COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.– Washington College softball continued play in the Centennial Conference Tournament on Saturday at host Ursinus College. The Shorewomen's first game was against Swarthmore in the winner's bracket with a trip to the championship series on the line. Washington took the first lead of the game but a solo homer by Emily Bertrand put the Garnet out in front for good in a 3-1 win. 
 
Game two saw Washington take on Ursinus in an elimination game. The Bears were fresh off a win in an elimination game earlier in the day against Dickinson by a score of 9-1. They looked to stay hot with the bats but Shorewomen starter Lexi Barnhart kept them quiet early. The Bears then struck with two runs in the bottom of the third to take the lead. Washington threatened all afternoon but could not manage the big hit. With the bases loaded in the seventh, the Shorewomen scored from a Hannah Solge sacrifice-fly but could not scratch across anymore in a 2-1 defeat. 
 
GAME ONE: Washington 1 Swarthmore 3
 
How it happened:
 
-Washington took the first lead of the game when Gracelyn Goforth knocked in Alyssa Vieira with an RBI single in the third. The Garnet quickly tied things back up with a squeeze play to bring in their first run. 
 
-Brynn Balliet had kept Swarthmore quiet until Bertrand knocked a solo homer over the left field fence to take a 2-1 lead. The Garnet would add an insurance run in the seventh in a 3-1 win. 
 
Batting:
-Alyssa Vieira and Gracelyn Goforth each had two hits with Vieira scoring a run and Goforth notching an RBI.
 
-Jules Weglarz, Lexie Witmer, Hannah Solge, Jenna Harper and Chloe Trefz each had a hit.  
 
Pitching:
Balliet took loss. The freshman tossed a complete game, surrendering three runs from eight hits and a walk.  
 
For Swarthmore
Batting:
Bertrand finished 1-for-2 with a solo-homer and two RBIs. 
 
Pitching:
Bertrand took the win with 5.0 innings of one run ball from eight hits and a walk. Sarah Schab pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh for the Garnet.  
 
GAME TWO: Washington 1 Ursinus 2 
 
How it happened: 
 
- Ursinus struck first with a Sarah DiLello RBI triple in the third. Samantha Mallen knocked DiLello in with an RBI ground out to the right side.  
 
-Washington threatened all afternoon but could scratch across a run. In the seventh inning the Shorewomen loaded up the bases and got one back from a Hannah Solge Sac-fly. Ursinus was able to get out of the inning with nothing else to preserve a 2-1 win. 
 
For the Bears 
 
Batting: 
-Sarah DiLello finished 2-for-2 with a run and RBI. 
 
Pitching: 
-Christa Andrusiew took the win with a complete game surrendering just one run from 11 hits. 
 
For the Shorewomen
 
Batting:
.-Lexi Barnhart finished 3-for-4. Alyssa Vieira, Jules Weglarz Jenna Harper each had two hits with Weglarz scoring once. Lexie Witmer and Gracelyn Goforth each added a hit.  
 
 Pitching:
-Barnhart took the loss, giving up two earned runs from four hits and a walk in 6.0 innings pitched.  

That concludes the 2023 season for the Shorewomen with a final record of 20-19-1.