WINCHESTER, Va. – No. 11 Roanoke College swept an ODAC softball doubleheader from host Shenandoah University Saturday afternoon, winning 3-2 and 5-1.
Jada Carnes pitched the Maroons (17-7, 3-3 ODAC) to the two wins with a pair of complete games in the circle.
Carnes (12-2) held SU (7-13, 2-4 ODAC) to four hits in the opener and five in the nightcap.
GAME ONE RECAP
A two-run home run in the fifth, combined with Carnes' striking out nine, allowed Roanoke to rally for the 3-2 victory.
Shenandoah took a 2-1 lead after scoring two runs on three hits in the fourth before the Maroons rallied in the next frame.
Tiffany Bower and
Savannah Thorne drove in the Hornets runs with singles to right center.
Hannah Maltos (1-7) took the loss after giving up the three runs (two earned) on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. She struck out four and walked one.
GAME TWO RECAP
SU led in game two as well, scoring a run on two hits in the first, but saw Roanoke answer with one in the second and four in the fourth to complete the sweep.
Bower had the RBI in the first, driving home
Danielle McNeill with an infield single. McNeill had led off the game with a double to left and moved to third on an
Arlene Miller sacrifice bunt.
McNeill had two of the Hornets five hits.
Megan Scalley (3-6) pitched the first 4.0 innings and gave up the five runs (three earned) on nine hits.
UP NEXT
Shenandoah hosts No. 9 Virginia Wesleyan on Tuesday in a 4 p.m. ODAC doubleheader.
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