SALISBURY, Md. – The third-ranked Salisbury University softball team continued its hot start to the season on a freezing cold Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of the Ursinus Bears. The Sea Gulls erased an early 3-0 deficit to take an 8-5 victory in Game 1 over the Bears followed by a 12-0 run-rule win in Game 2.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 1

• Ursinus scored first in the top of the second inning. Allyson Meakim hit a two-run double to left and later stole home to give the Bears a 3-0 lead.
• Salisbury quickly tied the game in the bottom half of the second. Emily Stockman scored on an RBI groundout by Sam Flowers. Natalie Paoli and Maddison Lednum followed later in the inning with RBI doubles to tie the game at three.
• Back-to-back RBIs in the third inning with a single by Flowers and a double by Paoli to give SU the 5-3 lead midway through the game.
• The Sea Gulls tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the fourth. Lauren Meyers beat out an infield single to score McKenna Horner. A batter later, Emily Stockman drove in Ellen Stockman on a double down the left-field line to push the SU lead to 7-3.
• Ursinus cut into the lead, 7-5, in the top of the fifth with an RBI single by Samantha Wichman and Amanda Panati scoring on an error.
• Lednum gave SU insurance in a big way with a home run over the left-field wall.
• Ursinus got the game-tying run to the plate with two runners on in the seventh inning but Nicole Ortega forced Jessica Moore to fly out to right for the final out of the game.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES – GAME 1

• Maddison Lednum went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs.
• Natalie Paoli drove in two runs with a pair of doubles.
• Madi Lemon scored twice in the victory.
• Savannah Sheats, Lindsey Windsor and Nicole Ortega (W, 6-0) all pitched in the game. Ortega closed out the game with 3.1 innings of work to earn her sixth win of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 2

• After Jillian Dawson began the game with a walk and stole second, Lindsey Windsor brought her home with an RBI single to begin the scoring in the first inning.
• Salisbury exploded with seven runs in the second inning. Emily Stockman went opposite field with a two-run home run. Later in the inning, Natalie Paoli sent a three-run home run deep past the left-field fence. A Carrie Jacoby RBI single and a Lauren Meyers RBI double extended Salisbury's lead to 8-0.
• Four runs came across in the bottom of the fourth to provide cushion for the run-rule. Meyers launched a two-run home run to left center before an RBI double by Meghan Reed and an RBI groundout by Ellen Tarjan.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES – GAME 2

• Lauren Meyers went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and a home run. Meyers also scored two runs.
• Emily Stockman and Sam Flowers also went 2-for-2 respectively. Stockman hit a two-run home run in the second inning.
• Jillian Dawson scored twice and hit a triple.
• Natalie Paoli knocked in three with her home run in the second inning.
• Madison Taylor (W, 1-0) and Isabella Purdy combined for a one-hitter. Taylor struck out two and only allowed one hit in her four innings. Purdy cleaned up the game in the fifth inning with a walk and a strikeout.

UP NEXT

• Salisbury will host a weekend series, starting on Friday, March 17 against the TCNJ Lions and the Lynchburg Hornets.
• Salisbury takes on TCNJ at 1 p.m. followed by Lynchburg at 3 p.m.

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Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football, Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 188 conference championships and 43 Academic All-Americans.

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