• Game 1 Box Score
• Game 2 Box Score

ERIE, Pa. (April 27) – The No. 7 California University of Pennsylvania softball team closed the regular season with a doubleheader sweep at Gannon in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West play on Saturday afternoon, winning 3-1 and 6-2.

With the sweep, the Vulcans improve to 32-2 this season behind a 15-1 mark in league play. Cal U opens play in next week's PSAC Tournament against Mansfield on Wednesday, May 1, in Quakertown, Pa. Meanwhile, the Golden Knights fall to 22-11 overall with a 7-9 record in divisional action.

In Game 1, Gannon took a 1-0 lead behind three-straight singles in the bottom of the first and held the lead until Cal U posted a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, 2-1. Junior second baseman Shelby Lia (Whitby, Ontario/Donald A. Wilson) opened the sixth with a ground-rule double and scored the game-tying run on a passed ball. Freshman pitcher Alex Sagl (Oakville, Ontario/Oakville Trafalgar) later delivered a two-out RBI single that scored freshman first baseman Lindsay Reicoff (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley), who reached on a walk. The Vulcans added an insurance run in the seventh when Reicoff scored from first on a double by sophomore shortstop Breanna Morris (Waynesburg, Pa./Waynesburg Central), 3-1.

Sagl improved to 16-1 this season after yielding one run (earned) on four hits and posting seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings (109 pitches). Golden Knights senior Megan Dragaon (12-5) suffered the loss after allowing three runs (all earned) on six hits and two walks in 7.0 innings (130 pitches).

Reicoff scored two of the team's three runs and six different players collected one hit in the victory.

In Game 2, the Vulcans opened the first with five-straight singles to take a 4-0 lead.  With runners on first and second, Morris delivered an RBI single and Sagl later added a two-run single before the last run of the inning scored on a ground-out. Sagl led off the third with a double and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt before scoring on an error.  In the fourth, Lia and Reicoff collected back-to-back singles to open the inning before Lia later scored on a ground-out. The Golden Knights avoided the shutout by belting a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth.

Freshman Haley Bashada (Belle Vernon, Pa. / Belle Vernon) earned the complete-game victory after allowing two runs (both earned) on six hits over 7.0 innings (84 pitches). Gannon starter Erica Bartholow (7-2) was saddled with the loss after surrendering six runs (five earned) on 10 hits in 3.0-plus innings (60 pitches).

Reicoff went 3-for-4 with one run scored, while Sagl finished 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run. Lia collected two hits and scored twice in the nightcap.

Cal U returns to action in the double-elimination PSAC Tournament from May 1-4 in Quakertown, Pa.  The Vulcans boast the best divisional record in the league this season and will face Mansfield, the second seed from the PSAC Central, on Wednesday, May 1, at 1 p.m.