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Box Score 2 ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The Lewis University softball team swept a pair of games from Missouri S&T, defeating the Miners 2-0 and 9-1 in five innings on Saturday (May 1) at the Lewis softball field. The Flyers move to 24-15 overall, 15-11 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, while the Miners fall to 7-33 overall, 4-22 in the GLVC. With the two wins on Saturday, Lewis clinches a berth in next weekend's GLVC Softball Tournament at the Eastside Centre in East Peoria, Ill.
Sara Serena (Kankakee, Ill./Kankakee) got the Flyers going in the second inning of the first game with a solo home run to right field for a 1-0 lead. They would add an insurance run in the fifth inning when
Cierra Taylor (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) grounded out to shortstop, scoring
Olivia Magaldi (Mishawka, Ind./Penn).
That was plenty of offense for
Katie David (Mapleton, Ill./Illini Bluffs) (13-6) as she allowed just one hit in the contest, striking out 10 batters to pick up the win. Bryn Wooldridge (4-12) took the loss, allowing six hits and two earned runs in six innings.
Kristin Kavalauskas (Oak Forest, Ill./Tinley Park) and
Gabi Nilles (North Aurora, Ill./West Aurora) each had two hits with a double in the contest.
The bats were on a roll in the second game as the Flyers scored three runs in the first after the Miners opened with a run in the top half of the inning. It was again Serena who started things for the Flyers, this time with a three-run homer to give Lewis a 3-1 advantage.
Serena would single to lead off the third and two batters later Magaldi drove her in with a two-run home run. Lewis wasn't done in the inning as
Jessica Lofthouse (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) drove home
Morgan Weber (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland) on a fielder's choice and Kavalauskas drew a bases loaded walk to score Nilles, giving the Flyers a 7-1 lead through three innings.
The Flyers ended the game in the fifth as
Courtney Mahalik (New Lenox, Ill./Providence Catholic) drove home Kavalauskas on a single and David grounded out to score
Maggie Joutras (Shorewood, IL/Providence Catholic High School).
Serena (3 RBI) and Magaldi (2 RBI) each had two hits for the Flyers.
Anna Gustafson (Elkhart, Ind./Penn) (4-3) earned the win, going five innings, allowing three hits and one earned run. Charlye Rowland suffered the loss, allowing nine hits and nine earned runs.
The Flyers conclude the regular season with a home double header Sunday against Maryville beginning at 12 p.m.
