Pittsburgh, PA-La Roche swept the Lady Barons softball team in a pair of games this afternoon. La Roche College came out swinging in the first game of the day, topping the Lady Barons 9-0. The Lady Barons and Red Hawks battled through seven innings in the second game with LAR completing the sweep with an 11-4 victory.

The Red Hawks took control of the game with five runs in the first and continuing on from there with four more over the next four innings for the win. The Lady Barons only committed one error; La Roche was able to hit the ball well and to open spots of the field. Lasha Clark for the Red Hawks hit a home run while Kara Sainato and Haley Lashinsky both contributed with doubles.

In the second game with Jordan Cunningham in the circle, the Lady Barons were able to hold the Red Hawks to four runs through the fourth inning. In the top of the fifth, the Lady Barons got down to business tying the game at 4-4. "The girls played hard and never gave up," Coach Walker praised his team on their comeback.

Kelsey Cornelio led off with a walk and advanced to second on Anna Ames' single. Following Cornelio, Anna King took the walk to fill the bases. Lindsey Finch came in clutch with a double to right field scoring Cornelio and Ames. After a pitching change for the Red Hawks, Cecilia Lademan approached the plate and put the ball in play. Her ground out the third base gave King a window of opportunity to sneak home and Finch advanced to third. With a wild pitch, Finch was able to score tying the game.

"The bottom of our order gave us a big lift today led by Anna Ames who went 2-2 in the first game and 2-3 in the second game with run scored. Anna King contributed also with a hit, a walk and a run in game two."

However the Lady Barons were unable to score the rest of the game. The Red Hawks capitalized on the tiredness of the FUS pitchers and doubled their score in the bottom of the fifth.

La Roche outshined the Lady Barons in hits with a total of 27 to 9 between the two games.

"Hopefully playing seven innings in two of the last four games is going to give the girls some confidence going into senior day so we can pick up a win and send our seniors out on a high note."

Senior day will happen this Saturday, April 30 at Franciscan's softball field with the games at 2pm and 4pm against University of Pitt.-Bradford.