Seton Hill took game one, 5-1, before holding on for a 4-2 victory over Pitt-Johnstown in the nightcap to open a four-game PSAC Western Division series on Saturday at V.E. Erickson Complex.
Olivia Porter collected three hits for the Mountain Cats, now 2-6 overall and 2-4 in conference-play. The teams will wrap-up the series on Sunday in Greensburg.
In game one, Seton Hill used a four-run sixth inning to secure the 5-1 win.
Allison Kapoll's two-out triple in the Seton Hill second scored Christiana Skrabak to put the Griffins up 1-0.
Pitt-Johnstown scratched out a run in the bottom of the fifth.
Bree Ginther led off with a base hit and moved to second on
Laura Fox's sacrifice bunt. After a wild pitch put Ginther on third,
Lauren Gohacki's ground out allowed Ginther to score and knot it at one.
The Griffins answered right back with four runs in the sixth. Kapoll's RBI single through the left side gave the lead back to Seton Hill the lead, and Alexis Vargas' connected for a three-run homer to right-center.
Seton Hill's Lauren Dellett held the Mountain Cats off the scoreboard in the seventh to pick-up the complete-game victory and improve to 5-1.
Carly Santillo doubled for Pitt-Johnstown, while Porter, Ginther, and Fox also had hits for the Mountain Cats.
Kristen Coffay pitched all seven inning in the circle for Pitt-Johnstown. Coffay, who slipped to 1-3, surrendered five runs on 11 hits, while striking out two and walking two.
In game two, Seton Hill took an early lead on Dellett's solo home run to left in the top of the first, before the Griffins added an unearned run in the second to make it 2-0.
Pitt-Johnstown loaded bases in its half of the third and came away with one run when
Stacey Walling doubled and eventually scored on Gohacki's fielder's choice ground ball.
Skrabak's opposite field solo homer in the Seton Hill fourth got that run back, and a Vargas sacrifice fly plated Kapoll to increase it to 4-1 in the fifth.
Back-to-back singles from Porter and
Ali Belgiovane, followed by an RBI ground out from
Kristie Radvan cut the Mountain Cats' deficit to 4-2 after five innings.
Pitt-Johnstown put runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but Seton Hill starter Logan Hartman re-entered the game and was able to get the final two out to secure the win for the Griffins.
Porter went 2-or-4 with a double and a run, while Walling doubled and Belgiovane, Radvan, Ginther, and
Cassidy Kern all had base hits for the Mountain Cats.
Alyssa Hileman took the loss and fell to 1-2 after allowing four runs (3 earned) on seven hit in seven innings. Hileman also fanned five and didn't allow a walk.
With the sweep, Seton Hill improved to 9-3 overall and 6-0 in the PSAC West.
Pitt-Johnstown travels to Greensburg on Sunday to complete the PSAC series against Seton Hill, before going to Clarion on Friday to open a four-game, home-and-home PSAC series against the Golden Eagles.
