Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Philadelphia, Pa. – (4/1/2014) – Chestnut Hill College earned a split in today's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader with a five-run second inning providing enough insurance to defeat Goldey-Beacom College 5-4 in the second game. The Lightning were the victors in the opener, using a five-run fourth inning to earn a 7-1 win. Sophomore second baseman Julie Heaton (Berlin, N.J.) recorded three hits (3-for-6), a run, and three runs-batted-in (RBI) while sophomore pitcher Courtney Dayter (Cohoes, N.Y.) helped her own cause a gritty second-inning at-bat in game two.
 
Dayter saw 15 pitches before drawing a two-out walk in the second inning of game two. The effort moved senior first baseman Giana Cavallo (Turnersville, Pa.) to second base and kindled the Chestnut Hill College (2-14, 2-6) bats for a five-run frame. The final pitch of Dayter's enduring at-bat found the backstop, advancing Cavallo to third base before a single from sophomore catcher Sofia Cedrone (Philadelphia, Pa.) plated the first Griffin run, 1-0. Two hit batsman loaded the bases and brought another run in, 2-0, before another wild pitch and a Heaton singles accounting for the other three Griffin tallies, 5-0. Dayter held that lead without blemish until the fifth inning when Goldey-Beacom College (2-16, 1-10) chased her from the fray en route to a four-run frame, 5-4. Fortunately, after settling in freshman pitcher Briannen Holloway (Corona, Calif.) struck out five of the last six batters she faced to save the Griffin victory (1). Cavallo recorded the 100^th hit of her collegiate career with a second lead-off single in the fifth inning.
 
Sophomore third baseman Emily Soller (Bel Air, Md.) platted the Griffins only run of the opener, fulfilling a two-out rally with her single through the left side tying the affair at the end of the afternoon's opening frame, 1-1. Unfortunately, the Lightning struck for one run in the third inning and five in the fourth inning to take game one by a 7-1 final.
 
The softball team plays their next CACC doubleheader on Friday, April 4, with a 3:00 p.m. opening pitch at Holy Family University.