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Box Score 2 With a sweep of Benedictine Mesa on Saturday afternoon, Embry-Riddle clinched the Cal Pac Conference Regular Season title and will be the #1 seed in the upcoming tournament hosted at Eagle Softball Field. The Eagles won game one 4-2 and the second game 13-4.
Game 1
Both teams were held scoreless until the 4th inning. Emma Almodoba (Tucson, Ariz.) led off the inning with a solo homerun and the Eagles led 1-0 after the top half of the inning.
Benedictine Mesa quickly answered as the RedHawks took a 2-1 lead after the bottom of the 4th.
Down 2-1, Lily Anderson (Flagstaff, Ariz.) started an ERAU rally with a single to begin the 5th inning. Anderson moved to second on a single by Leah Salas (Sahuarita, Ariz.). With runners at first and second, Autumn Sulusi (Kaneohe, Hawaii) hit a three run homerun.
Embry-Riddle held on for the 4-2 game one victory.
Game 2
ERAU jumped on top right away in the second game of the day as the Eagles scored five runs in the top of the 1st inning. Maddie Judge (Oro Valley, Ariz.) began the game with a single. Anise Romo (Waddell, Ariz.) was walked and Anderson loaded the bases as she reached on a fielder's choice. Sulusi picked up another RBI on the day when she was walked to bring home Judge. After a defensive mistake, Salas reached first and both Anderson and Romo were able to score as ERAU quickly led 3-0. A double by Kate Delaney (Fort Collins, Colo.) plated Sulusi and the last Eagle run came across on a passed ball.
Pitcher Claire Streeter (San Marino, Calif.) sat the RedHawks down in order in the bottom half of the inning.
Neither team had anything going in the 2nd, but Embry-Riddle added to their lead in the 3rd inning. Sulusi and Salas both hit singles to begin the inning. Delaney then had her second hit of the game, this time a single that brought home Sulusi. A double by Sam Holbert (Gilbert, Ariz.) made the score 7-0 when Salas was able to score.
In the top of the 4th, Salas hit a two run homerun that but the Eagles up 9-0.
Benedictine Mesa scored four runs in the bottom of the 4th inning to make the score 9-4.
Embry-Riddle added four more runs in the last two innings as the Eagles won the game 13-4.
ERAU will host Arizona Christian on Wednesday for a double header beginning at 2pm.
