BOX SCORE (Game One)

BOX SCORE (Game Two)

LATROBE, Pa. (April 15) - The Saint Vincent softball team split a Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader against the visiting Grove City College Wolverines. SVC took game one 1-0 before falling in game two 7-3.

With the split, SVC currently has a 18-6 overall record and is 6-4 in the PAC. Grove City is 12-8 overall and 4-5 in the conference.

Hits were hard to come by in game one, as Samantha Emert (SVC) and Erika Aughton (GCC) went toe-to-toe in a pitcher's duel. The difference was a third inning solo home run from Sarah Swettlen, her fourth home run of the season. The two teams combined for just seven hits in game one.

Emert made the single run stand up, as she tossed her third shutout of the season. Emert allowed just four hits, while striking out five and walking none, as she improved her season record to 8-2 in the circle.

Game two was a different story, as the teams combined for 10 runs and 26 hits. Grove City took an early lead with a run in the top of the first, before SVC answered with a single run of their own in the bottom half of the frame. Both teams did the same in the third inning and fourth inning, Emert slugged second home run of the season to knot the score at 3-3 in the fourth.

Grove City broke through with a run to regain the lead in the sixth before adding three insurance runs in the top of the seventh so secure the split.

Emert led the Bearcat offense with a 3-for-3 performance at the plate in game two. Swettlen went 3 for 4 with a double at the plate in game two to finish off her rather productive day offensively.

Emily Duerr chipped in two runs and two RBIs in the game two loss. Duerr worked seven innings, allowing seven runs (six earned), dropping her season record to 7-2.

Saint Vincent returns to action with a PAC doubleheader tomorrow (April 16) against Chatham University. First pitch in Pittsburgh, Pa. is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.