April 8, 2009
Box Score
Game One: Lewis 10, Kentucky Wesleyan 0 (5 inn.) 
Game Two: Lewis 2, Kentucky Wesleyan 0 (8 inn.)
Owensboro, Ky. - Lewis University head softball coach George DiMatteo had been searching for a way to get his offense rolling and dropped sophomore third baseman Stephanie Trapp (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) down to the clean-up spot in the Flyers line-up.
Trapp responded by going 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI to help push the visiting Flyers to the 10-0 (5 inn.), 2-0 (8 inn.) Great Lakes Valley Conference sweep over Kentucky Wesleyan at Foster Field on Wednesday afternoon.
"What a great way to start the trip," DiMatteo said. "We had been struggling with our offense recently, so I made a little change in the line-up, and we exploded right off the bat."
The Flyers also received dominant pitching performances from both sophomore Diana Pickrum (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) and senior Courtney Lyons (San Pedro, Calif./San Pedro) as they limited Kentucky Wesleyan to just six hits on the afternoon, while fanning five batters.
With the sweep, Lewis improves to 25-12 and 7-5 in GLVC play, while the host Panthers drop to 16-18 overall and 4-8 in conference action.
In the opener, Trapp went 2-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored, while senior left fielder Jessica Beck (Jasper, Ind./Jasper) went 2-for-3 with a team-best three RBI. Flyer first baseman Carissa Castonzo (Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Lake Zurich) went 1-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored in the win.
Pickrum kept her record flawless at 8-0, tossing a complete-game, two-hit shutout. Olivia Randolph took the loss for the Panthers, allowing 10 runs and 11 hits in five innings of work.
The nightcap was a pitcher's duel as both Lyons and Haleigh Ashworth each threw seven shutout innings.
Senior right fielder Lisa Gartland (Escanaba, Mich./Escanaba) opened the eighth inning with a leadoff single off of Ashworth and stole second. Lyons moved Gartland over to third base with a sacrifice bunt. Sophomore designated player Stephanie Harmon (Joliet, Ill./Plainfield South) plated Gartland with a RBI single.
One out later, Trapp and senior shortstop Kelly Dianis (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) roped back-to-back singles. Castonzo added an insurance run for the Flyers with a RBI single.
Lyons improved to 6-7 on the campaign, as she held the Panthers to four hits on the evening, while fanning five batters. Ashworth (11-6) took the complete-game loss for Kentucky Wesleyan, scattering nine hits and striking out four batters.
The Flyers return to action on Thursday (April 9), as they head to Evansville, Ind., for a 12 p.m. doubleheader against Southern Indiana.
A Catholic University sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Lewis offers nearly 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, accelerated degree completion options for working adults, various aviation programs and 22 graduate programs in nine fields. The mid-sized university is being honored for the fifth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. For more information please visit www.lewisu.edu.
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