SOFTBALL
The Mules were swept at Ursinus in a Centennial Conference doubleheader, 9-1 and 5-1.

In spite of the two losses, Muhlenberg (16-18, 8-6) remained in third place in the CC when Swarthmore and Gettysburg also were swept.

The Mules have one CC doubleheader left, at home against CC leader Haverford (12-2) on Saturday. Swarthmore (6-6), McDaniel (7-7), Gettysburg (5-7) and Dickinson (5-7) are all within two games of Muhlenberg.

Freshman RiRi Ferrigno doubled in each game, driving in the Mules’ lone run in the first game and scoring it in the second. She now has a school-record 15 doubles on the season.

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BASEBALL
Muhlenberg (15-16-1) fell into a 5-1 hole after two innings and lost at Gwynedd-Mercy, 9-4.

Junior Pete Oris drove in an eighth-inning run, setting a school record with his 37th RBI of the season.

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The Mules (8-6, 8-2) finished in third place in the CC and will face

Powell is 3-0 with Schmidt at No. 1 doubles and leads the Mules with nine doubles wins this spring. She also is 8-2 in CC singles competition.

second-place Washington in the first round of the playoffs on Saturday at Swarthmore.

Muhlenberg dropped only four games in the eight matches it won, with three players, senior No. 1 Amy Schmidt, freshman No. 3 Carly Rotfeld and junior No. 6 Kelly Fraser, winning 6-0, 6-0.

Two other singles players, junior Pam Kimmelman (No. 2) and freshman Jenn Powell (No. 4), won 6-0, 6-1.

Rotfeld’s shutout was the first of her career, while Fraser’s was her third and was the polar opposite of her last match, a three-set marathon against Washington.

Schmidt, competing for the last time at home, also won 8-0 with Powell at first doubles – the fourth time in her career that she won all 20 doubles and singles games in a match. She remained undefeated (12-0) in singles play and finished with a career record of 37-1 in CC regular-season dual matches.

Senior Stacy Lipschutz and sophomore Jacquelyn Magner teamed up for an 8-0 shutout at No. 3 doubles.

Schmidt and Lipschutz, the Mules’ two seniors, led the team to a 35-5 CC dual-meet record the last four years.

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