SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 14 Salisbury University softball team swept Eastern Shore rival Washington (Md.) College in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon to complete the regular-season with a 30-game win streak. SU won the first game 14-0 in five innings and followed that with a 7-1 win over the Shorewomen. This is the ninth straight doubleheader sweep for the Sea Gulls (34-4) this season.

Salisbury's three seniors Stacy Davis, Stacey Malarkey and Meaghan O'Gara were honored before the start of today's game as the doubleheader marked the final regular-season home game for the Sea Gulls. Malarkey (3-for-5) hit her team leading 11th home run in the first game and scored four runs and drove in three runs between the two games. She was hit by the pitch for the 16th time this season as she leads the nation in that category. Davis (20-2) the starting pitcher for SU in the first game helped her cause at the plate as she went 2-for-3 and recorded two RBIs and connected on her seventh double of the season. The right-hander won her 20th game this season as she held the Shorewomen scoreless as she allowed three hits, walked one and struck out two en route to her seventh shutout this season. O'Gara, the 2009 Capital Athletic Conference Player of the Year, collected two hits and scored two runs in the first game and drove in two runs in the second game.

The Sea Gulls jumped out on Washington pitcher Emily Adams (11-9) in the first inning as SU scored four runs. Junior shortstop Kelly Waskewicz (one run, two hits, two RBIs) doubled to center field to lead off the bottom of the first inning for SU. Junior designated player Brittany Lounge (two runs, two RBIs) reached base on a bunt and used smart base running to advance to third base while Waskewicz came around to score. Junior catcher Lauren Brenneman (two runs, three RBIs) singled to left field to plate Lounge. Malarkey stepped to the plate and blasted a two-run home run to give SU the early 4-0 lead.

The Shorewomen (15-21-1) struggled at the plate, in both games, as they were only able to collect three hits in the first game and five in the second game.

The Sea Gulls broke loose in the bottom of the second inning as they scored nine runs on 10 hits to put the game out-of-reach. Junior outfielder Jen Cahall (two runs) started things off with a single to right field followed by an O'Gara single to left field. Cahall and O'Gara took advantage of a wild pitch by Adams and each advanced one base. With runners on second and third base, Lounge singled up the middle to score both runners as she advanced to second base on the throw. Brenneman blasted hit her ninth home run of the season over the left field fence to give the Gulls a commanding 8-0 lead. Davis tacked on a run later in the inning when she doubled down the left field line to score Malarkey. Sophomore Kristin Lord added a sacrifice fly to left field to plate first baseman Ali Ritter. Cahall came to the plate again in the inning for her second at bat and hit a single to the outfield to score Davis. Waskewicz capped off the nine-run inning with a two-run single down the left-field line.

Salisbury added one final run in the bottom of the third inning.

In the second game, Salisbury scored two runs in the second, one in the third and four in the sixth inning off Washington starting pitcher Meaghan Kimme (5-10). SU sophomore starting pitcher Kelsey Mills (13-2) gave up one run in the top of the sixth as the Shorewomen scored on a single up the middle. Mills gave up five hits, walked one and struck out three.

Salisbury did most of its damage in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Sea Gulls scored four runs. Brenneman started off the inning with a walk and then scored on a Shorewomen fielding error. Mills reached on a fielding error by Washington's third baseman and then reached second on an additional error by the left fielder which allowed Brenneman to score. Lord then singled to left field to put runners on first and third base. Cahall followed with a RBI-single to left. O'Gara reached on a Washington fielding error as Lord and Cahall scored.

For the month of April the Sea Gulls have only allowed four runs in 15 games.

Today's doubleheader also marked the return of SU Alum and softball great Lacey Lister, who is in her first season as coach at Washington College. Lister pitched for the maroon and gold from 2003-06 where she was a four-time All-American, a three-time CAC Player of the Year and three-time All-CAC member. She set every school pitching record and concluded her career ranked in the top 10 of eight different NCAA Division III pitching categories.

Salisbury, who is ranked No. 1 in the Atlantic Region, will now wait for the official announcement of the 2009 NCAA Division III Softball Tournament field next weekend to see if the Sea Gulls will make a 14th appearance in the tournament. SU has already been selected as the host of the Atlantic Region which will run from May 7-11 at the SU Softball Complex.