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Box Score 2 COLUMBIA, Ky. -- No. 14 Lindsey Wilson College posted 7-2 and 2-0 win against St. Catharine (Ky.) on Tuesday in a Mid-South Conference softball doubleheader at Blue Raider Stadium inside the Lindsey Wilson Sports Park.
Center fielder Jane Egiazarova went 3-for-3 in game one with a home run (1) and three RBIs and game-two starter Cara Law improved to a perfect 7-0 on the season with a one hit and eight strikeout performance in seven innings.
Jordan Hood (7-2) earned the win in the circle in the opener, allowing two runs on two hits with seven strikeouts in five innings. Kristina Krupinksi closed out the final two frames, striking out two and not allowing a hit to tally the save (1).
Ashley Cardenas (4-4) lost game one for the Patriots after allowing five runs of four hits in four innings, while Amber Matteoli (1-1) took the loss in the nightcap, allowing two runs on five hits in six innings.
The Patriots didn't have a player with multiple hits in both games combined, while they finished with just three hits overall.
After two scoreless innings in game one, Lindsey Wilson (17-2, 4-0 MSC) got on the board with four runs in the bottom of the third.
Left fielder Megan Huckaby and third baseman Emily Priar led off the inning with walks and right fielder Andrea Whelan reached base on a fielder's choice hit.
Huckaby scored first, coming home on a hit by catcher Josie Cox that was bobbled by shortstop Hannah Goldey. With Whelan and Cox on base, Egiazarova hit her homer over the left-field fence on a 2-1 count to put Lindsey Wilson up 4-0.
The Blue Raiders added a run in the fifth inning as shortstop Jamie Williams led off with a home run (3) hit to left field.
The Patriots responded with their only two runs of the day in the sixth, but were matched by the Blue Raiders in the bottom half of the inning to secure the 7-2 win.
Game two was free of offense as Law pitched the Blue Raiders to a win after tallying just five hits against St. Catharine (7-9, 0-4 MSC).
All of the scoring in the game happened in the bottom of the first inning as right fielder Alexis Rodgers led things off with a walk. After two straight fly outs, Whelan scooted a single past the first baseman which the right fielder scooped up and threw over her third baseman, allowing Rodgers to score on the throwing error.
Whelan took advantage of the error as well, making it all the way to third and ultimately advanced home on a passed ball during Egiazarova's at bat.
The Blue Raiders have won eight straight games heading into the Gulf Coast Tournament on March 9-11 in Orange Beach, Ala.
Lindsey Wilson is scheduled to open play at Noon CT on March 9 against fifth-ranked Brenau (Ga.).