KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Lewis University softball team swept both games of a doubleheader without allowing a run against Truman State Saturday (April 20). The Flyers won the first and second game both 9-0 in five innings.

GAME 1: Lewis 9, Truman State 0 (5 innings)
TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 30-12, 15-4 GLVC | Truman State 19-24, 9-10 GLVC

GAME 1 SUMMARY
Both teams did not score in the first two innings. Lewis broke through with a five-run third inning which gave the Flyers a 5-0 advantage.
 
Kristen Graham (Mapleton, IL/Illini Bluffs High School) started the inning with a single, Gabi Nilles (North Aurora, IL/West Aurora) singled, then Delaney Garden (Carpentersville, IL/Harry D. Jacobs High School) scored Graham with an RBI double to left center which made it 1-0. Erica Hoffman (Hebron, IN/Boone Grove High School) singled home Nilles to make it 2-0 Lewis.
 
Jalyn Powell (Tolono, IL/Unity) drove home Hoffman and Garden with her single then Powell came around and scored on a Truman State miscue to extend the lead to 5-0.  Graham connected on her fourth home run of the season as she hit a solo shot to left center which made it 6-0 Lewis in the fourth. 
 
In the fifth inning, Nilles extended the Lewis lead to 7-0 after hitting a RBI single to right center, scoring Payton Wuske (Frankfort, IL/Lincoln-Way East) from second. Garden continued to provide herself run support as the junior hit a two-run single to left center which gave Lewis a 9-0 advantage.

Lewis was able to hold Truman State off the scoreboard in the bottom half as the Flyers won via mercy rule. Garden (14-6) recorded the win in the circle after tossing five innings, allowing five hits and striking out nine.

GAME 2: Lewis 9, Truman State 0 (5 innings)
TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 31-12, 16-4 GLVC | Truman State 19-25, 9-11 GLVC

GAME 2 SUMMARY
Anna Frafjord (Sussex, WI/Hamilton High School) started the scoring in the second game with an RBI single up the middle which scored Garden to make it 1-0. Evie Calderon (Chicago, IL/Whitney Young) opened up the game in the third inning, scoring Graham, Frafjord and Hoffman with a grand slam to extend it to 5-0. 
 
Hoffman extended the Lewis lead to 6-0 in the fourth after her RBI single drove home Grace Erickson (New Lenox, IL/Lincoln-Way Central). Later that inning, Powell hit a two-run single to right center, scoring Hoffman and Garden to make it 8-0.

The next inning, Nilles reached on fielder's choice which scored Mackenzie Sheehan (Kansasville, Wis./Union Grove) to make it 9-0 in favor of Lewis. The Flyers held Maryville off the scoreboard in the fifth as Lewis won via run-rule.
 
Allie Wondrasek (New Lenox, IL/Lincoln-Way West High School) (13-2) recorded the win in the circle for Lewis after going five innings, allowing three hits, walking one and striking out five. 
 
UP NEXT
Lewis softball will be back in action Sunday (April 21) as the Flyers travel to Upper Iowa starting at noon CT.