SALISBURY, Md. – The No. 19 Salisbury University softball team earned a key Capital Athletic Conference doubleheader sweep on Saturday coming from behind to take down York (Pa.) College 3-2 in extra innings in the first game, and collecting a convincing 7-1 win in the second game.

The Sea Gulls did not lead in the first game until freshman Michelle Gravdahl (Ellicott City, Md.) drove a fly ball to center field in the bottom of the eighth inning. The fly ball was caught for the first out of the inning, but it was deep enough to allow pinch runner Taylor Webb (Federalsburg, Md.) to score the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly.

The run made a winner of junior Kelly Leary (Severn, Md.), who worked all eight innings, allowing just the two runs on six hits while striking out four. Leary, with the help of her defense, was able to get out of a jam in the top of the eighth as the Spartans (24-4, 5-3 CAC) were able to get the potential go-ahead run to third base with no outs. Leary got a groundball to second base where freshman Carly Read (Baltimore, Md.) scooped up the ball and fired home, gunning down the lead runner at the plate, preserving the 2-2 tie. Leary got a strikeout and a groundout to end the threat.

In the second game the Salisbury bats came to life. The Sea Gulls (21-2, 8-0 CAC) scored two unearned runs in the second inning, brought home three runs in the third and plated two more in the fourth on a two-run home run by senior catcher Lauren Brenneman (York, Pa.). Read and senior first baseman Ali Ritter (Belvidere, N.J.) each finished the game with two hits.

Salisbury starting pitcher Erika Brittingham (Georgetown, Del.) earned the win, scattering eight hits while not allowing a walk.

Salisbury will travel twice this week to close out its CAC schedule. The Sea Gulls will play a doubleheader at Gallaudet University on Tuesday, April 6 and close out the CAC regular season with a doubledip at University of Mary Washington on Saturday.