CHESAPEAKE, Va. - Salisbury University won two important in-region softball games Sunday afternoon against No. 23 Lynchburg College at a neutral site at Great Bridge High School. The Sea Gulls (4-2) swept the Hornets in a doubleheader 5-3 and 4-2.

SU received two well pitched games by senior Stacy Davis in the first game and sophomore Kelsey Mills in the second game. Both pitchers went the distance in the wins. Davis (2-1) allowed three runs on four hits, walked two and struck out two Hornets. Mills (1-1) allowed two runs on three hits and struck out seven.

The offense was paced by shortstop Kelly Waskewicz who went 3-for-4 in the first game and delivered the big hit in the second game as she connected on her second home run of the season. Waskewicz hit a three-run homer in the four run third inning for the Sea Gulls.

In the first game, junior catcher Lauren Brenneman hit solo home run in the third inning to give SU a quick 1-0 lead. The home run was Brenneman's third of the season. Second baseman Stacey Malarkey followed with her own solo home run to put SU up 2-0. The Sea Gulls hung onto a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning before junior first baseman Ali Ritter came through with a two-run hit to give SU a 5-2 advantage. Junior Brittany Lounge had three hits in the first game.

The third inning was another key moment for the Sea Gulls in the second game. Mills led off with a double then senior outfielder Meaghan O'Gara (2-for-3) followed with a single to set the table for Waskewicz. The All-American blasted her 36th career home run to give SU the 3-0 lead. Malarkey added a RBI-single in the fourth. Brenneman went 1-for-2 in the second game with a double.

Salisbury turns back around to head south to Virginia on Wednesday, March 11, for another big in-region doubleheader against Christopher Newport University. The first game begins at 2 p.m.