Clermont, Fla. - The Lewis University softball team scored 28 total runs and went 2-1 in three games on Friday (March 4). The Flyers (8-7) dropped their opener to Felician (7-4), but rallied for wins against both Lake Erie (13-5 (6 inn.)) and Lake Superior State (11-5).
   In three contests, Lewis freshman first baseman Carley Maupin (Peotone, Ill./Peotone) and senior second baseman Frankie Castagna (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle) batted a combined 9-for-16 with three home runs and 11 RBI. Castagna tied a school-record with seven RBI in the win over Lake Erie with a pair of home runs, including a grand slam.
   Lewis returns to action on Saturday (March 5) against both Northwood (9 AM ET) and Cedarville (11 AM ET).

Game One
Felician 7, Lewis 4
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Felician scored six unanswered runs off of Lewis freshman pitcher Dara Sanders (Crestwood, Ill./Mother McAuley) to earn the 7-4 non-conference victory over the Flyers on Friday morning.

Sanders (1-1) allowed seven runs - five earned - and seven hits in 4.2 innings of work, while walking three. The Falcons took advantage of a Sanders' bases loaded hit-by-pitch, bases loaded walk, passed ball and wild pitch in a five-run fifth inning.

Her counterpart Kaila Gerber (2-0) surrendered four runs - three earned - and six hits, while fanning four for the complete-game victory.

Lewis sophomore Jenna Cairo (Chicago, Ill./Fenwick) led the Flyers offensively with a two-run double in the fourth inning.

Game Two
Lewis 13, Lake Erie 5 (6 inn.)
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Lewis recorded 11 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to claim the 13-5 (6 inn.) regional victory over Lake Erie on Friday afternoon. Maupin (3-for-3, 4 runs, 2 RBI, HR) and senior catcher Brittany Russell (Oswego, Ill./Oswego East) batted a combined 7-for-7 with five runs scored and three RBI. Russell was 4-for-4 at the dish with a RBI and a run scored.

Trailing 5-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Lewis sent 15 batters to the plate to earn the walk-off win. In that frame, the Flyers received RBI from sophomore right fielder Alise Perna (Naperville, Ill./Metea Valley), Cairo, Maupin, freshman third baseman Jessica Lofthouse (Oswego, Ill./Oswego), Castagna and Russell. Senior pitcher Ali Brems (Kenosha, Wis./Harborside) and sophomore outfielder Kaylee Prieto (Chicago, Ill./Marist) both notched two RBI in the inning. 

Brems (4-2) tossed one inning of scoreless relief to earn the win for the Flyers. Lake Erie relief pitcher Allyson Deemer (4-4) took the loss for the Storm, allowing seven runs and seven hits in 2.2 innings of work.

Game Three
Lewis 11, Lake Superior State 5
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Castagna tied an eight-year old school-record as the senior second baseman went 3-for-4 with seven RBI, two runs scored and two home runs including a grand slam to help the Flyers rally from a three-run deficit and beat Lake Superior State, 11-5.

Castagna tied Mallory Paine's mark of seven RBI in a single game, set against Kentucky Wesleyan on April 13, 2008.

Lofthouse was equally as adept at the dish as she went 2-for-3 with three RBI and three runs scored, including a two-run double. Prieto was 2-for-4 with a RBI in the win.

Lewis freshman pitcher Paige Fossey (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton) tossed 3.1 innings of relief to earn her second win of the season. Fossey (2-2) allowed two runs and four hits while striking out two batters. Lake Superior State starting pitcher Alyssa Thayer (1-4) allowed 11 runs - six earned - and 10 hits, while walking five batters in six innings.