LANCASTER, Pa. – The Ursinus Bears took game one of their Centennial Conference doubleheader 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon with Franklin & Marshall.
 
 
 
Ursinus initially got on the board in the top of the second to take a 1-0 lead after first-year Nina Davidson grounded out and sophomore Reagan Robinson took advantage of an errant throw to third to score. The Bears added to its lead in the following inning when senior Kayla Carr roped a two-run double to right field to make it 3-0. Senior pitcher Christa Andrusiewicz helped her cause out by hitting her first career home run to make it 4-0 in the top of the fourth and first-year Tierney Stuempfle added a two-out RBI single in the fifth to make it 5-0 in the top of the fifth. The Diplomats rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fifth to make it 5-3 but Andrusiewicz allowed no further damage the rest of the way. The Bears took advantage of an error in the top of the seventh to go up 6-3 and held on from there. In game two, first-year Tierney Stuempfle gave the Bears a 2-0 lead in the first with a two-run home run. The Diplomats scored four runs to go up 4-2 in the bottom of the third before Stuempfle answered with a two-run double in the fifth to tie the game at four. The Diplomats built an 8-4 lead going into the seventh and the Bears scored three runs in the seventh that made it 8-7.
 
 
 
Andrusiewicz went 3-for-3 with her home run at the plate while allowing three runs (one earned) on five hits with three strikeouts in the circle. Carr went 2-for-4 with an RBI in game one. Stuempfle recorded a career-high four RBI's behind going 2-of-4 from the plate and sophomore Anna Evanchik went 2-of-3 from the plate with three runs scored in game two. Davidson went 2-for-4 with an RBI in game two as well.
 
 
 
The Bears return to action on Saturday, April 25th as they will wrap up their regular season against Salisbury for a doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m.