FREDERICK, Md. - The softball team ran its winning streak to five games Wednesday afternoon with a 1-0 and 13-4 non-league sweep over Hood College.

Shenandoah (10-21) reached the double digit mark in wins with the two victories; this guarantees the squad its best record since the 1992 team went 16-12 and tied for the Eastern States Athletic Conference (ESAC) title.

The five-game win streak is also the longest since Shenandoah became a university in 1991.

The Hornets got the win in game one when sophomore Gina Riemenschneider (Winchester, Va./James Wood) made a single run in the top of the first hold up by pitching the first shutout for the program since a 15-0 victory over Kenyon on March 6, 1998.

Riemenschneider scattered three hits and one walk while striking out five in the complete game performance. She retired the Blazers (8-7) in order in two of the last three innings and allowed just one runner to reach third all game long.

Freshman Alicia Sanders (Wardensville, W. Va./East Hardy) scored the game's only run when she singled to left, advanced to third on a single by Carrie Harris (Front Royal, Va./Warren County) and came home on a passed ball.

SU banged out 13 hits in the game two win - the Hornets scored two runs in the second and third before getting what would prove to be the winning run in a three run fourth.

Shortstop Melissa Landon (Goldsboro, Md./North Caroline) drove in a game high five runs; she keyed a six run sixth with a grand slam home run to center.

Riemenschneider got her second win of the day by giving up four runs (one earned) on five hits and three walks in six innings. 

Complete box scores and plays by play can be found at http://www.su.edu/athletics/sb/2004/teamstat.htm

SU completes its regular season Tuesday afternoon with a non-league doubleheader against Penn State - Altoona. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00.