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Box Score 2 JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Fairleigh Dickinson swept a non-conference softball doubleheader on Wednesday. The Knights (15-13) won the opener 10-2 and then took a 9-7 decision in the nightcap. The second tilt was halted due to lightning and a threatening thunderstorm entering the area in the bottom of the sixth inning so the game officially ended after five innings.
Lee Harrison (Las Vegas, Nev./Coronado) paced the Peacocks (5-30) with two home runs, including a grand slam in the nightcap and five RBIs in the two games. Francesca D'Amato (Lyndhurst, N.J./Immaculate Conception) added two hits and two runs scored and Sierra Parker (Chino Hills, Calif./Caldwell College) posted three hits and one run scored while Nicole Olmedo (Chino, Calif./Chino) registered a three-run homer in the nightcap.
Mikayla Fernandez powered Fairleigh Dickinson in the two games with five hits, four runs scored and four RBIs. Courtney Slye added four hits, two runs scored and three RBIs while Madelaine Wilen posted three hits, three runs scored and four RBIs on the day and Bryana Dorado had a hit and three RBIs in the second game.
The Knights won a home run derby in the nightcap to complete the sweep with a 9-7 victory.
Trailing 4-0 in the third, Fairleigh Dickinson scored nine unanswered runs to take a 9-4 lead.
Wilen started a five-run third inning for the Knights with a two-run homer. Cindy Zamudio followed with a solo homer before Slye and Dorado each knocked in a run to hand Fairleigh Dickinson a 5-4 edge.
Emma Deluca increased the margin to 6-4 on a solo home run to left field in the fourth. Syle doubled home a run in the fifth and Dorado capped a four-homer game with a two-run shot in the fifth for a 9-4 advantage.
In the fifth, Saint Peter's posted three runs to trim the margin to two runs. D'Amato singled to shortstop to start the rally and then Parker singled to center field before Olmedo nailed a three-run homer to left field to cut the score to 9-7.
With darkness becoming an issue, the umpires decided that the sixth inning would be the last inning. Fairleigh Dickinson left a runner on third in the top half of the stanza and then with Stephanie Gilronan (Saddle Brook, N.J./Saddle Brook) scheduled to lead off the bottom of the sixth the game was called due lightning and a looming thunderstorm entering the area.
The game started out well for the Peacocks after they scored four times in the second. Amber Velasquez (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) doubled to left field, Taylor Corretjer (Theills, N.Y./North Rockland) reached on a bunt base hit and Gilronan walked to load the bases before Harrison belted her second roundtripper of the afternoon to hand Saint Peter's a 4-0 lead.
The Knights would then score nine of the final 12 runs to earn the 9-7 victory in five innings.
Tori Feorenzo (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) took the loss for Saint Peter's.
In the opener, Fairleigh Dickinson took the early lead and never looked back to earn a 10-2 win.
The Knights took a 2-0 lead after the top of the first thanks to RBI singles by Fernandez and Angelique Nieves.
The Peacocks came back with a run in the bottom half of the inning. After D'Amato walked and moved to second on Chelsea Crews' (Seattle, Wash./Mountlake Terrace) single down the left field line, D'Amato touched home on a Parker RBI single up the middle to trim the margin to 2-1.
Fairleigh Dickinson increased the lead to 5-1 after an RBI double by Wilen and RBI singles from Fernandez and Slye. Maria Shaunhnessy and Wilen both coaxed bases loaded walks to give the Knights a 7-1 edge.
Harrison answered for Saint Peter's when she belted a solo shot over the 210 sign in center field to cut the margin to 7-2.
Fairleigh Dickinson sealed the win with three runs in the seventh.
Harrison took the loss for the Peacocks.
Saint Peter's returns to action on Thursday at Columbia. First pitch is 3 p.m.
