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Gallaudet softball shortstop Caitlyn Smith makes a throw during a late day game as the sunsets in the distance. Smith is throwing a neon yellow softball towards first base.
0
Wells WELW 0-3, 0-1 UEC
14
Winner Gallaudet GALW 7-8, 1-0 UEC
Wells WELW
0-3, 0-1 UEC
0
Final
14
Gallaudet GALW
7-8, 1-0 UEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Wells WELW 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gallaudet GALW 4 4 1 5 X 14 11 2

W: Elsbury, Christina (5-3) L: Sara Mattle (0-2)

7
Wells WELW 0-4, 0-2 UEC
10
Winner Gallaudet GALW 8-8, 2-0 UEC
Wells WELW
0-4, 0-2 UEC
7
Final
10
Gallaudet GALW
8-8, 2-0 UEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wells WELW 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 2 9
Gallaudet GALW 4 3 2 1 0 0 X 10 8 3

W: Giuntoli, Emma (1-0) L: Sara Mattle (0-3) S: Elsbury, Christina (2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Gallaudet begins conference play with sweep of Wells College

WASHINGTON – United East Conference play got underway here at the GU Softball Complex on a cold and wet Saturday afternoon in the nation's capital. Gallaudet University swept Wells College with a 14-0 win in five innings and the Bison went the distance with the Express in the second game, 10-7.
 
Gallaudet (8-8, 2-0 United East) scored early and often in the first game as the Bison plated four runs in the first and second innings and added a run in the third and five in the fourth.
 
Bison starting pitcher Christina Elsbury (Uniontown, Ohio) only allowed one hit, to the first batter in the game, as she picked up her fifth win of the season. Elsbury (5-3) threw five scoreless innings, struck out eight, walked one and hit two batters.
 
GU tallied 11 hits led by junior Emma Giuntoli (Austin, Texas) who finished the game 3-for-4 with four RBI, two doubles and two runs scored. Elsbury and sophomore Caitlyn Smith (Indianapolis, Ind.) scored three runs each and hit a triple.
 
Smith (2-for-2) drove in three runs on her bases-loaded triple in the second inning as GU led 7-0. Giuntoli had a three-run double in the fourth to increase GU's lead to 14-0.
 
In the second game, the two teams battled the elements and each other in a marathon game of two hours and 20 minutes where the first two innings took one hour.
 
Wells (0-4, 0-2 United East) played its first seven-inning game in two years and scored the most runs in a game this season and the most since the Express faced the Bison last season (24-15 loss on April 29). The Express have lost 37 straight games dating back to May 3, 2021. GU has won seven straight games against the Express.
 
Wells struck first in the second game with four runs in the top of the first as two major throwing errors, on the same play, allowed three runs to score.
 
The Bison responded with their own four-run first as they took advantage of three Wells fielding errors and used three singles to tie the game.
 
The Express hung around and pushed across a run in the second, fifth and sixth innings. Wells scored seven runs on only two hits, nine walks, four hit batters and took advantage of three Bison errors.
 
The Bison tacked on three runs in the second, two in the third and one in the fourth. GU was held scoreless the final two innings. Gallaudet tallied eight hits, all singles, and used three walks, one hit batter and nine Express errors to aid the Bison in their 10 runs scored.
 
Giuntoli (1-0) earned the win as she came in to relieve Bison starting pitcher Anya Pothorski (Indianapolis, Ind.) in the second inning. Elsbury picked up her second save as she tossed two scoreless innings and matched Giuntoli with three strikeouts.
 
Wells starting pitcher Sara Mattle (0-3) took the loss in the circle for both games.
 
UP NEXT
Gallaudet continues its homestand next weekend when the Bison welcome Penn St.-Berks (5-3, 0-0 United East) to the GU Softball Complex on Friday, March 31, for two conference games that begin at 3 p.m.
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