NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The Bethany College softball team opened up the Presidents' Athletic Conference Tournament against No. 4 Grove City College Thursday morning. After back-to-back defensive miscues, the Wolverines took a 3-2 victory from the Bison.
THE BASICS
Final: Grove City 3, Bethany 2
RECORDS
Bethany (25-13)
Grove City (24-16)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Bison bats started the game off hot. Destiny Goodnight singled to lead off the game. Morgan Huey tripled to left field scoring Goodnight. In a sacrifice situation, Mary Marshall laid down a bunt to score Huey. The Bison led 2-0 after the first inning. The Wolverines cut the deficit in half in the bottom half of the inning.
Josie Wise had five strikeouts through the first two innings.
The Bison went down in order in the top of the third. In the bottom half of the inning, the Wolverines put pressure on the Bison defense. Wise walked the first batter, but back-to-back fly outs put the Bison in good standing, or so they thought. An error on a dropped foul ball seemed to end up being costly for the Bison. Brodie would triple the next pitch, scoring Harris and knotting the game at 2-2. The next batter, reached on a single, but would advance after a fielding error. The Wolverines led, 3-2.
Bethany would go down, one, two, three in the next two innings. In the sixth, Katelyn Ziems gave the Bison some life singling down the left field line. Miriam Peterson singled, but Trista Morris would run into the ball turning into an out. The Green and White in their final at bats, were retired in order.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
WHAT'S NEXT
Bethany will face the loser of game D (Allegheny and Waynesburg) at 11 am on Friday, May 3.
