Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Pittsburgh, Pa . – (3/22/2015) – Offense was on display today when the Chatham University softball team took Varsity Field for a doubleheader against Penn State Beaver. The Cougars won both games against the Lions, 12-3 and 17-3. The wins raises Chatham's record to 2-4 on the season and 2-2 at home.
 
The Cougars scored early and often in game one, when first year Second baseman Kasandra Petersen (Faribault, MN) hit a triple and three Cougars hit doubles. Senior third baseman Gina Abrego , first year Pitcher/First baseman Lyndsey Gallaway, and first year catcher Rachel Oplinger all had multiple hits on the day, as the Cougars routed the Lions in game one. 
 
Game two was more of the same, seeing Chatham score twelve runs in the first inning alone. Senior Pitcher Leigha Pehrson (Mt. Pleasant, Pa) hit a triple, while Oplinger recorded her second double against Penn State Beaver. Abrego went two for three with two RBI's. Senior Pitcher/Shortstop Elizabeth Deckelman (Baltimore, MD) went one for three with two RBI's as well. Pehrson recorded five putouts and Oplinger snagged four in the second game of the day.
 
Pehrson was tough on the mound as well, only giving up eight hits and three runs in her seven innings pitched between both games. Pehrson also walked four batters and struck out nine. Deckelman pitched three innings, walking two batters and struck out two. Deckelman gave up three runs on three hits on the day.
 
Chatham will face Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio on Tuesday March 24, 2015. Game times for the doubleheader are 3:30pm and 5:30 pm.

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Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the President's Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers eight Division III women's sports and six men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as the women's basketball team's second-highest team GPA across all Division III athletic programs in 2014, and the swimming & diving squad's GPA ranking in the top 50.
 
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham will add six new men's sports in the 2015-2016 academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field, and volleyball.
 
For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit www.gochathamcougars.com