FREDERICK, Md. - McDaniel College softball junior Makayla Calamita had four hits and almost hit for the cycle as the Green Terror split a non-conference road doubleheader at Hood on Thursday.

McDaniel (11-24) split two games for the seventh time in 11 doubleheaders this season, including in all four non-conference doubleheaders.

Calamita went 4-for-6 on the day with a walk and three RBIs. Senior Kylie Sears and sophomore Bella Sylvester each had three hits.

Graduate student Katy Newton had two hits on the day, including her 50th of the season, becoming just the seventh player in program history to total at least 50 in a single season.

McDaniel 6, Hood 3

Calamita was 4-for-4 in the opener with a double and home run, finishing just a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. Just three batters into the game, she bashed her third home run of the season, a two-run shot to left that scored Sylvester and gave the visitors an early lead.

The Green Terror scored a run in each of the first four innings, but the Blazers tied the game in the bottom of the inning with a solo home run and RBI-single.

Junior Mandy Butz put McDaniel back in front on a passed ball in the second, Sears had an RBI-single in the third and Calamita drove in her third run with a single in the fourth as the Green Terror scored three-straiht runs to take a 5-2 lead.

Hood (12-24) pulled within two on an RBI-double in the fourth before a sacrifice fly by Butz in the top of the seventh provided the final margin.

Sylvester went 2-for-4 while Butz had a sacrifice fly, two walks and one RBI.

Sophomore Hannah Costa, who entered in relief of senior Parker Murphy, picked up her second win after allowing just two hits and one earned run over 2.0 innings while striking out two. Senior Mel Grant, who pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh, earned her first career save.

Hood 9, McDaniel 1

After scoring six runs on 11 hits in the opener, the Green Terror were held to just one run on six hits in the nightcap.

Rachel Benden limited McDaniel to just two hits through the first four innings while the Blazer offense scored four runs before Sylvester drove in the team's first run of the game with an RBI-single to left in the fifth.

Leading 4-1, Hood scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth, including four on two-run singles by Sammy McIntosh and Jordan Long, to invoke the run rule and snap a five-game losing streak against the Green Terror.

Sears led the offense with two hits, going 2-for-3 while sophomore Olivia Dresser was 1-for-1 with a walk.

Inside the circle, Murphy suffered the loss, allowing five runs on five hits in the sixth.

McDaniel concludes its home schedule on Saturday with a Centennial Conference doubleheader against Muhlenberg on Senior Day. First pitch is at 2 p.m.