G1: Neumann 2, Baptist Bible 1
G2: Neumann 6, Baptist Bible 5

ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University softball team swept Baptist Bible College in a pair of Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) games Monday afternoon. Game scores were Neumann 2, Baptist Bible 1 and Neumann 6, Baptist Bible 5.

Neumann won both games with walk-off hits in the bottom of the seventh inning.

In game one, Lauren Castiello knocked in Alyssa Falsetti for the winning run. Jennifer Goslin opened the inning with a walk. Falsetti then came in to pinch run for Goslin. Castiello hit a double to left-center field as Falsetti scored from first for the 2-1 win.

Neumann put its first run on the board in the bottom of the first as Kim Kirkpatrick hit an inside-the-park homerun to right field. The Defenders scored an unearned run in the top of the fifth to knot the game at one.

Brittany Campbell (6-3) went 7.0 innings and allowed the unearned run on five hits. She struck out four. 

In the second game, the Knights took advantage of two Defender errors to score the game-winning run. On her third hit of the game, Kirkpatrick knocked in Gabrielle Lulias on a single for the 6-5 win.

Baptist Bible scored first in game two in the first inning. After the Knights tied the score at one, BBC added two runs in the top of the third for a 3-1 advantage. Neumann plated a run in the bottom half of the third for a 3-2 Defender lead.

Neumann scored three runs in the sixth inning to take a 5-3 lead heading into the seventh inning. 

A two-run double by BBC in the top of the seventh knotted up the game at 5-all. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, two Knights got on base via Defender errors before Kirkpatrick had the game-winning hit.

Rachel Purpuro went 6.1 innings and struck out five in the no decision. Sarah McGann pitched 0.2 innings in relief and picked up her sixth win of the season.

Neumann improves to 18-13 overall and 16-1 in the conference. Baptist Bible is now 14-12 and 11-5 in the CSAC. The Knights will host Widener University on Wednesday in non-conference action beginning at 4 p.m.