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Box Score 2 PITTSBURGH, PA – April 14, 2018 – The Chatham University softball team honored its two seniors on Saturday –
Samantha Crilley (Zelienople, Pa./Seneca Valley) and
Kasandra Petersen (Faribault, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's) – but the Cougars fell to visiting Bethany 2-0 and 3-1 (10 innings) at West Field in PAC action.
RECORDS: Chatham drops to 3-19 (1-9 PAC) while the Bison move to .500 at 12-12 (5-5 PAC).
WHAT'S NEXT: The Cougars will travel to Grove City on Monday, April 16 before hosting Westminster on Wednesday, April 18.
GAME ONE (Bethany 2, Chatham 0)
AT THE PLATE: The Cougars managed just three hits as Petersen, first-year
Caitlin Worwood (Caldwell, Idaho/Caldwell) and first-year
Alexis Gonzalez (Riverside, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga) all collected base knocks.
IN THE CIRCLE: Sophomore
Madison Howell (Huntington, W.V./Huntington) earned the start and suffered the defeat, going 2 1/3 innings with three punch outs.
First-year
Julie Swedberg (San Bruno, Calif./Capuchino) threw the final 4 2/3 frames in relief, fanning four Bison.
GAME TWO (Bethany 3, Chatham 1 – 10 innings)
AT THE PLATE: In the extra-inning affair, Chatham registered six hits as sophomore
Marissa Wightman (Cypress, Calif./Cypress) went 2-for-4 with a double.
Petersen, Gonzalez, Woorwood and first-year
Paige Shaftic (New Castle, Pa./New Castle) tallied base hits.
IN THE CIRCLE: Swedberg went the distance of all 10 frames, striking out three and walking just one batter.
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.
