Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – With a doubleheader sweep of Scranton on Sunday afternoon, the Susquehanna softball team improved to 8-0 in the Landmark Conference. SU took game one 8-0 in five innings and followed that with a 7-3 game two victory.

Lauren Creamer's (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) grand slam in game one promptly ended the game with one swing as her homer made it an 8-0 game in the bottom of the fifth. Creamer had a home run earlier in the game and added another homer in the second game to finish the day 4-for-5 with three home runs, eight RBI and four runs scored.

Game one starter Morgan Lewis (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North) tossed all five innings and gave up just one hit while racking up seven strikeouts.

The Crusaders (17-11, 8-0) got on the board with two runs in the second inning with Claire Hanratty (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) driving in the first run and Creamer's single plating the second.

SU added another run in the third when Brianna Murphy (Hazlet, N.J./Mater Dei Prep) led off with a triple and came around to score on a Scranton error.

Creamer then led off the fourth with a solo shot to make it 4-0 before coming to bat with the bases loaded in the fifth and knocking the ball over the fence to end the game in an 8-0 decision.

In the series finale, Creamer added another home run while Hanratty went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and Sam LaCoe (Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights) drove in two runs on two hits, including a home run that broke a 3-3 tie.

Pitcher Jamie Fesinstine (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris Central) started the game and pitched into the fifth inning when she allowed three runs and was then relieved by Lewis, who pitched the final three innings and got credit for the win.

Susquehanna pushed three runs across the plate in the second with Anna Heggenstaller (Liverpool, Pa./Greenwood) driving in two of those runs with a two-run single to right field. Amanda Neveroski's (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) single scored the third run and it stood 3-0 in favor of the Crusaders after two innings of play.

It remained 3-0 until the top of the fifth when Fesinstine loaded the bases with no outs and gave up a game-tying single to Gabrielle Santarelli. Lewis then came on in relief and worked out of the jam to keep it a 3-3 game.

In the bottom of the inning, LaCoe came to bat with one runner on and one out and knocked a home run to left center to snap the 3-3 tie and make it 5-3 in favor of SU.

Still leading 5-3 in the bottom of the sixth, Creamer knocked her third home run of the day – a two-run shot – over the center field fence to quickly put Susquehanna ahead by four runs (7-3).

Lewis then retired the Royals (6-15, 2-6) in order in the top of the seventh to keep SU perfect in conference play.

The Crusaders return to action on April 17 for a doubleheader at Gettysburg with first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m.