The Benedictine softball team continued its strong start to the Florida trip, defeating Ohio Northern University and Mount Saint Mary College in Kissimmee.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 8, Ohio Northern 0 (5 innings)

THE DETAILS
-Benedictine opened the scoring in the first innings when Alyssa Perkins delivered an RBI double to left center to score Haley Barnes
-The Eagles added another run in the second on an RBI single from Morgan Bruno that plated Victoria Duszynski
-Dusyzski added to the lead in the third innings with an RBI single to bring home Taylor Oppenhuis
-Benedictine extended the lead in the fourth when Bruno scored on a wild pitch before Barnes added an RBI
-The Eagles sealed the win with three runs in the fifth
-Mckenzie Johnson dominated in the circle, allowing just one hit in the shutout performance 

STAT LEADERS
-Alyssa Perkins went 2-for-4 with three RBIs
-Haley Barnes recorded two hits and two RBIs
-Victoria Duszynski added two hits and an RBI
-Mckenzie Johnson tossed a five-inning one-hit shutout with three strikeouts

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 14, Mount Saint Mary 4 (5 innings)

THE DETAILS
-Benedictine jumped ahead in the first innings when Alyssa Perkins grounded out to bring home Morgan Bruno
-The Eagles added another run in the second as Bruno delivered an RBI single to score Jasmine Lozano
-Benedictine broke the game open in the fourth innings with 10 runs, capitalizing on several errors while collecting multiple run-scoring hits
-Olivia Mickelson added two more runs in the fifth with a two-run triple to extend the advantage
-Mount Saint Mary scored four runs across the fourth and fifth innings, but Benedictine closed out the run-rule victory

STAT LEADERS
-Morgan Bruno went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored
-Olivia Mickelson recorded a two-run triple
-Claire Stillwell struck out six in three innings 

UP NEXT
Benedictine (5-1) continues play in Kissimmee on Wednesday with games against Wheaton and Catholic University
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