EDINBORO, Pa. (April 8) – Sophomore Amarah McCutcheon tied the single-game school record with three homers in Game 2 on Wednesday afternoon, as the California (PA) softball team was swept in a doubleheader at Edinboro in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West action, dropping a 14-6 run-rule contest in Game 1 and a 14-13 walk-off loss in Game 2.

NOTES
• The Vulcans (10-20, 5-7) have lost four of the last 10 road meetings against the Fighting Scots dating back to 2022.
• McCutcheon joins Lindsay Reicoff (2013) and Jillian Russell (2012) as the only players in program history to belt three homers in a single game.
• McCutcheon recorded her second career multi-homer game, as she tallied a pair of homers last April in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Edinboro.

GAME 1
• Cal was tied with Edinboro entering the bottom of the sixth inning before the Fighting Scots scored eight runs (seven unearned) to secure the run-rule victory.
• Senior outfielder Mikayla Linkous posted three hits, one RBI and two runs scored, while sophomore third baseman Makayla Jerin collected two hits and one walk.
• The Vulcans took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first on a three-run homer by McCutcheon.
• Edinboro tied the score in the third inning on a wild pitch and a two-run double with two outs, 3-3.
• Cal scored twice in the fourth before Edinboro countered with three runs in the bottom half to take a 6-5 lead.
• The Vulcans tied the score in the fifth inning on a two-out RBI double by Linkous 6-6.
• Cal retired the first two batters in the sixth inning before a solo homer by center fielder Alara Bem broke the tie.
• The next nine batters for the Fighting Scots reached base safely, as the Vulcans committed four errors – all with two outs – that allowed seven unearned runs to score.
• Freshman Autumn Bielecki (4-5) was saddled with the loss after surrendering eight runs (one earned) in 2.1 innings of relief.

GAME 2
• The Vulcans set a season high with six home runs and scored double-digit runs for the fourth time this spring.
• McCutcheon finished with four hits, highlighted by three homers, and seven RBI.
• Sophomore Kirra Davis tallied three hits with a pair of homers, three RBI and four runs scored, while freshman Alexa Edmunds collected three hits.
• Jerin added two hits, one RBI and one run scored and freshman second baseman Indyana Bolyea finished with two RBI, one run scored and two walks.
• Cal took a 4-0 lead in the first on an RBI single by Davis and a three-run homer by McCutcheon.
• The Fighting Scots countered with a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning before the Vulcans responded with five runs in the second, 9-3.
• McCutcheon belted another three-run homer and Jerin followed with a solo homer after Edinboro made a pitching change.
• The Fighting Scots scored four runs with two outs in the second to trim the deficit to a 9-7 margin.
• Following a single run in the third, Davis and McCutcheon hit back-to-back homers to start the fourth inning, 12-7.
• Edinboro led off the fifth with a homer by third baseman Addy Maguire before Bem later delivered a three-run homer to cut the deficit to a 12-11 margin.
• The Fighting Scots took their first lead of the game, 13-12, in the bottom of the sixth on a two-run single with two outs by Bem.
• Cal tied the score in the top of the seventh with a two-out solo homer by Davis.
• The Fighting Scots then claimed the walk-off victory with a solo homer by first baseman Lucy Higley, 14-13.
• Freshman Payton Gilbert (0-1) suffered the loss after yielding two runs (both earned) on three hits in 1.1 innings of relief.
• The Vulcans were dealt their first walk-off loss of the season.

NEXT
• Cal returns to action on Friday, April 10, when it hosts IUP for a doubleheader at Lilley Field, starting at 2:30 p.m.