Game 1 Boxscore
Game 2 Boxscore
(Swarthmore, Pa.) – The Dickinson College softball team claimed a pair of Centennial Conference win at Swarthmore on Saturday, posting a 1-0 shutout in game one and winning the nightcap, 6-3.
Sophomore Chelsea Homa (Newton, N.J./Newton) earned wins in both halves of the double-header, tossing a pair of complete games and recording 22 strikeouts on the day.
First-year Erin Owens (Fayetteville, Ga./Woodward Academy) chose an opportune time to launch the first collegiate homerun of her career, going over the wall in centerfield in the sixth to give the Devils the win in the opener.
Denise Haines (Green Lane, Pa./St. Pius X) went 2-for-3 in the opener while Katie Swade (New Freedom, Pa./Susquehannock) and Bruke Mikesell (Columbia, Md./Howard) each added a pair of hits in game one as well.
Homa held the Garnet to just hits in the opener, recording 12 strikeouts while allowing just two walks. She surrendered six hits in the nightcap, but added 10 more strikeouts to her career total as well, while allowing one walk to earn the win in game two.
The Devils scored four runs in the third inning after Mikesell led-off with a single. Owens reached on an error as she looked to lay down a sacrifice bunt. Haines drew a walk to load the bases with nobody out.
Carly Jordan (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) reached on fielder's choice and advanced on an error, scoring Mikesell and Owens to put the Devils on the board. Melissa Osborn (Stevensville, Md./Kent Island) and Jay Abell (Glenn Dale, Md./Elizabeth Seton) added RBIs in the inning as well, stretching the lead to 4-0.
Abell singled in the fifth and came in to score on a single from Mikesell. Haines added a solo homer in the sixth to stretch the lead to 6-0.
Swarthmore capitalized on a couple of Red Devil errors and a double to score three runs in the bottom half of the inning. Homa settled in, only facing four batters in the seventh to secure her second win of the day.
Haines went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI. Abell went 2-for-3, driving in a run and scoring another. Mikesell added a pair of hits in the nightcap as well.
The Red Devils improve to 9-21 on the year and 5-5 in the Centennial Conference. They return home to face Muhlenberg College on Tuesday evening at 5:00 pm.
