singled while Montone finished 2 for 3.
Grove City jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the nightcap. Freshman first baseman
Alexis Jackson (Coventry Township, Ohio/Coventry) cracked a first-inning single that scored junior second baseman
Maci Linhart (Columbiana, Ohio/Columbiana). Jackson's two-run double in the third inning pushed the lead to 3-0 as Linhart and Anthony both came home.
Jackson scored the Wolverines' fourth run when senior designated player
Erin Mulholland (Malvern, Pa./Delaware County Christian) singled to left field.
W&J forged a short-lived 4-4 tie in the sixth inning. Grove City reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the sixth as Anthony tripled in junior pinch runner
Kamryn Weissinger (Youngsville, Pa./Youngsville) and later scored on a Harris single.
W&J scored twice with two outs in the seventh inning, sending the game to extra innings. In the bottom of the eighth, Anthony led off a single. She then advanced to third on Harris's sacrifice bunt.
Anthony went 3 for 4 with three runs scored while Jackson finished 3 for 5 as the Wolverines amassed 15 hits. Linhart tripled and singled. Jackson finished 2 for 4.
Meadors (9-6) earned her second win of the day by pitching 2 1/3 innings of relief. She allowed a hit and two unearned runs. Meadors struck out three. Junior starter
Brooke Brodie (Mogadore, Ohio/Mogadore) allowed four runs in 5 2/3 innings.
Grove City will visit La Roche for a non-conference doubleheader Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Friday, the Wolverines close the conference schedule with a 3:30 p.m. twinbill at Saint Vincent. The Wolverines will clinch a spot in next week's six-team conference tournament with one win Friday.
