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The SVC softball team defeated the Chatham Cougars by scores of 11-1 and 10-0 in a Senior Day doubleheader in Latrobe.

SVC got off to a quick start in game one, as Courtney Patterson singled with one out, then was replaced at first by Shelby Noel, who hit into a fielder's choice.  An error allowed Emily Duerr to get on base, and Samantha Emert followed with an RBI single.  Kelly Flaherty followed with a 2-run triple that put the hosts in front 3-0.
 
Chatham got a run back in the top of the second, but Duerr managed to get out of a bases loaded jam with one out, keeping it a 3-1 game.
 
In the bottom of the second, Morgan Murphy singled past a drawn-in infield with one out, then scored on a triple by Sarah Swettlen.  Swettlen then scored on a Patterson ground out to increase the lead to 5-1.
 
Two innings later, Swettlen and Patterson singled to lead off the inning, and Noel drew a walk to load the bases.  Duerr then came through with a two-run single to left, making it a 7-1 game.  A single by Emert then scored Noel, and Duerr scored on an infield single by Flaherty to make the score 9-1.  A single by Christina Folino drove home the 10^th run.  With just one out, Swettlen singled for the second time in the inning, running the lead to 11-1.
 
Duerr went the distance, giving up six hits and no earned runs.  She walked one and struck out six while improving her record to 11-4 on the season.

In game two, Swettlen and Patterson singled to start the game, followed by a Noel RBI single.  A double by Emert drove home Patterson to make it 2-0.  A single by Flaherty drove home Noel, then Folino's infield single scored Emert to increase the lead to 4-0.
 
In the third, Folino started the inning with her second infield single of the game, then moved to second on a Jenna LoVasco single.  After Murphy walked to load the bases, Folino scored on a passed ball.  Swettlen then walked to reload the bases, and LoVasco scored on a Patterson ground out to make it 6-0.
 
Noel then tripled down the right field line, driving home two more runs, making it an 8-0 game.  A groundout by Duerr plated Noel to increase the lead to nine.  In the fourth inning, a bases loaded groundout by Kristin Segiel drove in the Bearcats' tenth run. 
 
Emert (12-5) tossed a three-hitter, walking four and striking out five to earn the win in the circle.

SVC is now 11-5 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, 23-11 overall.