Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 PITTSBURGH, PA – The Chatham University softball team dropped a pair of Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) games on Friday to visiting Geneva College.  Geneva won game one 8-2, and took game two 14-1 in five innings.
 
In the opener, Leigha Pehrson got Chatham (6-15, 2-12 PAC) on the board first with a two-RBI single in the top of the first inning.  Jenn Stefano and Elizabeth Deckelman scored on the play.  Geneva (16-11, 10-2 PAC) answered with three runs in the bottom of the first, and four more in the second to go ahead 7-2.  The Golden Tornadoes added one run in the fourth to cap the scoring.
 
Deckelman, Pehrson, Gina Abrego, and Erika Martin each recorded a hit for the Cougars.  Lucia Fee had four RBI for Geneva.
 
In the nightcap, Geneva out-hit Chatham 15-3 and scored in all five innings.  Chatham's lone run came in the second inning when Stefano scored on a wild pitch.  Deckelman, Stefano, and Ashley Lamb each had one hit for Chatham. 
 
Chatham will play their final home games of the season tomorrow, April 19, when they host Penn State-New Kensington.  Game one is set for 2:00pm.
 
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Chatham University, founded in 1869, is located in the vibrant Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. Preparing students from around the world, Chatham's enrollment throughout the past decade was the fastest growing in the Pittsburgh region.

Consisting of a historic, undergraduate women's college and graduate and online programs for both men and women, Chatham has consistently been ranked among the top master's level institutions in the Northeast by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review. Offering challenging academics and innovative programming in the fields of sustainability and the environment, the health sciences, and business & entrepreneurship, a Chatham education is designed to meet the needs of tomorrow's economy, today.

Chatham has also demonstrated institutional commitments to reach carbon neutrality by 2025 as a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, has been named to The Princeton Review's 2013 Green Honor Roll as one of the most environmentally responsible universities in the U.S. and Canada, received a STARS Gold Rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), and is the alma mater of environmental icon and Silent Spring author, Rachel Carson (class of '29).

For more information, call 800-837-1290 or visit www.chatham.edu.