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Hishon goes yard twice in sweep

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WESTMINSTER, Md. – McDaniel hit four home runs to key a doubleheader sweep of Ursinus in Centennial Conference (CC) softball action on Saturday.

The Green Terror (10-8, 4-0 CC) took the opener 5-3 before extending its winning streak to six straight games with a 7-4 victory in game two.

Tayler Hishon (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas) led McDaniel with a home run in each game, driving in four runs and walking twice.

Rachel Hyman led the Bears (7-13, 0-4 CC) with two hits in game one.

Locked up in a pitchers' duel, Lindsey Miller (Gettysburg, Pa./New Oxford) led off the bottom of the fourth with a single to shallow left field – the Green Terror's first hit of the game. She stole second and was able to move to third on an overthrow before Payton Lewis (Valrico, Fla./Durant) doubled to gap to plate the game's first run.

Hishon followed with a blast to straightaway center field on the first pitch she saw, stretching the lead to 3-0.

With one out, Alicia Wagner (Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch) poked her first collegiate home run, clearing the fence just to the right-field side of straightway center.

A Hyman leadoff double in the fifth, wild pitch and two-out error made it a 4-1 game.

Jamie Weisser (Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greeley) doubled to the fence in left field with one out in the sixth before scoring on a Roxana Aviles (Manassa, Va./Osbourn) double to the gap to stretch the lead back to four.

Hyman reached with a one-out single in the top of the seventh before a walk and Gabrielle Manto single loaded the bases.

An RBI groundout and wild pitch closed the deficit to 5-3 before a walk brought the go-ahead run to the plate.

Cassie Rickrode (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) got her second strikeout in relief, however, to notch her third save of the season and give Valerie Lamb (Miami Gardens, Fla./Miramar) her first win. Lamb went five innings, striking out three and allowing just one unearned run.

In game two, Megan Coyle (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) drew a leadoff walk before Weisser cranked a two-run home run to stake the hosts to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second.

Lewis led off the sixth inning with a walk – her second of the game and the 67th of her career – to establish a new program record for career bases on balls and ignite a five-run frame.

Hishon pulled a ball down the line for her second home run of the day, stretching the lead to 4-0.

Another Coyle walk and singles by Olivia Kipe (Manchester, Md./Manchester Valley) and Haley Michael (Oldsmar, Fla./East Lake) pushed the led to 5-0.

Fiona Johnson (Derwood, Md./Magruder) laced a double to the gap to score Kipe with the sophomore's first collegiate hit and RBI.

A Stacie Maring (Woodbine, Md./South Carroll) RBI groundout made it a 7-0 game with the game-ending run standing on third base but the Bears got a lineout to prevent being run-ruled.

Isabella Dewes led off the seventh with a double before talking third on a fly out to right. A Marissa Beebe pinch-hit rocket off the third baseman's glove scored Dewes.

Callie Crouse followed with a single to right before a wild pitch, walk, passed ball and sacrifice fly made it a 7-3 game.

A single up the middle and fielding error made it 7-4 before a walk brought the tying run to the plate.

Johnson got a popup on the infield to pick up her second straight complete-game win.

McDaniel returns to action at Gettysburg on Tuesday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Roxana Aviles

#2 Roxana Aviles

OF
5' 3"
Senior
Megan Coyle

#29 Megan Coyle

C
5' 2"
First Year
Tayler Hishon

#35 Tayler Hishon

INF
5' 7"
Junior
Fiona Johnson

#44 Fiona Johnson

P
5' 7"
Sophomore
Olivia Kipe

#1 Olivia Kipe

INF
5' 2"
Senior
Valerie Lamb

#87 Valerie Lamb

P
5' 3"
Junior
Payton Lewis

#33 Payton Lewis

C/INF
5' 1"
Junior
Stacie Maring

#9 Stacie Maring

OF
5' 4"
Graduate Student
Haley Michael

#17 Haley Michael

INF
5' 8"
First Year
Lindsey Miller

#24 Lindsey Miller

OF
5' 4"
Senior
Cassie Rickrode

#45 Cassie Rickrode

P
5' 7"
First Year
Alicia Wagner

#32 Alicia Wagner

1B
5' 10"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Roxana Aviles

#2 Roxana Aviles

5' 3"
Senior
OF
Megan Coyle

#29 Megan Coyle

5' 2"
First Year
C
Tayler Hishon

#35 Tayler Hishon

5' 7"
Junior
INF
Fiona Johnson

#44 Fiona Johnson

5' 7"
Sophomore
P
Olivia Kipe

#1 Olivia Kipe

5' 2"
Senior
INF
Valerie Lamb

#87 Valerie Lamb

5' 3"
Junior
P
Payton Lewis

#33 Payton Lewis

5' 1"
Junior
C/INF
Stacie Maring

#9 Stacie Maring

5' 4"
Graduate Student
OF
Haley Michael

#17 Haley Michael

5' 8"
First Year
INF
Lindsey Miller

#24 Lindsey Miller

5' 4"
Senior
OF
Cassie Rickrode

#45 Cassie Rickrode

5' 7"
First Year
P
Alicia Wagner

#32 Alicia Wagner

5' 10"
Sophomore
1B