LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University softball team knocked Dominican from the ranks of the conference unbeatens with a doubleheader sweep on Monday.
FINAL SCORES
Benedictine 5, Dominican 1
Benedictine 9, Dominican 3
GAME ONE DETAILS
• Dominican opened the scoring in the first game with a solo homer in the third inning
• With two outs,
Faith Chada looped a triple into right field to score two and give Benedictine the lead
• The final three runs scored in the fifth with
Megan Fast leading off with a double
• Taylor Skraba drove home a run with a single to make the score 3-1
• An error allowed two more runs to score and Benedictine pulled away to break a 16-game Dominican win streak
GAME ONE LEADERS
• The teams combined for just 10 hits
• Three of the six Benedictine hits went for extra bases
• Asia Robinette logged a pair of hits
• Alexandra Loizon won her seventh contest of the year by tossing a complete game, striking out nine
GAME TWO DETAILS
• Benedictine jumped out quickly in the first
• Alyssa Gill singled home two runs
• Dominican scored twice in the third with two outs to even the score
• Sara Allison doubled home the go-ahead run in the fourth
• Neena Franklin pushed the lead to 4-2 with a sacrifice bunt
• Fast knocked home the final run in the inning
• Chada singled home a run in the fifth to make the score 6-2
• Dominican scored a run in the sixth but left the bases loaded
• Benedictine put the game away in the sixth when Robinette singled home two and Allison lifted a sacrifice fly
GAME TWO LEADERS
• Gill and
Colleen Schmit both finished with three hits
• Fast worked 5.1 innings to earn the win
• Leah Navarro pitched the final 1.2 innings to nab her third save
UP NEXT
Benedictine (12-6, 4-2 NACC) travels to Rockford on Tuesday to continue a busy week that features five doubleheaders
