SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Palm Beach Atlantic softball team concluded its series against Saint Leo and the 2022 season Saturday on the road.

In order to avoid incoming rain, the doubleheader had a 9:30 am start time. Both teams' bats were slow to wake, combining for five hits in game one. It was the Sailfish who came out on top with a 2-1 win to tie the series at one game apiece. The 'Fish nearly ended the year with a series win, but the Lions came back to walk it off in the bottom of the seventh to win, 3-2.

PBA finishes its first season under new head coach Ty Singleton. The 'Fish recorded a 14-26 record with seniors Meredith Milam, Katherine Budnovich, Hayley Haas, Janie McCloskey, Emma Gipson, and Maura Glatczak playing their last games in a Sailfish uniform today.

Game One – PBA: 2, SLU: 1

Saint Leo took an early lead to start the day. An error allowed the first batter of the game to reach base and later score on a two-out double which gave the Lions a 1-0 lead. The lead did not last long. In the top of the second PBA loaded the bases after a Glatczak single, a walk, and a hit batter with one out. Haas drove in the PBA catcher with a groundout to tie the game at one.

The Sailfish manufactured another run in the third. Milam doubled to left field and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Budnovich. McCloskey came through in the clutch for the 'Fish, sending a two-out single to left field to score Milam and give PBA a 2-1 lead. 

That was all the run support Lacy Marty needed in the circle. The freshman pitched a gem, throwing seven innings without surrendering an earned run. She gave up just three hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

Glatczak helped end a pair of Saint Leo rallies. The senior threw out two runners trying to steal. One in the fourth and another in the seventh inning. Marty closed out the 2-1 win by fielding a chopper and flipping the ball to first to end the game.

Game Two – SLU: 3, PBA: 2

Just like the first game, the Lions put up a run in the bottom of the first inning. This time, the run came by way of three singles and a sac bunt. Again, the Sailfish answered in the second. McCloskey doubled, Glatczak singled and Daylin Hejtmanek walked to load the bases with no outs. Elisa Grande drove in McCloskey with a sac fly. Haas followed with a sac fly of her own to give PBA a 2-1 lead.

A two-out walk came back to cost the 'Fish in the fourth. A double followed the free pass to tie the game at two. A pair of singles set up an opportunity for the Lions to take the lead in the sixth, but Karen Vasquez shut the door with a strikeout to end the frame.

PBA got two runners on in the seventh with a single by Glatcak and another walk by Hejtmanek leading off the frame. Unfortunately for the 'Fish, the runners were left stranded after a strikeout and a pair of flyouts. Saint Leo ended the game in the bottom half. A leadoff single and sac bunt put a runner on second who later scored on a single and error down the left-field line to clinch the series and the 3-2 win.

Vasquez got the start in the circle. She pitched 6.2 innings, surrendering two earned runs on nine hits, one walk, and one strikeout. Glatczak led the team with two of PBA's three hits in the game.