Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
ABERDEEN, S.D. -- The Bellevue University softball team increased its winning streak to 14 games with a doubleheader sweep at Presentation College Sunday afternoon in North Star Athletic Association action at the PC Football Stadium.
BU won by scores of 2-1 and 7-2.
The sweep moved the Bruins to 30-9 on the season and 18-2 in the NSAA. PC dropped to 10-22 overall and 6-12 in the NSAA.
The two teams will continue the four-game series with a noon doubleheader tomorrow (Apr. 24) at the PC Football Stadium.
Game 1: Bellevue 2, Presentation 1
Bellevue scored two early runs and held on for the 2-1 win in the opener.
Savannah Gunn and Katie Cunningham combined for the victory, allowing just four hits in the win.
The Bruins took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second on Reese Floro's two-run single to left field.
An RBI single to center field by Cassy Loa sliced the deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth frame.
Cunningham replaced Gunn in the bottom of the sixth to earn her second save of the season. She did not allow a hit or a walk while striking out four Saints in the final two innings of the contest.
Gunn earned the victory, improving to 8-2 on the season. She scattered four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in five innings of work.
Sarah Shevenell suffered the loss, giving up two runs on eight hits with four walks and nine strikeouts in seven innings in the circle.
Game 2: Bellevue 7, Presentation 2
The Bruins overcame an early 2-0 deficit, scoring seven-straight runs on 10 hits to complete the sweep. The Saints committed six errors in the loss.
PC took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on Camille Vestal's groundout RBI, scoring Loa from third.
An RBI single to center field by Shevenell increased the Saint advantage to 2-0 in the bottom of the third.
The Bruins tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth on a two-run double to center field by Floro.
BU took the lead at 3-2 in the top of the fifth on an RBI double to left field by Lauren Jurek.
The Bruins pushed the margin to 6-2 in the top of the sixth, highlighted by Floro's RBI double to right field. BU also scored two runs on PC fielding errors.
BU added an insurance run in the top of the seventh, scoring on a throwing error by PC catcher Victoria Vau to make it 7-2.
Jurek improved to 9-2 on the season after scattering six hits with one walk and three strikeouts in seven-complete innings of work.
