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Softball Takes Series at SLU
4/25/2021 5:03:00 PM | Softball
Buff & Blue earned Sunday sweep
ST. LOUISÂ - GW softball completed another winning weekend of Atlantic 10 play with a Sunday sweep at Saint Louis.
The Buff and Blue downed the Billikens, 8-2, to begin the day before finishing the series with a 15-2 win in five innings.
After dropping the series opener on Saturday for its first A-10 loss, GW roared back with three straight convincing victories to improve to 15-1 in conference action.
The Colonials totaled 23 runs on 25 hits on the day, including five home runs to add to their single-season program record total.Â
GW 8, Saint Louis 2:Â The Buff and Blue secured a comfortable win thanks to an offense that pounded out 12 hits and waited out eight walks in the opener.
The visitors took control with a four-run first inning that included consecutive run-scoring walks from Hannah Eslick, Maggie Greco and Mia Parker with two outs.
After SLU answered with two in the bottom of the frame, Sierra Lange slammed a solo home run over the left-field fence. She'd add another solo shot in the sixth for the second multi-homer performance of her career and first since 2018.
Alexa Williams also drove in a pair in the victory with a first-inning RBI single and a fourth-inning sacrifice fly.
Jenna Cone continued a strong series with a pair of doubles and a walk, and Greco reached three times with a single and two walks while also throwing out a pair of runners at the plate from left field.
All nine starters in GW's batting order recorded either a hit or a walk.
Lange battled through five innings, working around eight hits to hold the Billikens to two runs to earn her 13th win of the season.
GW 15, Saint Louis 2 (Five Innings):Â The Buff and Blue again jumped on the Billikens early, scoring seven runs in the first inning en route to a run-rule victory.
The first six Colonials reached base to start the game, and the visitors led 3-0 before the first out was recorded. Lane, Alessandra Ponce, Greco, Abby Schaub and Cone knocked in runs in the opening inning.
GW's lead reached 9-0 on Faith Weber's solo home run in the fourth, and after Saint Louis scored twice in the bottom of the inning, the Colonials hit back with six more in the fifth via three-run homers from Jenna Cone and Hannah Eslick.
Weber finished 3-for-3 with a walk and scored three times, in addition to pitching a complete game to earn her 10th victory. The graduate student from New Egypt, N.J., now has 11 home runs and 39 RBIs on the season.
Cone went 2-for-3 with the homer and four RBIs to finish the weekend hitting .467 (7-for-15) with three long balls and 10 RBIs.
Eslick's homer, which brought home Williams and Weber to set the final margin, was her third of the season.
Jessica Linquist and Lange also had multi-hit efforts in the series finale as part of a 13-hit attack.
Up Next:Â GW is back on the Mount Vernon Campus next weekend, welcoming Revolutionary Rival George Mason for its final four home games of the season.
The Buff and Blue downed the Billikens, 8-2, to begin the day before finishing the series with a 15-2 win in five innings.
After dropping the series opener on Saturday for its first A-10 loss, GW roared back with three straight convincing victories to improve to 15-1 in conference action.
The Colonials totaled 23 runs on 25 hits on the day, including five home runs to add to their single-season program record total.Â
GW 8, Saint Louis 2:Â The Buff and Blue secured a comfortable win thanks to an offense that pounded out 12 hits and waited out eight walks in the opener.
The visitors took control with a four-run first inning that included consecutive run-scoring walks from Hannah Eslick, Maggie Greco and Mia Parker with two outs.
After SLU answered with two in the bottom of the frame, Sierra Lange slammed a solo home run over the left-field fence. She'd add another solo shot in the sixth for the second multi-homer performance of her career and first since 2018.
Alexa Williams also drove in a pair in the victory with a first-inning RBI single and a fourth-inning sacrifice fly.
Jenna Cone continued a strong series with a pair of doubles and a walk, and Greco reached three times with a single and two walks while also throwing out a pair of runners at the plate from left field.
All nine starters in GW's batting order recorded either a hit or a walk.
Lange battled through five innings, working around eight hits to hold the Billikens to two runs to earn her 13th win of the season.
GW 15, Saint Louis 2 (Five Innings):Â The Buff and Blue again jumped on the Billikens early, scoring seven runs in the first inning en route to a run-rule victory.
The first six Colonials reached base to start the game, and the visitors led 3-0 before the first out was recorded. Lane, Alessandra Ponce, Greco, Abby Schaub and Cone knocked in runs in the opening inning.
GW's lead reached 9-0 on Faith Weber's solo home run in the fourth, and after Saint Louis scored twice in the bottom of the inning, the Colonials hit back with six more in the fifth via three-run homers from Jenna Cone and Hannah Eslick.
Weber finished 3-for-3 with a walk and scored three times, in addition to pitching a complete game to earn her 10th victory. The graduate student from New Egypt, N.J., now has 11 home runs and 39 RBIs on the season.
Cone went 2-for-3 with the homer and four RBIs to finish the weekend hitting .467 (7-for-15) with three long balls and 10 RBIs.
Eslick's homer, which brought home Williams and Weber to set the final margin, was her third of the season.
Jessica Linquist and Lange also had multi-hit efforts in the series finale as part of a 13-hit attack.
Up Next:Â GW is back on the Mount Vernon Campus next weekend, welcoming Revolutionary Rival George Mason for its final four home games of the season.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lange, Sierra (13-7)
L: C. WENDLING (8-7)
Batting:
2B: Cone, Jenna 2
HR: Lange, Sierra 2
RBI: Lange, Sierra 2 ; Williams, Alexa 2 ; Eslick, Hannah 1 ; Greco, Maggie 1 ; Lotz, Amber 1 ; Parker, Mia 1
SF: Williams, Alexa 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Linquist, Jessica 1 ; Cone, Jenna 2 ; Lange, Sierra 2 ; Williams, Alexa 2 ; Vinyard, Olivia 1
SB: Williams, Alexa 1
HBP: Williams, Alexa 1
Batting:
2B: K. LANE 1 ; S. WISE 1 ; A. CHAVEZ 1
RBI: A. CHAVEZ 1 ; K. STEVENSON 1
Base Running:
RUNS: G. KOWALIK 1 ; A. CHAVEZ 1
SB: G. KOWALIK 1
HBP: K. ETLING 1
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