THE RUNDOWN
Game One Score: Gannon 7, at Edinboro 6
Records: GU (16-6, 10-1 PSAC West) | EU (11-7-1, 3-5-1 PSAC West)
Game One Box Score
Game Two Score: at Edinboro 8, Gannon 4
Records: GU (16-7, 10-2 PSAC West) | EU (12-7-1, 4-5-1 PSAC West)
Game Two Box Score
Location: Edinboro University Softball Field  |  Edinboro, Pa.
The Short Story: The Gannon softball team earned its second straight split in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Western Division doubleheader action. The Lady Knights and Fighting Scots each took a game in the twinbill. The Lady Knights hung on for a 7-6 win in game one before falling in the second game, 8-4.
 
GAME ONE SCORE: Gannon 7, at Edinboro 6
 
HOW IT HAPPENED  |  GAME ONE
- Gannon erased Edinboro's one-run lead in the top of the third. The Fighting Scots registered a pair of errors in the inning, as the Lady Knights scored two runs on the second error in left field. With two outs, junior Alyssa Bates (Greensburg, Pa. / Hempfield) pushed the Lady Knights' advantage to 3-1 with an RBI-single through the left side to score sophomore Jen Moran (West Mifflin, Pa. / Fox Chapel).
- The Fighting Scots tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom half of the inning.
- In the top of the sixth, the Lady Knights tallied four runs to move ahead 7-3. With runners at second and third, freshman Allie Salerno (Hamburg, N.Y. / Hamburg) hit a two-RBI double to put the Lady Knights in the lead 5-3. An RBI-single by freshman Jackie Martinez (Phoenix, Ariz. / Xavier College Prep) scored Salerno from third following a ground out to first moved the freshman over to third. Redshirt senior Katie Dunn (Clarkston, Mich. / Troy) recorded GU's final run of the inning with an RBI-base hit to score Martinez on the play for a 7-3 lead.
- The Fighting Scots' rallying effort came up one-run short as the Lady Knights earned the 7-6 victory. Boro's Heather Tighe drilled a three-RBI home run before senior Jess Rectenwald (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Hills) entered in relief of sophomore Olivia Gumbita (Latrobe, Pa. / Greater Latrobe). Rectenwald struck out the first batter she faced. The senior sealed the 7-6 win as the Fighting Scots' Shelby Proctor popped out to short.
 
GAME NOTES  |  GAME ONE
- Rectenwald, Salerno and Sahughnessy each collected two hits. Salerno drove in two RBIs and scored a run. Shaughnessy also tallied two runs in game one.  
- Both teams finished the day with double figures at the plate. Gannon recorded a game-best 12 hits with all nine starters picking up at least one hit. Edinboro collected 10 hits.  
- Gumbita (8-2) earned the win in 6 1/3 innings in the circle, striking out three batters. She allowed six earned runs off 10 hits.
- Rectenwald entered in the bottom of the seventh to prevent the Fighting Scots' rally. She earned her fourth career save in the effort, striking out one batter.
- Boro recorded two errors, while GU earned one.
 
GAME TWO SCORE: at Edinboro 8, Gannon 4
 
HOW IT HAPPENED  |  GAME TWO
- Gannon took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI-single by Dunn.
- In the top of the third, the Lady Knights tagged on two more runs off consecutive RBI-doubles for a 3-0 lead. Moran crossed home for the second time in the game on an RBI-double by Bates. Dunn followed with another RBI-double to score Bates.
- Edinboro managed to get on the board in the bottom of the third with an RBI-single. The Fighting Scots moved to within one run of the Lady Knights, 3-2, on Tighe's second RBI-base hit of the game.
- The Fighting Scots exploded for six runs in the bottom of the six for an 8-3 advantage. Four of the six runs came off consecutive two-RBI doubles.
- In their last at-bat, the Lady Knights added a run on an RBI single by junior Alexa Archambeault (Horseheads, N.Y. / Horseheads). The Lady Knights' shot at a rally came to a close on a fly out to left as the Fighting Scots secured an 8-4 victory to split the doubleheader.   
 
GAME NOTES  |  GAME TWO
- Dunn went 3-for-4 in the nightcap, registering two RBIs. Bates and Archambeault also collected two hits.  
- Bates finished with a double, while Dunn picked a pair of extra-base hits.
- Rectenwald (5-2) earned the loss in a complete-game effort. Among the eight runs scored in the contest, only two were earned. The senior struck out two batters.
- The two teams each posted two errors.
- Each team finished with 10 hits.
 
UP NEXT
Gannon returns to action at home against No. 19 California (Pa.) Wednesday afternoon at GU Field. The PSAC Western Division doubleheader will open with game one at 2:30 p.m.