BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – The Geneva College softball team cruised to a doubleheader sweep of visiting Carlow on Friday afternoon on Conrady Field, with both games being called early due to Geneva's big margins. The Golden Tornadoes won both games by scores of 12-1 and 12-4. Geneva improved to 17-13 with the victories.
Sophomore Sophia Tvaroch got the start in the circle in game one, and the Golden Tornadoes gave her lots of early run support, not that she needed much.
Freshman Molly Shelley opened the bottom of the first with a single. She went to second on an error, and then she stole third and came home when the throw from the catcher went into left field. Two batters later, senior Julia Hart doubled, and she scored another run on junior Megan Gray's RBI-single.
Geneva broke the game open in the second inning, scoring seven times as the first eight batters reached base. Sophomore Madison Rapp opened the inning with a double, followed by a walk to sophomore Alex Guzman. Freshman Kyra Wilcox reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases, and Shelley drove home the first run with an RBI-single. Sophomore Lexi Zanic followed with a walk to drive in a run, and Hart and Gray followed with RBI-singles. Two Carlow errors later in the inning allowed three more runs to score.
The Golden Tornadoes added three more runs in the third inning on an RBI-doubles from Gray and sophomore Jorja Koerner, while Rapp drove in the third run with an RBI-single.
Tvaroch was taken out after three no-hit innings to give her some rest, and sophomore Alena Campbell pitched the final two innings, picking up her first career victory, 12-1.
Gray had the big game offensively for Geneva, going 3-for-3 with two runs and three RBIs. Shelley, Hart and Rapp each added two hits apiece.
Sophomore McKenzie Rapp got the start in the circle in game two, and the offense stayed hot with six first-inning runs. Shelley opened the frame with a double, and she stole third and came home on an RBI-groundout from Zanic. Hart, Gray and freshman Aliya Ottaviani each followed with doubles to produce two more runs. Junior Alyssa Lenzi drove in the fourth run with a single, Shelley picked up an RBI with a bases-loaded walk, and freshman Alexa Forsythe scored the final run of the inning on a wild pitch.
Geneva added two more runs in the bottom of the second on a 2-RBI double from Forsythe.
Carlow got on the board in the third inning with two runs, but Geneva scored three more times in the fourth inning to take an 11-2 lead. Forsythe, sophomore Payton James and freshman Callie Mangan each had RBI-singles in the inning.
Carlow added two runs in the top of the fifth against Geneva relief pitching, but the Golden Tornadoes ended the game in the bottom of the sixth with a run. Lenzi led off with a single, and freshman pinch runner Kyra Wilcox scored the final run when she stole second and came home when the throw went into the outfield.
Rapp improved her record to 7-2 this season, pitching four innings while giving up just two runs, striking out five.
Offensively, Hart added three more hits to her day's tally, while Forsythe delivered two hits and three RBIs. Lenzi also contributed two hits in the win.
Geneva gets right back into action tomorrow with an important road doubleheader at Bethany, beginning at 1:00 p.m.
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