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Box Score 2 MNU pitching did not allow a run in a double header sweep of Benedictine on Wednesday. In Game 1, the Pioneers started the bottom of the first with 2 singles and brought them both home to take a 2-0 lead.
Katie Williams kept the Ravens at bay for 5 innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 2. MNU rallied for 3 runs in the sixth to take a 5-0 lead, and
Megan Schwindler finished the final 2 innings with 4 strikeouts and no runs for the save. Williams earned her 2nd victory of the season, and she (2-3, R) and
Alexis Pacheco (2-3, RBI) had 2 hits apiece.
In Game 2, MNU was held hitless into the fifth inning, but managed to score a run in the fourth thanks to an error, a wild pitch, a stolen base, and a
Hayley Gately squeeze bunt to take a 1-0 lead.
Megan Schwindler got out of a 2nd & 3rd nobody out jam with a strikeout, lineout, and popout, and
Alexis Pacheco extended the Pioneer lead with an RBI double in the fifth. The final 8 Ravens were retired in order, and Schwindler picked up a complete game shutout and her 11th win.
Ana Tavarez (1-2) and Pacheco (1-2, 2B, RBI) collected MNU's 2 hits.
The Pioneers are 18-8 (11-3 HAAC). The next double header is Saturday at Park (32-8) at noon.
