Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 New Castle, Del. – (4/21/2013) – Freshman second baseman Julie Heaton (Berlin, N.J.) homered in a four-run fifth inning that earned Chestnut Hill College a 8-7 win over Goldey-Beacom College in today's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader. In game two, senior pitcher Mandi Rush (Royersford, Pa.) held the Lightning to one run on seven hits and a walk while the Griffins platted eight more runs en route to the afternoon sweep, 8-1.
 
Chestnut Hill College (11-23, 8-16) came out swinging, after capturing an 8-7 win in game one; the Griffins continued to swing the bats in game two. They outscored Goldey-Beacom College (10-30, 6-18) 2-1 in the first frame and then used a walk, an error and four singles to add four runs in the third inning, 6-1, before pushing the final to 8-1 with a sixth-inning two-run, two-out single from freshman first baseman Allie Williams (Warrenton, Va.). Rush was the silencer on the mound for the Griffins. She struck out two in her fourth win of the season (4-11).
 
Game one provided more drama with the Lightning scoring three times in each of their first two at-bats to lead 6-2 before allowing the Griffins back in the game with two fourth-inning miscues, 6-4, and a four-run fifth inning, 8-6. Heaton led off the Griffin fifth inning with her second homerun of the season, spiriting a game-winning rally and proving the momentum to get the CACC sweep, 8-7.
 
The softball team interrupts their CACC schedule to face Mercy College in a 3:00 p.m. doubleheader on Thursday, April 25.