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Box Score 2 PITTSBURGH, PA - March 31, 2018 – The Chatham University softball team dropped a DH to visiting Thomas More on Saturday at West Field in the team's home and PAC opener, falling to the Saints 4-2 in game one before losing 3-0 (8 innings) in the nightcap.
RECORDS: Chatham drops to 2-12 (0-2 PAC) while Thomas More improves to 9-9 (2-0 PAC).
WHAT'S NEXT: The Cougars remain home to host Saint Vincent in PAC action on Thursday, April 5 at 6:30 pm.
GAME ONE (Thomas More 4, Chatham 2)
AT THE PLATE: First-year utility/pitcher
Julie Swedberg (San Bruno, Calif./Capuchino) finished 1-for-3 with one run scored and one RBI and sophomore pitcher/infielder
Madison Howell (Huntington, W. Va./Huntington) chipped in Chatham's second hit.
Sophomore outfielder
Marissa Wightman (Cypress, Calif./Cypress) tallied one RBI for the Cougars as Chatham plated both runs in the bottom of the sixth.
IN THE CIRCLE: Howell suffered the defeat despite tossing all seven frames, striking out three Saints.
GAME TWO (Thomas More 3, Chatham 0 - 8 innings)
AT THE PLATE: Senior infielder
Kasandra Petersen (Faribault, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's) went 2-for-3 while Wightman and sophomore outfielder
Tess Weaver (Zelienople, Pa./Seneca Valley) added the other Cougar base knocks.
IN THE CIRCLE: Swedberg hurled 7 2/3 innings, striking out five. Howell pitched 1/3 of an inning, earning one strikeout.
For more information on the Chatham softball team, please visit gochathamcougars.com.
About Chatham Athletics
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers nine Division III women's sports and seven 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 University unveiled a renovated weight room on Sept. 1, 2017. Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as 52 student athletes being selected to the 2016 Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham added women's lacrosse beginning play in 2018 as well as women's squash, beginning in 2018-19. Chatham has added five men's sports competing this academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field. Chatham added two more men's varsity sports beginning play in 2017-2018; hockey and lacrosse, as well as men's squash, starting in 2018-19 and men's soccer starting in 2019-20.
For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit
www.gochathamcougars.com.
