ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Griffon softball closed out their home regular season with a doubleheader sweep over the Lincoln Blue Tigers on Wednesday evening. The Griffons scored 24 runs and pounded out 27 hits winning 7-3 and 17-5 in five innings. The 17 runs is the most runs a Griffon team has scored since March 24, 2004 when they did it against South Dakota. The Griffons improve 34-12 overall and 18-6 in MIAA play with the victories.

Game 1
MWSU 7, LU 3
The Griffons scored five runs on four home runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to come away with a 7-3 victory in game one over the Blue Tigers.

Erin Sommerer gave the Blue Tigers the lead in the first inning with a two-run blast over the left field wall and then in the thrid Sam Kircher hit a solo homer over the left field wall giving the Blue Tigers a 3-0 lead.

In the third the Griffons scored two runs on three hits with Bre Fleschner and Maegan Roemmich getting RBI hits cutting the Lincoln lead to one.

The bats exploded in the sixth as Keri Lorbert led off with her 12th homer of the season which tied Amy Beverly's career record with 37. Michelle Stevenson gave the Griffons the lead for good with her fourth homer of the season. Taylor Anding then hit a two run homer and Sarah Elliott blasted another long ball giving MWSU the 7-3 victory.

Jackie Bishop improved to 19-5 going all seven innings. She gave up five hits and struck out 10 in the contest. All nine Griffon starters had hits in the contest with Roemmich going 3-for-4 with one RBI.

The Blue Tigers had five hits with Kircher going 2-for-3. Clair Lorenz got the loss going 5.1 innings giving up six hits and six earned runs while striking out nine. She falls to 9-8 with the loss.

Game 2
MWSU 17, LU 5 (5 innings)
The Griffons brought the momentum from the end of the first game into the second scoring 17 runs and smacking 16 hits in a 17-5 run rule victory.

The Griffons scored at least three runs in all four innings in which they hit which included five apiece in the first and third innings.

Roemmich, Stevenson and Sorenson all had three hits in the game with Roemmich and Stevenson both getting four RBI. Roemmich, Fleschner and Stevenson all scored three times as well.

Roemmich also blasted her ninth homer of the season and was 6-for-8 in the doubleheader.

Janie Smith improved to 15-5 with the victory. She went all five innings giving up eight hits whlie striking out four.

The Blue Tigers fall to 14-21-1 overall and 6-16 in MIAA play. Kircher went 2-for-3 with thee RBI while Sommerer went 2-for-3. Starr McLeod picked up the loss going 2/3 of an inning. She falls to 4-7 on the season. 

The Griffons return to action this weekend when they travel to Oklahoma for two doubleheaders. On Saturday, April 27 they will take on the 21st ranked Central Oklahoma Broncohos at 12:00 pm in Edmond, Okla. They wrap up their regular season on Sunday, April 28 with a doubleheader against Northeastern State. First pitch is set for 12:00 pm.