PHOENIX, Ariz. After being held to a pair of runs in the first game, the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Ariz.) softball team came up with 12 runs on 10 hits to gain a doubleheader split at Arizona Christian University. The Firestorm won game on, 3-2, before the Eagles bounced back with a 12-4 win in the second game. Junior Katey Moore (Pleasanton, Calif.) drove in four runs over the two games, with junior Bailey Critchlow (Stockton, Utah) driving in five in game two, including hitting a game-winning two-run home run.

Game 1
Arizona Christian (4-4) started the scoring with a pair of runs in the first. The Firestorm picked up a lead off double and then received a triple from Kylee Brown to make it 1-0. Brown then scored on a groundout to make it a quick, 2-0, lead.

Embry-Riddle (4-4) knotted things up with a pair in the third when Moorefollowed a pair of two-out singles with a double to right. It was a battle of pitching after that, as sophomore Carley Carlson (Littleton, Colo.) and Hilaria Stewart. After giving up the two runs in the first, Carlson surrendered just three more hits through the sixth, while Stewart gave up just one more hit the rest of the way.

In the bottom of the seventh Arizona Christian came up with the winning run, putting runners on the corners with two away. Brown then delivered the game-winning hit, a single up the middle that gave the Firestorm the win.

Game 2
After a scoreless first, Embry-Riddle broke the game open in the second when the Eagles sent 12 hitters to the plate, banging out five hits. The Eagles opened the inning with a pair of hit batters and a single to load the bases. Critchlow delivered a two-run double to put ERAU on the board. Moore also had a two-run double in the inning, with freshman Zoe Streadbeck (Ewa Beach, Hawaii) also driving in a pair with a single.

Embry-Riddle added two more in the third and another in the fourth on another RBI double off the bat of Critchlow. In the circle junior Lani Kaleikini (San Francisco, Calif.) held the Firestorm hitless over the first three innings before giving up a two-run double in the fifth and a solo home run in the fifth that made it a 10-4 game after five.

In the sixth sophomore Mackenzie Rod (Tucson, Ariz.) drew a lead off walk to open the inning. After a pop up for the first out, Critchlow smacked the first home run of the season for the Eagles, a shot to right, making it 12-4. Senior Olivia Ramos (Phoenix, Ariz.), who had come on to pitch in the fifth, gave up a pair of walks to open the inning, but got out of the jam by getting a pop up and then a double play ball to end the game via the eight-run rule.