Joplin, Mo. - The Missouri Southern Softball Lions swept visiting Missouri S&T Lady Miners Saturday afternoon 5-2 and 6-1 at Lea Kungle Field.

Game One
Southern (7-6) scored first in the opening game of the twin bill in the bottom of the second inning as freshman Angel Badalamenti scored on senior Sarah Williams' sacrifice fly to right field. Missouri S&T (0-8) tied the game in the top of the fourth when Hannah Franceschini scored on a wild pitch and then took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fifth on a RBI single by Lori Badalamenti. The Lions took the lead back for good in the bottom of the frame as Williams led off with a four pitch walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from fellow senior Dru Coleman. A single up the middle by freshman Kylie Wesbrooks put runners on the corners and another double steal from the Lions scored Williams to make it 2-2. Senior Alana Hester doubled home Wesbrooks and then scored herself following a passed ball and an errant throw by the Missouri S&T catcher. Southern tacked on one more run in the bottom of the sixth as Williams doubled home junior Sydney Fry for the 5-2 final.

Fry finished the game 2-for-3 from the plate with a run scored and Williams was 1-for-1 with a run scored and two RBIs. Senior Ashley Lutz (2-3) pitched the complete game for the Lions allowing just two earned runs on seven hits with two strike outs.

Game Two
In the "night cap" Southern struck in the bottom of the first following a lead off single to center by Hester and stole second. Sophomore Abi Corbett scored Hester on an infield single that stopped dead in the middle of the Missouri S&T pitcher and catcher. Badalamenti got in on the RBI parade in the third with a single up the middle that scored fellow freshman Ashley Caldarella to make it 2-0 Lions. Southern added one more run in the fourth with Williams scoring on another Corbett infield single. Missouri S&T scored their lone run of game two in the top of the fifth on a RBI single to third base by Monica Weiss. The bottom of the fifth saw the Lions push across three more runs on RBIs from Coleman (2) and Hester.

Corbett went 3-for-4 at the plate in game two with 2 RBIs and Coleman finished 3-for-3 with 2 RBIs. Sophomore Kali' Hodson (3-2) got the complete game win allowing just one run, earned, on eight hits with three strike outs.

On The Day
Wesbrooks went 2-for-3 on the day with a run scored while Coleman finished 3-for-5 at the plate with two RBIs. Williams, Corbett, and Hester each had two RBIs and Fry finished the day 4-for-7 at the dish and scored three runs.

Up Next
The Lions will head to Springfield for a double header with Drury University at Thompson Field on Tuesday, February 23. First pitched is scheduled for 3 p.m.