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5
Winner York (Pa.) YORK (PA
1
Southern Virginia SOUTHERN
Winner
York (Pa.) YORK (PA
5
Final
1
Southern Virginia SOUTHERN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
York (Pa.) YORK (PA 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 0
Southern Virginia SOUTHERN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1

W: Rietema, Natalie (2-0) L: Addalyn Burch (0-1)

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Winner York (Pa.) YORK (PA
4
Southern Virginia SOUTHERN
Winner
York (Pa.) YORK (PA
8
Final
4
Southern Virginia SOUTHERN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
York (Pa.) YORK (PA 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 8 13 0
Southern Virginia SOUTHERN 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 8 1

W: Freese, Courtney (2-0) L: Emmaline DeGroot (1-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Amanda Einsig - Asst. Athletic Communications Director

Softball Concludes Virginia Trip with Sweep Over Southern Virginia

Spartans improve to 4-0

BUENA VISTA, Va. – The York College softball team concluded their trip to Virginia Friday with a doubleheader against Southern Virginia University. The Spartans took both games from the Knights with scores of 5-1 and 8-4. York comes back to Pennsylvania with a 4-0 record.
 
Game One
Runs: York 5 – Southern Virginia 1
Hits: York 11  - Southern Virginia 5
Errors: York 0 – Southern Virginia 1
LOB: York 7 – Southern Virginia 3
WP: Natalie Rietema (2-0); LP: Addalyn Burch (0-1)
 
How It Happened
The Spartans got on the board early, scoring a pair of runs in the first inning. Leadoff batter Allison Hunsberger singled up the middle to start the game. Danella Silagy followed, bringing in Hunsberger on a triple down the left field line. Kate Miller hit a sacrifice fly to put the Spartans ahead, 2-0.

The Green and White tacked on two more runs in the top of the second with back-to-back-to-back doubles off the bats of Noelle Smith, Ashlyn Weigle, and Allison Hunsberger. 

Kate Miller belted her first homerun of the season in the fifth to extend the Spartan lead to 5-0.

Southern Virginia plated one run in the sixth on an RBI single from Berkeley Whitten. 

Natalie Rietema was in the circle for the Spartans. In seven innings, she allowed six hits and one earned run, while walking two and striking out a pair. 
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Kate Miller: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, HR, SACF, run, SB
Ashlyn Weigle: 2-for-2, RBI, run
Allison Hunsberger: 2-for-4, RBI, run, 2B
Noelle Smith: 1-for-2, run, 2B
Bri McKeown: 2-for-4
 
Spartan Pitching
Natalie Rietema: 7.0 IP, 6 hits, 1 ER, 2 K, 2 BB
 
Game Two
Runs: York 8 – Southern Virginia 4
Hits: York 14 – Southern Virginia 9
Errors: York 0 – Southern Virginia 1
LOB: York 10 – Southern Virginia 7
WP: Courtney Freese (2-0); LP: Emmaline DeGroot (1-2)
 
How It Happened
York pushed one run across in the top of the first, scoring on a wild pitch. 

In the second inning, the Green and White brought home four more runs. The Spartans loaded the bases for Allison Hunsberger, who brought in Sara DeFrancesco. Devyn McFarland notched the third Spartan run, scoring on a wild pitch. Danella Silagy and Bri McKeown drove in Spartans' fourth and fifth runs. 

York added another in the third inning, as DeFrancesco crossed the plate on an RBI groundout from Hunsberger. 

Southern Virginia got on the board in the fifth, cutting the lead to 6-2 with back-to-back sacrifices from Eliza Patterson and Morgan Rich. 

The Green and White padded the lead in the top half of the seventh. An RBI groundout from Devyn McFarland and an RBI single off the bat of Hunsberger added the two insurance runs, making it 8-2. 

The Knights didn't go away quietly, grabbing two scores of their own in the bottom half of the seventh. Rich doubled home a run before Berkeley Whitten brought in another on a sacrifice fly. 

The Southern Virginia rally was shut down after that, as York came away with the 8-4 victory and completed the two-game sweep on the day. 

In the circle for the Spartans, Courtney Freese collected the win after hurling 4.1 innings, conceding only five hits and two earned runs. Kyrsten Coppage came in for relief, allowing four hits and two earned, while also preserving the victory for York. 

Spartan Offensive Leaders
Sara DeFrancesco: 2-for-3, 3 runs, 2B, HBP
Alexis McDonaugh: 2-for-3, BB
Allison Hunsberger: 3-for-5, Run, 3 RBI
 
Spartan Pitching
Courtney Freese: 4.1 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, 2 K, 5 BB
Kyrsten Coppage: 2.2 IP, 2 hits, 2 ER, 3 K, 1 BB
 
Spartan Notes
York is now 14-2 all-time against Southern Virginia … The Spartans have won the last three games against the Knights  … In the Virginia trip, York posted a team .352 batting average, including 12 doubles … The Green and White pitching staff held a 2.50 Earned Run Average. 
 
Up Next
The Spartans head back north and will face the University of Scranton, on the road Wednesday, March 11th.
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