GLENSIDE, PA – The York College softball team closed out their 2024 regular season with a sweep of Arcadia on Monday afternoon in Glenside, PA.
The Spartans won game one 5-3 and then completed the sweep with a 7-1 win in the nightcap.
York improves to 24-16 with the win while the Knights fall to 10-28.
 
GAME ONE
Runs: York 5 – Arcadia 3
Hits: York 8; Arcadia 5
Errors: York 3; Arcadia 0
LOB: York 7; Arcadia 10
WP: Kyrsten Coppage (14-4); LP: Paige Nolan (2-11)
 
How It Happened
• The Knights jumped on York early as they loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning. Spartan starter Kyrsten Coppage rose to the occasion retired the next three Knights she faced to keep the home team off the board.
• The Spartan offense was quiet until the fourth when they erupted for five runs. The scoring began with an Olivia Turchi RBI ground out. Gretchen Barstad then singled home a pair of runs to make it 3-0. Two batters later, Daphney Adams ripped a two-run double to left center for the 5-0 Spartan lead.
• The Knights got an unearned run in the fourth to get on the board. In the bottom of the seventh, Arcadia got two runs on a two out double from Taylor Sommer to cut the Spartan lead to 5-3 but Coppage got the final out of the game to preserve the win.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Gretchen Barstad: 2-for-4, run, 2 RBI
Daphney Adams: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, BB, 2B
Morgan Sauers: 1-for-3, run, BB
Olivia Turchi: 1-for-3, RBI
 
Spartan Pitching
Kyrsten Coppage: 7.0 IP, 5 hits, 3 runs, 2 ER, 7 K, 2 BB, WP, 2 HB (Win, 14-4)
 
GAME TWO
Runs: York 7 – Arcadia 1
Hits: York 14; Arcadia 2
Errors: York 1; Arcadia 3
LOB: York 11; Arcadia 6
WP: Natalie Rietema (10-9); LP: Mac Champion (3-5)
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans opened the scoring in the second as Alexis McDonaugh doubled to lead off the inning. She moved to third on a ground out and scored on an Olivia Turchi single down the left field line for the 1-0 York lead.
• The Green and White added to the lead in the third with a four-run inning. Gretchen Barstad began the inning with a one-out single. Daphney Adams walked to put runners at first and second. Emma Wade doubled to center, scoring Barstad with York's second run. McDonaugh singled to center to score Adams and Barstad as the York lead grew to 4-0. McDonaugh came around to score on an Emma Keller pinch hit sacrifice fly to right as York led 5-0.
• Arcadia broke up the shutout in the fourth but the Spartans got the run back in the fifth on a Knight error. McDonaugh got the Spartans their seventh run with an RBI single to right center as the York lead grew to 7-1.
• That offensive output would be plenty for starter Natalie Rietema as she twirled a two hitter as she struck out four and walked one in her seven innings of work.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Alexis McDonaugh: 4-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBI, 2B
Morgan Sauers: 2-for-5, run
Gretchen Barstad: 2-for-5, run, 2B
Emma Wade: 2-for-4, 2 runs, RBI, 2B
Olivia Turchi: 2-for-3, RBI
 
Spartan Pitching
Natalie Rietema: 7.0 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 ER, 4 K, 1 BB, 2 HB (Win, 10-8)
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans are now 4-2 all-time against the Knights … the Spartans picked up their eighth sweep of the campaign … in game one, the Spartans were 2-for-8 with runners in scoring position while they were 3-for-14 with runners on base … the Spartans were 3-for-9 with two outs in the win while they had four two-out RBI … in the nightcap, the Spartans were 6-for-15 with runners in scoring position, 9-for-22 with runners on base and 5-for-13 with two outs while they had one two-out RBI … York is 14-7 on the road … sophomore Gretchen Barstad is now one hit away from tying Kelly Smith's single season record of 61 set in 2009 … Barstad has 15 doubles which is tied for fourth all-time on the single season list while her 93 total bases are fourth all-time … Barstad is tied for third in single season walks with 22 … Emma Wade continues to push the single season RBI record higher as she now has 71 for the year … Wade tied Joy Byers for the total base record as they both have 103 … Daphney Adams continues her doubles rampage as she now has 19 for the campaign to continue to push her record higher … Barstad had two more multi-hit games as she now has a team-leading 21 games for the season … Adams had her 14^th multi-hit game in the opener … Wade (17 games), Alexis McDonaugh (12 games), Morgan Sauers (8 games), and Olivia Turchi (4 games) each had multi-hit efforts on the day … Barstad extended her team-best nine game hitting streak … McDonaugh had her eighth multi-RBI game with her career-high three RBIs in game two while she also had a career-high four hits in the win … Barstad has reached base safely in nine games, the best current streak on the team … Wade leads the Commonwealth in RBI by 19 while her home run total is five better than the next closest player … Adams and Barstad are one-two in the league in doubles while Barstad leads the league in runs and Adams is third … Barstad is first in the league in batting average while Wade is fifth followed by Adams in sixth.
 
Up Next
The Spartans begin their defense of their MAC Commonwealth Championship in the 2024 conference tournament on Thursday against second-seeded Messiah. The Spartans and Falcons will tangle in the tournament's first round at the University of Pennsylvania's Softball Field. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 pm.