LANCASTER, Pa. – The Ursinus College softball team's playoff chances were extinguished on Saturday, when Franklin & Marshall used a 15-run inning to dominate the opener and eked out a 5-4 victory in the nightcap to lock up a sweep of their doubleheader.

Sophomore Samantha Garritano finished 4-for-7 with two runs and two RBI for Ursinus (13-19, 5-9), and classmate Callie Crouse delivered two doubles among her three combined hits.

Franklin & Marshall (14-18, 8-6) stayed in the driver's seat for the fourth and final CC playoff spot.

Game 1: Franklin & Marshall 15, Ursinus 3 (5)

The Bears seized a 2-0 lead on Garritano's two-run double in the top of the third, but it all fell apart when the Diplomats came to bat for their half of the inning. Franklin & Marshall batted around twice, sending 19 to the plate and scoring 15 runs on 10 hits. Taylor Long and Kelly Van O'Linda each had a two-run double and an RBI single in the third alone, while Megan Ryan produced two run-scoring doubles and Katie Wenger a pair of RBI singles.

Ursinus scored in the top of the fourth on freshman Renee LeClerc's RBI single, but the damage had been done.

Van O'Linda and Long each finished with two hits, three RBI, and two runs for the Diplomats. Wenger was 3-for-3 with two RBI, and Ryan went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.

Izzy Schaefer garnered the five-inning win, allowing three runs on six hits with one strikeout and two walks.

Garritano finished 3-for-3 with two RBI for the Bears, which got a run and an RBI from LeClerc. Sophomore Callie Crouse doubled and scored a run.

Game 2: Franklin & Marshall 5, Ursinus 4

The Bears went up 2-1 in the top of the fourth, taking advantage of two Diplomat errors on the same play to plate their first run and adding another on Crouse's base hit up the middle to score sophomore Faith Carson.

Katie Wenger tied the game with a solo homer in the bottom of the frame, but Ursinus struck right back in the fifth. Sophomore Sammi Donato reached on an infield hit, went to second on a sacrifice, and scored from there on an error. After a base hit by Carson, freshman Marissa Beebe delivered a two-out RBI single to right to score Garritano and make it 4-2.

Franklin & Marshall wasted no time regaining the upper hand. A single, a double, and a walk loaded the bases with no outs and, after a pop-up, two wild pitches allowed all three go-ahead runs to score.

Crouse doubled with two outs in the seventh, but a groundout ended the Bears' hopes.

Crouse and Carson each registered two hits in the nightcap, with Garritano scoring two runs. Junior Kaitlyn Willis (9-11) allowed four earned runs on five hits with five walks in a complete-game effort.

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The Bears host Alvernia in a non-conference twin bill on Tuesday, April 25.