ALLIANCE, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College softball team swept an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader against rival the University of Mount Union today (Friday, April 6, 2012) at the 23rd Street Field.  The Yellow Jackets won the first game, 8-6, and captured the nightcap, 5-3. B-W has won four straight games and swept OAC foes Muskingum University and Mt. Union.

With its sweep, B-W improved its record to 15-9 overall and 4-2 in the OAC. Mount Union is 10-16 overall and 2-6 in the OAC.

In the first game, the Yellow Jackets scored four times in each the fourth and sixth innings to build an 8-0 lead. Mount Union scored three times in the sixth and three more in the seventh to get as close as 8-6.

In the fourth inning, freshman shortstop Brittany Lightel (Tallmadge) was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a single by freshman centerfielder Mackenzie Brua (Avon/ Senior). Both runners then scored when the Mt. Union leftfielder misplayed a ball hit by sophomore pitcher Tabitha Murray (Mogadore/ Field). After Murray advanced to third via a sacrifice bunt, she scored when third baseman Lauren Fecuich (Kent/ Field) doubled. She would score the fourth run when junior RF Alyssa Brown (Hudson) singled.

In the four-run sixth, senior left fielder/ pitcher Sarah Baker (Mentor/ Lake Catholic) singled, advanced to third on a single by Alyssa Brown and scored on an RBI single by senior 2B Katie Finley (Vermilion). Sophomore OF Kate Carabin (Norwalk/ St. Paul), who ran for Alyssa Brown, advanced to second during Finley's at-bat and to third when she singled and then scored when freshman Nikki Peskura (Strongsville) singled. After two outs were made, Murray singled and both she and Peskura moved up a base on a passed ball and both scored when sophomore 1B Kaity Mullen (Avon Lake) singled.

At the plate, Lightel and Alyssa Brown led the 11-hit attack with two each.  On the mound, Murray started and earned the victory to even her record at 5-5. She received relief help in the seventh as Baker came from the outfielder to the mound to record her first save of the campaign.

In the second game, Baker was the hero on the mound. She relieved starter Justina Wise (New London) in the second and tossed six scoreless innings, allowed three hits, struck out one and walked two to improve to 7-1 overall. The win was a school-record 44th for her.  At the plate, Mullen, Elber and Lightel led the way with two hits each.

B-W gained a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but Mt. Union scored three times in the bottom of the frame to grab a 3-2 lead. The Yellow Jackets tied the game at 3-3 with a pair of runs in the fourth, took a 4-3 lead with another in the sixth and extended it to 5-3 with a tally in the top of the seventh.

In the first inning for B-W, Murray reached third base via a error and scored on a single by Mullen.  In the third with one out, Mullen walked and scored on a double by Alyssa Brown. Brown then scored when sophomore LF Ashley Elber (Huron/ Edison) doubled. In the sixth,  Mullen singled, moved to second after a long flyout and to third on a groundout and scored when Finley singled her home. In the seventh, Lightel opened the frame with a single, advanced to second on a groundout and scored when Mt. Union made an error with two outs.

B-W is back in action on Wednesday, April 11 when it travels to Columbus, Ohio to play OAC rival Capital University in a doubleheader at 3:30 p.m. The home twinbill is on Saturday, April 14 versus Wilmington College at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds Field at 1:00 p.m.