A pair of sixth-inning rallies made the difference as the Muhlenberg softball team posted big wins against two nationally prominent programs to complete a 4-0 weekend at the Margie Knight Classic. 

The Mules (10-2) broke a scoreless deadlock with two runs in the sixth of their first game to defeat 24th-ranked Randolph-Macon, 2-0, and plated four runs in the sixth inning of their second game, breaking a 2-2 tie en route to a 6-5 win against host Salisbury. 

Both opponents won games in the NCAA Tournament last year. Randolph-Macon finished 42-14 and made it all the way to the national semifinals, while Salisbury, which has been nationally ranked this season, went 36-8-1 and advanced to the super regional round. 

Muhlenberg has won seven in a row and reached the 10-win mark faster than all but one team in program history: the 2013 squad, which won 10 of its first 11 games. This is the second time in three years that the Mules have started 10-2.

In the first game, sophomore Morgan Bobrowski and freshman Eden Clark combined on a three-hit shutout. The Yellow Jackets (8-5) have been shut out by only one other team since the start of the 2024 season - Virginia Wesleyan, currently the top-ranked team in Division III.

Bobrowksi worked the first five innings, stranding runners on third in the first and fifth innings. She got some help in the fifth when sophomore Hailey Godin made a shoestring catch in center field to end the inning.

Clark (pictured above) walked the first batter she faced but retired the next six, three on strikeouts.

With two outs and nobody on in the sixth, junior Lillie Teague dunked a hit into right field. Freshman Sofia Gallahue followed by hitting a sharp line drive over the head of the second baseman that went for a double and brought Teague home with the first run of the game. Senior Scooter Hulsen brought in Gallahue with a double to the gap in left-center.

Teague's RBI single and a bases-loaded hit batter gave Muhlenberg a quick 2-0 lead in the second game, but the Sea Gulls (6-8) tied it with single runs in the first and third. 

In the sixth, the Mules took advantage of an error on the first batter. Sophomore Ellie Williams brought in the go-ahead run with a pinch-hit single, Gallahue and freshman Izzy Wilmot also hit RBI singles, and another run came in on a groundout.

Muhlenberg would need all four runs, as Salisbury scored one run in the sixth and two in the seventh to make it a one-run game. Sophomore Abigail Kim came on in relief of Clark and retired the final two batters to record her third career save and complete the weekend sweep.