The Muhlenberg softball team battled from behind to tie the late game of its doubleheader with Swarthmore but ultimately fell short of winning.
 
After dropping the early game 4-0, the Mules (12-20, 6-8 CC) rallied back from a 2-0 deficit in the nightcap. The comeback started in the fourth inning as two walks and an error loaded the bases for Muhlenberg. Swarthmore collected an out on a force play at the plate before junior Hanna Caiola hit a sharp ground ball to the shortstop that allowed sophomore Kristy Selby to score and make it 2-1.
 
Muhlenberg held the Garnet (13-21, 4-12 CC) in check in the fifth and sixth and junior Amelia Shelley started another rally in the bottom of the sixth with a single up the middle. She advanced on a sacrifice bunt and senior Sarah Merlo then slapped a hard-hit single off the second base bag, which provided Shelley with a chance to come around third and score the tying run.
 
Swarthmore responded, however, by scoring three runs in the top of the seventh, all with two outs. The Mules were then set down in order to end the game.
 
The sweep was a setback for Muhlenberg in the hunt for the final Centennial Conference playoff spot. Franklin & Marshall's sweep of Ursinus Saturday moved its record to 8-6, meaning the Mules need to sweep Gettysburg and have Franklin & Marshall be swept by Washington next Saturday in order for a tiebreaker scenario to play out.
 
After the doubleheader, the team honored its two seniors, Merlo and Courtney Simon, for their accomplishments on and off the field. Merlo's RBI was her fifth of the year. Simon, who missed all of last season due to injury, has started all but two games at shortstop and is hitting .303 this season.
 
Shelley totaled three hits in the doubleheader to lead Muhlenberg while sophomores Kristina Qualben and Allyson Sweeney had a hit in each game. Qualben roped her sixth double of the season into right center in the early game.
 
Junior Haley Fedak started on the mound in the first game, holding Swarthmore to only one unearned run, three hits and one walk while striking out six in her first four innings of work.
 
Freshman Nicole Bergamo pitched over five innings of relief in the two games, totaling three strikeouts. She retired eight of the nine batters she faced in game one, only allowing one runner to reach on an error.