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Box Score 2 PITTSBURGH, PA – April 12, 2018 – The Chatham University softball team earned its first PAC victory of the 2018 season on Thursday night at West Field versus Geneva, as the Cougars took game one 3-2 before falling 6-0 in game two.
RECORDS: Chatham is now 3-17 (1-7 PAC) while the Golden Tornadoes move to 9-11 (1-5 PAC).
WHAT'S NEXT: The Cougars will host Bethany on Saturday, April 14 at 1 pm for Senior Day.
GAME ONE (Chatham 3, Geneva 2)
AT THE PLATE: Senior
Samantha Crilley (Zelienople, Pa./Seneca Valley) finished 2-for-3 with a triple and first-year
Paige Shaftic (New Castle, Pa./New Castle) went 2-for-2 as the Cougars tallied 10 hits.
Senior
Kasandra Petersen (Faribault, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's), sophomore
Kassandra Deane (Ambridge, Pa./Ambridge Area) and sophomore
Cassandra Gray (Allen Park, Mich./Allen Park) all drove in one run each.
IN THE CIRCLE: Sophomore
Madison Howell (Huntington, W.V./Huntington) earned her third win of the spring, going the distance while striking out four.
GAME TWO (Geneva 6, Chatham 0)
AT THE PLATE: Chatham totaled six hits as first-year
Alexis Gonzalez (Riverside, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga) went 2-for-3.
First-year
Caitlin Worwood (Caldwell, Idaho/Caldwell), first-year
Julie Swedberg (San Bruno, Calif./Capuchino) and Howell all collected a base hit.
IN THE CIRCLE: Swedberg pitched the entirety, allowing four earned runs while striking out four Golden Tornadoes.
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.
