SCRANTON, Pa. – The Neumann University softball team took a pair of Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) wins Saturday afternoon against Marywood with scores of 7-6 and 14-2.
Allie White dominated the action in the first game, hitting 4-for-4, with two doubles and a homerun. Becky Guinto had three hits for Neumann, including a triple, while also scoring a run, and tallying two RBI.
Lauren Wilkie picked up the complete game win for Neumann improving her record to 8-2.She went 7.0 innings and allowed six runs, just one earned, on 10 hits.
The first inning Guinto started the scoring with a two RBI single, scoring Kara Grogan and Marisa Giordano. One inning later White's solo homerun put the Knights up 3-0.
Pitching then dominated from there on out, as there were no runs until the sixth inning.
Danielle Grayson's sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth scored White putting the Knights up four. Marywood would then go on to score five unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth for a 5-4 lead.
Neumann would answered with three in the top of the seventh. Guinto opened the inning with triple and scored on a single by Carla D'Angelo. Katie Halter then tripled, scoring D'Angelo. Halter would score on an error by the Pacers.
With the Knights holding a two run lead in the bottom of the seventh, the Pacers scored one run, but would not be able to tie the game or take the lead.
Neumann had a little more breathing room in the second game, winning 14-2.
Halter went 3-for-4 and knocked in two runs and scored two runs. White yet again had another extraordinary hitting game going 4-for-5, including a double and triple. White also had two RBI and three runs scored.
Haley Broomell pitched a complete for Neumann allowing two runs on seven hits and striking out four.
Grogan's single in the first inning scored White putting Neumann ahead early. Marywood answered with a lone run in the bottom of the first. Neumann scored two unearned runs in the top of the third and sixth to take a 5-1 lead.
The flood gates opened in the seventh as the Knights plated nine runs and sent 14 batters to the plate. White highlighted the inning with a two-run triple.
Neumann (27-5, 21-1 CSAC) will host Moravian tomorrow in a non-conference doubleheader. The Knights have also clinched the No. 1 seed in the CSAC postseason and will host the tournament next Friday and Saturday.