MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Grove City College softball team moved to 7-1 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference by securing a doubleheader split Tuesday afternoon at Allegheny. Allegheny (11-11, 4-4 PAC) pulled out a 10-9 Game One victory in eight innings. Grove City (16-5) rebounded for a 9-1 victory in the nightcap. Game Two went only six innings due to the eight-run mercy rule. 

Grove City trailed 1-0 after three innings in the nightcap before surging ahead with back-to-back four-run innings. Senior first baseman Brooke Brodie (Mogadore, Ohio/Mogadore) tied the game by doubling in senior second baseman Maci Linhart (Columbiana, Ohio/Columbiana). Brodie later scored the go-ahead run on an error.

The lead swelled to 4-1 when junior catcher Jonalyn Wharry (New Castle, Pa./New Castle) roped a two-run single that brought home junior center fielder Noel Anthony (Clarion, Pa./Clarion) and sophomore pinch runner Abby Stouffer (Greencastle, Pa./Greencastle-Antrim). 

Brodie also helped ignite Grove City's four-run outburst in the fifth inning as her single drove in sophomore left fielder Evelyn Montone (Allentown, Pa./Parkland). Linhart scored on a single by sophomore DP Alexis Jackson (Coventry Township, Ohio/Coventry) while Brodie came home when freshman third baseman Sydney Shay (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) grounded out. 

Anthony's single to right field scored Jackson with the Wolverines' eighth run. In the sixth inning, Montone singled home freshman pinch runner Elena Tylka (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township).

Brodie and Linhart both finished 2 for 4. 

Junior pitcher Kyla Campbell (Altoona, Pa./Glendale) threw a five-hitter to earn the win. She did not walk a batter in her six innings. 

Grove City trailed 7-4 after five innings in Game One but surged ahead with five runs in the top of the sixth inning. Sophomore pitcher Abigail Meadors (Warren, Ohio/Champion) scored on an error while senior right fielder Annika Rinehart (McDonald, Pa./Fort Cherry) later scored on Montone's sacrifice fly. 

Jackson gave Grove City an 8-7 lead when she doubled in Brodie and Linhart. Campbell then doubled in Jackson. 

Allegheny tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the seventh. Grove City had runners on second and third with one out in the top of the eighth but stranded both. The Gators then pushed home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth on a single and two errors. 

Brodie led Grove City's 14 hit attack by going 4 for 5 with a double and three runs scored. Meadors doubled twice while Jackson and Montone both doubled and singled. 

Meadors pitched into the seventh inning and struck out three. She yielded nine runs. Campbell took the defeat in relief, allowing an unearned run in the eighth.

Grove City has now won 12 of its last 13 games. The Wolverines will play a conference doubleheader Saturday at Chatham, starting at 11 a.m.