WINCHESTER, Va. - No. 14 in the nation Christopher Newport University held Shenandoah University to seven hits in each game to sweep a USA South Conference softball doubleheader Sunday afternoon.

CNU (25-6, 10-1 USA South) was a 6-1 winner in the opener before taking the nightcap, 9-1, in six innings.

Shenandoah (11-5, 4-8) led game two, 1-0, by scoring a single run in the third, but the Lady Captains ended the game early by scoring three in the fourth, four in the fifth and two more in the sixth.

The Hornets scored their only run when senior Alicia Sanders singled to left with one out, moving Mandy Reed to second. One batter later, freshman Brittany Bailey plated Reed with a single to right center.

Sanders and Bailey were both 2-for-3 in the game.

Kristen Bruce (8-2) was the winner for CNU. She allowed the one run on seven hits and one walk in a complete game showing. She also struck out four.

AJ Lekki (7-4) gave up nine runs (seven earned) on 10 hits and two walks in 6.0 innings.

In game one, Janet Fairchild (11-1) scattered seven hits in 6.0 innings before turning it over to Kristen Rowe for the seventh. Fairchild struck out five and the run she gave up was unearned.

Katie Haskins (4-10) once again was victimized by errors in that opener - two of the six runs she gave up were unearned to offset the six strikeouts she recorded.

Sanders, Jolisa Jones and Catherine Beuerle all had two hits for SU in that first game.

For Christopher Newport, Katie Moyers went a combined 7-for-8 with an HR and three RBI with Margit Severin and Kristin Nickloy both getting three hits total.

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Shenandoah hosts Maine-Presque Isle on Wednesday at 5:00 in a non-league doubleheader.