THE RUNDOWN
Game One Score: Lewis 5, Gannon 4
Records: Lewis (8-4) | Gannon (6-3)
Game One Box Score
Game Two Score: Saint Anselm 8, Gannon 2
Records: Saint Anselm (6-2) | Gannon (6-4)
Game Two Box Score
Location: National Training Center  |  Clermont, Fla.
The Short Story: The Gannon softball team dropped two contests Friday at the National Training Center. The Lady Knights opened the day with a 5-4 loss to Lewis before falling to Saint Anselm by the score of 8-2.
 
GAME ONE SCORE: Lewis 5, Gannon 4
Records: Lewis (8-4) | Gannon (6-3)
Box Score
 
HOW IT HAPPENED  |  GAME ONE
- Lewis held a 4-0 lead over Gannon through four innings. The Flyers scored two runs in the bottom of the first on a two-RBI home run by Kelsey Ullrich to right field. In the third and fourth innings, the Flyers added a run in each frame.
- Gannon split the Flyers' lead in half, 4-2, in the top of the fifth. Opening the inning with a walk by junior Rachel deGuia (Canal Fulton, Ohio / Northwest), both seniors Jess Rectenwald (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Hills) and Meghan Cunha (Geneva, Ohio / Edgewood) loaded the bases loaded with singles. Junior Alyssa Bates (Greensburg, Pa. / Hempfield) drove in Rectenwald and Cunha for the Lady Knights' two runs.
- The Flyers pushed their lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI-base hit.
- Looking to rally in the top of the seventh, the Lady Knights managed to score two runs before falling short to the Flyers, 5-4. A leadoff single to left by Rectenwald put GU on base. Next up, Bates drilled a two-run home run to left to trail the Flyers by one. Following Bates' bomb, the Lady Knights' chance of rally came to an end on a ground out to short and back-to-back strikeouts.
 
GAME NOTES  |  GAME ONE
- Rectenwald went 3-for-4. Bates and Cunha each registered two hits with Bates recording the Lady Knights' first home run of the season. She generated all four Lady Knights' runs.  
- After consecutive relief wins Thursday, junior Alison Benz (Orchard Park, N.Y. / Mount Mercy Academy) Benz (3-2) recorded a complete-game performance in the loss. She struck out three batters, while earning two of the team's five surrendered.
- Gannon registered four errors with Lewis picking up one.
- The teams combined for 17 hits. The Hawks outhit the Lady Knights on a 9-8 advantage.
 
GAME TWO SCORE: Saint Anselm 8, Gannon 2
Records: Saint Anselm (6-2) | Gannon (6-4)
Box Score
 
HOW IT HAPPENED  |  GAME TWO
- Saint Anselm captured an early 2-0 lead in the top of the second. Leading off with a single up the middle, the Hawks took the two-run advantage on a home run to center by Julie LeClair.
- Trailing 3-0, Gannon scored its first run of the day in the bottom of the fifth on a single through the right side to drive in deGuia.
- Saint Anselm extended its lead to 6-1 in the top of the sixth. The inning opened with a leadoff solo-shot by Leclair for her second home run of the day. The Hawks' next two runs came on two Lady Knight fielding errors.
- Facing one out in the bottom of the sixth, the Lady Knights scored their second run of the day with a solo bomb to left field by junior Alexa Archambeault (Horseheads, N.Y. / Horseheads) to trail the Hawks, 6-2.
- The Hawks closed the game by tacking on two runs in the top-half of the seventh to seal an 8-2 victory.
 
GAME NOTES  |  GAME TWO
- Cunha and Rectenwald each went 2-for-4. Both Rectenwald and Archambeault registered an RBI.
- Sophomore Olivia Gumbita (Latrobe, Pa. / Greater Latrobe) (3-1) recorded her first loss this season. Gumbita allowed five earned runs off 10 hits. The sophomore recorded three strikeouts.
- The Hawks finished with a 10-7 hitting advantage.
- The Lady Knights ran into five errors including three in the sixth.
 
UP NEXT
Gannon concludes action at the National Training Center Saturday. The Lady Knights' final game will be played in a rematch against Saint Anselm at 9 a.m.