{"id":114924,"date":"2026-02-16T00:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114924\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T00:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:22:12","slug":"softball-suffers-heartbreaker-against-charleston-at-lowcountry-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114924\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball Suffers Heartbreaker Against Charleston at Lowcountry Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 CHARLESTON, S.C.\u2013 The University of Pennsylvania softball team wrapped up play at the Lowcountry Classic, falling to Charleston, 10-8. The loss for the Quakers drops them to 3-2, while the win for Charleston brings them to 7-4.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nQuaker Notemeal<br \/>\n* Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/pennathletics.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/gigi-ganje\/25335\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"25335\" target=\"_blank\">Gigi Ganje<\/a> continues to run hot, hitting her fourth homerun of the year against Charleston.<\/p>\n<p>* Three Quakers (<a href=\"https:\/\/pennathletics.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/dani-freer\/25334\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"25334\" target=\"_blank\">Dani Freer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pennathletics.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/delaney-smith\/25343\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"25343\" target=\"_blank\">Delaney Smith<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pennathletics.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/alexis-youngren\/25346\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"25346\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis Youngren<\/a>) had a multi-hit game.<\/p>\n<p>* Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/pennathletics.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/ainsley-pemberton\/25342\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"25342\" target=\"_blank\">Ainsley Pemberton<\/a> had four strikeouts in the loss. The Quakers struck out six total.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHow It Happened<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAfter starting the year with a five-year best of 3-1, the Quakers looked like they were well on their way to 2026&#8217;s fourth win. The Quakers found themselves up 8-0 after two innings. Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/pennathletics.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/gigi-ganje\/25335\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"25335\" target=\"_blank\">Gigi Ganje<\/a> continued to lead the charge. Ganje delivered her fourth long ball of the season, three more than the entirety of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The first inning also saw senior <a href=\"https:\/\/pennathletics.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jade-montgomery\/25341\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"25341\" target=\"_blank\">Jade Montgomery<\/a> deliver a bases-clearing double, her second and third RBI of the year. Freshman Jaz Johson and senior <a href=\"https:\/\/pennathletics.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/delaney-smith\/25343\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"25343\" target=\"_blank\">Delaney Smith<\/a> added to the total with RBI singles.<\/p>\n<p>Then the tides turned. The Cougars answered as quickly as they got down, putting up four runs in the third and three in the fourth to make it a one-run game after four frames. The Quakers tried to slow down Charleston but just weren&#8217;t able to keep the gap closed.<\/p>\n<p>With two outs in the bottom of the fifth and the count sitting at 3-2, sophomore Lily Thorpe delivered for the Cougars, cracking a two-run shot that put Charleston up 9-8. A groundout RBI from Austy Miller made it 10-8, the score that would end as the final.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUp Next<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Quakers will return home before heading to Virginia for the Longwood Tournament on February 27.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>#FightOnPenn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; CHARLESTON, S.C.\u2013 The University of Pennsylvania softball team wrapped up play&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-114924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}