MANCHESTER, IN - The Benedictine University softball team hit six homers to sweep Manchester on the road in a non-conference doubleheader.

FINAL SCORES
Benedictine 21, Machester 1 - Gm 1 (Five Innings)
Benedictine 12, Manchester 5 - Gm 2

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine continued a string of big innings by scoring nine runs in the top of the second
• 13 batters came to the plate in the inning
• Taylor Skraba drilled a three-run homer during the frame
• Skraba continued to add to her single season school record total for longballs
• Becky Roncone, Faith Chada, Alyssa Gill, Colleen Schmit, and Asia Robinette all logged RBI singles with Roncone actually singling home a run twice
• Gill and Schmit homered during a five-run third while Skraba and Gill homered again in the fifth
• The second game opened with three runs in the top of the first
• Benedictine added three more in the second and used a two-run homer from Sara Allison in the seventh as part of a five-run frame
• Benedictine has now won eight in a row

STAT LEADERS
• Skraba scored four runs and drove home five in the opener as Benedictine finished with 24 hits
• Gill finished with four hits and knocked in five
• Alexandra Loizon tossed the complete game, striking out 11
• The second game saw 15 hits with three coming from Ashley Fisher, who also drove home three
• All nine members of the lineup logged a hit
• Megan Fast grabbed the win, working six innings

UP NEXT
Benedictine (24-11) hosts Edgewood on Friday