SALISBURY, Md. – The No. 1 team in the land proved its might with a doubleheader sweep on Wednesday. The Salisbury University softball team plated 17 runs in a 17-1 victory in Game 1 over the Washington College Shorewomen. Salisbury closed out Washington with a 6-2 win in Game 2.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 1

• Salisbury exploded for five runs in the first inning. Lindsey Windsor doubled home two runs to begin the scoring. After Windsor scored on a WAC error, Carrie Jacoby blasted a two-run bomb to left field.

SB: A strong start for @SalisburySB with five runs in the first inning, capped off by a home run by Carrie Jacoby.

Salisbury 5, Washington 0 (End 1st) pic.twitter.com/nnsqsCJHi5

— Salisbury Athletics (@suseagulls) March 29, 2023

• Jillian Dawson got the scoring going in a seven-run second inning in a big way. After her single got past the WAC center fielder, she rounded the bases and scored Abby Mace. Lauren Meyers and Jacoby hit back-to-back RBI singles followed by two SU runners scoring on back-to-back errors pushed the lead to 12-0 in the second inning.

SB: @SalisburySB brings around seven runs in the second inning, highlighted by Jill Dawson rounding the bases on this hit.

Salisbury 12, WAC 0 (End 2nd) #d3sb pic.twitter.com/ixIHFd6ZaL

— Salisbury Athletics (@suseagulls) March 29, 2023

• Five more runs came across to score in the third inning. Two bases-loaded walks sandwiched an RBI groundout by Ellen Tarjan followed by Madi Lemon scoring on a throwing error and a Rachel Keller sacrifice fly extended Salisbury's lead to 17-0.
• Washington College got a run back in the top of the fourth on an RBI single by Gracelyn Goforth but Isabella Purdy ended the threat with a groundout and a strikeout to end the fourth.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES – GAME 1

• Abby Mace went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a double at the top of the lineup.
• Carrie Jacoby and Jillian Dawson were a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate with two runs scored. Jacoby drove in three runs in the contest, two of which came on her two-run homer in the first.
• Lindsey Windsor also tallied two hits with two runs driven in and two runs scored.
• Isabella Purdy (W, 1-0) earned her first collegiate win in two innings of relief. She only allowed a run on two hits and struck out a pair.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 2

• Maddison Lednum drove in two runs on an RBI triple down the right-field line to get the game going for SU. Lauren Meyers followed with a single down the left-field line to extend the lead to 3-0 in the first.
• Emily Stockman led off the top of the second inning with a towering home run off the top of the protective netting beyond left field to tack on another run to the lead.

SB: Emily Stockman launches a BOMB to left field. Luckily, the net was there so we don't get any more complaints from our neighbors from across the street don't complain anymore :)@SalisburySB 4, WAC 0 (End 2nd) #d3sb pic.twitter.com/78qU50Zdll

— Salisbury Athletics (@suseagulls) March 29, 2023

• Salisbury pushed the lead to 5-0 in the third inning when Meghan Reed doubled to center field to score Meyers.
• Lednum added another run for Salisbury with a sacrifice fly in the fifth to score Jillian Dawson.
• Washington chipped away at the lead with two runs in the top of the seventh but Madison Taylor forced Hannah Solge to ground out to clinch the sweep.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES – GAME 2

• Maddison Lednum drove in three runs with a hit in two at bats. She hit her second triple of the season in the first inning.
• Lauren Meyers tallied two hits in three tries. She also recorded an RBI and scored a run.
• Emily Stockman hit her third home run of the season in the second inning.
• Savannah Sheats (W, 5-0) pitched four shutout innings. She struck out two and scattered two hits.
• Madison Taylor (SV, 1) registered her first collegiate save in three innings of relief. She struck out four and allowed two unearned runs.

UP NEXT

• Salisbury hits the road to take on the Mary Washington Eagles on Saturday, April 1.
• The doubleheader is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start in Fredericksburg, Va.

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