GLENSIDE, Pa. -- The Arcadia softball team swept a doubleheader from Haverford in dramatic fashion on Tuesday afternoon at Blankley Field. The Knights prevailed 4-3 in eight innings in the opener, then held off the Fords 4-2 in the nightcap.
 
With the sweep, the Knights improved to 9-5 on the season, while the Fords slipped to 10-6.
 
Arcadia 4, Haverford 3 (8 Innings)
Alexa Vardiman hit a game-winning single with two outs in the eighth to lift AU to a game one win. The Fords had rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game at 3-3 in the sixth before Vardiman's single.
 
Jackie Bilotti, who was placed on second base to begin the eighth, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Hunter Schantz. Following a walk and a strikeout, Vardiman laced the first pitch she saw through the right side allowing Bilotti to score easily from third.
 
The game had been scoreless until the bottom of the fifth when Morgan Marchesani drove in Kristen Cancelliere with a ground out. Bilotti and Alex DeStefano scored on an error by the Fords to push the Knights in front 3-0.
 
Vardiman and Cancelliere each had a pair of base hits in the opener, and Kylee Schwind picked up her fourth win in the circle. She pitched all 8.0 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits without a walk and striking out six.
 
Arcadia 4, Haverford 2
The Knights built an early 4-0 lead then held on as the Fords made a late-inning charge. Mary Pat Murray allowed two runs (1 ER) in 7.0 innings. She worked around 13 hits and one walk, recording eight strikeouts.
 
Two bunt singles and two walks in the first inning resulted in a pair of early runs for the Scarlet & Grey. In the fifth, Bilotti drew a two-out walk and stole second. Schantz drove her in with a single and moved to second on an error. Alexis Burge followed with a long double to right center that scored Schantz and gave the Knights a 4-0 lead.
 
Three base hits and a walk to open the sixth pushed across the Fords' first run and left the bases loaded with nobody out. Vardiman came home with a ground ball for the first out of the inning, and Murray responded with back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning and leave the bases loaded.
 
In the seventh, the Fords put two on with one out and pulled to within 4-2 on a sacrifice fly to deep center field. A two-out single gave Haverford runners on second and third with two outs, but Murray was once again up to the task, inducing a pop out to end the game.
 
Marchesani was 2 for 3 with a run scored for AU and Schantz had base hit and walked twice.
 
The Knights are at Misericordia on Thursday beginning at 3 p.m.