By Kirsten Hatton, Staff writer
The Susquehanna softball team’s bats were able to combine for a total of sixteen runs in a doubleheader sweep against Juniata on Saturday April 15, in Huntington, Pennsylvania.
Senior designated player Lauren Creamer was the standout star for the River Hawks, as she had two home runs, a grand slam, and nine RBIs to help lead the team to two victories.
The River Hawks started their bats with a single-run home run by Creamer in the top of the second. In the third, junior short stop Heather Pearson singled to third base to score freshman right fielder Emily Lear who has reached on an error at first.
The Juniata Eagles responded with a homerun and an RBI on a sacrifice fly in the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game at two.
In the top of the sixth, sophomore first baseman Jackie Gore got the rally going with a single to the pitcher. Creamer was next at bat and hit a home run to open the lead to 4-2 for the River Hawks.
The River Hawks added two more runs in the seventh. Junior catcher Kelly Miller started off the inning by drawing a walk and her teammate, freshman centerfielder Kasey Bost, walked as well. With two people on base and no one out, Lear hit a single to load the bases.
Junior second baseman Brooke Kohler hit into a fielder’s choice and scored Miller from third. Pearson was able to hit into a sacrifice fly to score Bost to increase the lead to 6-2 and secure the win for the River Hawks.
Senior pitcher Jamie Fesinstine earned her sixth win of the year allowing only two runs on five hits across seven innings.
In the second game of the day, the River Hawks got out to an early lead in game which eventually led to a 10-0 shutout victory over the Eagles.
In the top of the first, Creamer singled to score junior thrid baseman Emile Boman and Pearson to take a 2-0 lead.
Sophomore pitcher Alexa Gonzalez took the mound for the River Hawks, starting the day with a two strikeout bottom of the first inning.
In the second inning, Kohler singled to left and was able to reach second on the throw and score Miller. Pearson then hit a sacrifice fly to score Gonzalez from third to give the River Hawks an early 4-0 lead.
In the third, Gonzalez singled to left and scored Creamer. In the next inning, the River Hawks added another run with an RBI from Boman to score Kohler.
In the top of the sixth, Creamer hit a grand-slam to make the lead 10-0. Gonzalez recorded her 11th win with a three hits and no runs.
The River Hawks improve to 19-9 overall, 6-2 in the Land- mark, while the Eagles fall to 13- 17 on the year.
Susquehanna also played two games on April 20. They dropped both games to Misericordia.
In game one, the River Hawks scored two in the top of the first off of a Gore two-run home run, which held the lead until the bottom of the third when Misericordia scored on an RBI single and two unearned runs.
In game two, the River Hawks let up a solo home run in the bot- tom of the fourth, which would be the only run of the game giving Misericordia the 1-0 win.
The River Hawks best opportunity came in the seventh inning when they had bases loaded, but they failed to score any runs.
