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Box Score 2 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - NAIA No. 7 Trevecca (25-2, 12-0) swept a doubleheader with Mid-Continent University (8-19, 3-13 TranSouth) 8-2 and 8-0 in five innings Tuesday afternoon to remain unbeaten in conference play.
GAME ONE RECAPIn the opener, the Trojans racked up eight runs on 13 hits to give starter
Lauren Baker her 13th win of the season.
After the Cougars jumped on top in the first on a two-run homer by catcher Jennifer Martinez, Trevecca bounced right back to take the lead in the bottom of the inning on a three-run bomb by
Breanna Zeis, her team-leading fifth of the season.
Monica West added her second home run of the season in the second inning, a two-run shot, and the Trojans were on their way.
Heather Shuler added a solo shot in the third, her second of the season, and Trevecca wrapped up the scoring in the fourth, scoring a pair of runs on a single and an error.
Baker and
Kelsey Lantrip each went 3-4, while Zeis drove in three runs and West drove in a pair.
Baker (13-0) pitched six innings, giving up two runs on four hits, with seven strikeouts and two walks.
Hannah Schnebly pitched a perfect seventh in relief. Krista Hoover (3-6) started and took the loss for the Cougars.
GAME TWO RECAPThe Trojans jumped on top early in a big way in game two, plating six runs in the first inning.
Kelsey Lantrip and
Kari Mason led off the inning with back-to-back singles, advanced on a passed ball, and both scored on a single by
Karli Rush. One out later,
Haylee Rogers doubled deep to right-center field, moving Rush to third. Shuler followed with a double of her own to drive in Rush and Rogers,
Melinda Patterson doubled to plate Shuler, and
Monica West singed, and
Riley Mashburn singled home Patterson to cap the scoring.
The Trojans tacked on another run in the third on an RBI double by Mason, and
Monica West ended the game with a home run to lead off the fifth inning, her second of the day.
Lantrip, Mason, and West all had two hits, with Rush and Shuler each driving in a pair of runs.
Mashburn (10-2) picked up the victory, allowing just two hits in five innings, with three strikeouts and no walks.
The Trojans will play at Freed-Hardeman (8-11, 3-3 TranSouth) on Thursday at 4 p.m.