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Murtaugh Hits 19th Homerun, Devils Split at Haverford

(Haverford, Pa.) - The Dickinson College softball team suffered a heartbreaking, 1-0 setback to Haverford in the opening game of a Thursday afternoon double-header. The Devils avenged the loss with a 3-1 victory in the nightcap.

 

The 'Fords scored an unearned run in the second inning as Alison Crawford reached on an error and scored the game's only run when Gabrielle Sapienza was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

 

Cassandra Searls earned the win, allowing just two hits in six innings. Maggie Cronin came on for the save in the seventh.

 

Junior Liz Barry (Millis, Mass./Noble & Greenough) pitched a strong game, allowing just four hits while recording six strikeouts and surrendering just one walk.

 

Junior Emma Murtaugh (Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel) hit a two-out double in the sixth inning while first-year Melissa Osborne (Stevensonville, Md./Kent Island) added the other hit for Dickinson.

 

Murtaugh put the Devils in front early in game two, launching a two-run homer, the 19th of her career in the top of first inning. Senior Erin King (Bowie, Md./Bowie) singled and came around on Murtaugh's shot to put the Devils up 2-0.

 

Crawford answered with a double to score Searls in the bottom half of the inning for the 'Fords lone run of the game.

 

The Devils used four hits in the fourth inning to add an insurance run as Kyrie Budnik (Northampton, Pa./Northampton Area)drove in Osborn, who singled as well.

 

Junior Jess Haklar (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) put Osborn in scoring position with a double while Mary Kate Flannery (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) added a single in the inning as well.

 

Senior Allison Jordan (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) recorded nine strikeouts in a six-hit victory as she improved to 4-2 on the season.

 

King added another single to finish the game 2-for-4. Murtaugh had a game-high two RBIs and also drew a walk in the seventh inning.

 

Crawford went 2-for-3 in the nightcap to lead Haverford (8-8, 2-2).

 

The Red Devils stand at 9-12 overall and 2-2 in the Centennial Conference. They travel to Gettysburg College on Tuesday for a 3:30 start.



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