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MC softball splits with Hiram

HIRAM, Ohio — Marietta College split a nonconference softball doubleheader at Hiram College on Tuesday afternoon.

The Terriers won game one, 6-5, while Marietta took game two, 9-7. The Pioneers are now 21-17 overall, Hiram is 17-19 on the season.

Marietta scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning of game breaking a 3-3 tie. Liz White lined an RBI double to right center scoring Camryn Campbell with the go ahead run and Grace Elliott scored on a sac fly from Katie Sweeney.

Hiram responded with three runs in the home half of the inning to steal the victory. Hannah Schimmoeller tied the game with a triple and then Lola Thomas walked it off with a single through the left side of the infield scoring Schimmoeller.

The Pioneers took an early lead on an RBI double from White in the third. Camryn Kiefer made it 2-0 with a double in the fourth. The Terriers tied it up with two runs in the fifth. Each team scored one in the sixth inning.

Kylie Cobb (4-5) got the loss. Cobb gave up four runs on six hits in 1.2 innings. Kiefer started and threw 4.2 innings allowing two unearned runs on four hits. Avery Contini (5-6) got the win in relief. She pitched 3.0 innings and allowed three runs on five hits.

White finished 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. Campbell and Becca Streets had two hits.

In game two, Marietta used a pair of four-run innings to grab the lead and then held off the Terriers for the win. Mallory Gorgacz cleared the bases with a single to right in the second inning giving Marietta a 3-1 lead. White drove in Gorgacz with a double.

After Hiram tied the game, 4-4, in the third, the Pioneers plated four more in the fourth. Katie Sweeney hit a bases loaded double driving in three runs and then scored on a single from Emilie Johnson.

Once again Hiram responded and scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to get within a run, 8-7. Marietta got an insurance run in the top of the seventh when Campbell scored on another Johnson single.

Candace Walters (8-4) went the distance in the circle for the win. She allowed seven runs on 15 hits in 7.0 innings of work. Sarah Ciereszewski (2-2) started and got the loss giving up nine unearned runs on nine hits in 6.0 innings.

White had three hits in game two, including a double. Johnson had two hits and two RBI, while Sweeney had three RBI.

Marietta closes out the regular season at home on Saturday against Wilmington. Game one starts at 1 p.m.

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