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MARIETTA PIONEERS
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Allison Donley
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Marietta MC 16-13
2
Winner Penn St.-Behrend BEHW 16-7
Marietta MC
16-13
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Final
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Penn St.-Behrend BEHW
16-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Marietta MC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0
Penn St.-Behrend BEHW 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 6 1

W: Abby Tingley (6-3) L: Hancock, Aiyana (4-4)

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Winner Marietta MC 17-13
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Penn St.-Behrend BEH 16-8
Winner
Marietta MC
17-13
7
Final
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Penn St.-Behrend BEH
16-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Marietta MC 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 7 11 0
Penn St.-Behrend BEH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0

W: Walters, Candace (7-4) L: Julia Jones (5-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball splits nonconference twin bill at Penn State Behrend

ERIE, Pennsylvania — The Marietta College softball team split a nonconference doubleheader at Penn State Behrend Sunday (Apr. 12) afternoon. The Lions won game one, 2-1, and Marietta took the second game, 7-1. Marietta is now 17-13 on the season, while Behrend moves to 16-8 overall.

Behrend took a 2-0 lead in the first game scoring runs in the first and third innings. The Lions got a pair of walks to start the bottom of the first. A base hit bunt from Julia Jones loaded the bases and then a sac fly Meghan Swain plated Alexia Brown with the first run of the game.

The Lions got a leadoff single from Chloe Nale in the third. Jones doubled moving Nale to third. A sac bunt from Hannah Smith scored Nale for a 2-0 Behrend lead.

Marietta cut the lead in half with a run in the sixth. Mallory Gorgacz (Edinburg, Pa./Union Area) and Camryn Campbell (Ontario, Ohio/Lexington) both singled and moved to second and third on a wild pitch. Liz White (North Royalton, Ohio/North Royalton) drove in Gorgacz with a ground ball in the infield,

The Pioneers loaded the bases in the top of the seventh with no outs but couldn't push the tying run across.

Abby Tingley (6-3) went the distance in the circle for Behrend. She allowed one run on seven hits with a walk and five strikeouts in 7.0 innings. Aiyana Hancock (Marietta, Ohio/Warren Local) (4-4) started and took the loss giving up two runs on six hits in 6.0 innings. Hancock walked five and struck out five.

Campbell, Adisson heath, and Grace Elliott (Akron, Ohio/Green) each had two hits in the game for the Pioneers.

Marietta broke a scoreless tie in game two with five runs in the top of the third inning. White got things started with an RBI single. Becca Streets (Buckeye Lake, Ohio/Hebron Lakewood) followed with a run-scoring single to make it 2-0. Heath delivered a big three-run home run for a 5-0 Pioneer lead.

Allie Sheen (Tipp City, Ohio/Bethel) made it 6-0 with an RBI single in the fourth. Behrend plated its lone run in the bottom of the frame. Streets picked up another Rbi with a single in the fifth for a 7-1 Marietta lead.

Candace Walters (Powell, Ohio/Olentangy) (7-4) went the distance in the circle for Marietta scattering four hits and allowing just one run. Julia Jones (5-3) started and got the loss for Behrend. She was charged with five runs on five hits in 2.0 innings of work.

White finished 3-for-4 to lead the Pioneer offense. Streets, Heath, and Elliott had two hits apiece.

Marietta returns home to host Baldwin Wallace University on Saturday (Apr. 18). The first game starts at 1:00 p.m. It will be the annual Community Day at the park featuring free admission, free food and several give aways and games. Jeanne Arbuckle Field will be officially dedicated in a ceremony starting at 12:15 p.m. prior to the first game.

Fans can follow the Pioneers all season long at pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on X and Instagram.
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