Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 PITTSBURGH, PA – Chatham University collected 21 total hits in a split with visiting Westminster College on Sunday.  Westminster won game one 6-1, and Chatham took game two 9-4.  The Titans move to 11-9 overall and 1-3 in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) play.  Chatham improves to 6-7 overall (2-4 PAC).
 
In the opener, Westminster went ahead 6-0 before a Leigha Pehrson RBI scored Elizabeth Deckelman in the sixth inning.  Deckelman and Gina Abrego each went 2-3 from the plate in the game, while Ashley Lamb and Jenn Stefano each had one hit.
 
In game two, Chatham jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the top of the first.  Anne Marie Brnardic had an RBI single and Elizabeth Doman drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.  Westminster answered with four runs in the bottom of the first to go up 4-3.
 
Chatham then erupted for five runs in the fifth to break the game open.  Abrego scored Doman with an RBI single, then later scored on a double steal.  Erika Martin and Stefano also had RBI singles, and Brnardic collected an RBI on a fielder's choice.  The Cougars added one run in the seventh on an RBI single by Lamb.
 
Pehrson picked up the win on the mound, throwing all seven innings, allowing seven hits, and striking out one.  Abrego went 3-5, while Doman, Lamb, Stefano, and Martin each collected two hits.
 
Chatham continues PAC play on Wednesday, April 9, when they host Washington & Jefferson College.
 
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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.