ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS, Ind. – Saint Mary-of-the-Woods softball stretched their winning streak out to eight games as they swept a pair of contests over visiting Alice Lloyd College on Saturday afternoon at the SMWC Softball Field. The Pomeroys won the first game by the score of 6-2 and came back to win the nightcap by the score of 4-0 behind a complete game shut out from Marin Jacobs.

The Pomeroys improved their season record at 12-8, 5-3 RSC with the victories while Alice Lloyd fell to 12-8, 1-3 RSC.

Alice Lloyd took a 1-0 lead as they scored on a wild pitch in the top of the first inning before Neveah Pender reached on an error to score Lyric Krause to knot the score at 1. In the third inning, Makalya Jackman tripled to drive in Abbi Henderson and Jaselyn Conn recorded a sacrifice fly to score Jackman for the 3-1 advantage. In the fifth inning, Jaleigh Crawford doubled to score Conn and then Emily Singleton singled to score Crawford to stretch the advantage to 5-1. Jackman would single in the sixth inning to send home Justyce Rohrabaugh for the 6-1 lead.

Emily Fitzwater picked up the victory by pitching four innings of two hit softball while Summer Rocha recorded three innings of two-hit shut out relief for the save. Jackman finished 2-of-4 with two RBI at the plate while Crawford was 2-of-3 with a RBI and Rohrabaugh added a 2-of-3 performance at the plate.

In the day's second contest, Rohrabaugh stole third base and went home on an error in the third inning to stake the Pomeroys to a 1-0 lead. Pender posted an RBI triple in the fourth inning to score Maddi Smith and then Ruby Gray's RBI single would score Pender for the 3-0 advantage. Pender's sacrifice fly in the fifth stanza scored Krause for the 4-0 lead.

Marin Jacobs picked up the victory in the circle as she tossed seven innings of four-hit, shut out softball with a pair of strike outs. Krause was a perfect 3-of-3 at the plate with a run scored while Gray finished 2-of-3 hitting with an RBI. Pender drove in two runs during the contest.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods returns to action on Friday, March 22 when they host River States Conference foe Oakland City for a pair of games beginning at 3 pm (ET) before returning on Saturday, March 23 to take on Brescia College for a doubleheader beginning at 1 pm (ET).