LYNCHBURG, Virginia - The No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan softball team swept the Hornets from the University of Lynchburg in a weekend conference doubleheader in Lynchburg, VA. 

GAME RUNDOWN
Score: No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan 12 - Lynchburg 3 - 6 innings
Records: No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan 24-3-1, 8-1 | Lynchburg 21-12, 11-2
Location: Lynchburg, VA

GAME RUNDOWN

• Virginia Wesleyan got things started scoring three runs in the opening inning. VWU's runs were scored off a pair of doubles, one from Danielle Stewart and Katelyn Biando, to send Jessica Goldyn, Madison Glaubke, and Stewart across home plate.
• The Marlins added two more runs in the top of the third to take a 5-0 lead as a Julie Fassl double scored Stewart and Biando. 
• Lynchburg got on the board in the bottom of the third preventing the shutout while Virginia Wesleyan added three more in the top of the fourth taking an 8-1 lead. VWU's runs came from Ariana Rolle, Goldyn, and Glaubke. 
• UL added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth closing the VWU lead to five runs, 8-3.
• Fassl scored a single run in the top of the fifth on an error during Rolle's at-bat while the Marlins added three more in the top of the sixth to win 12-3. Glaubke, Julia Sinnett and Stewart all crossed home plate for the final VWU runs.

KEY STATS

• Danielle Stewart led the Marlins with three RBI and three runs on one hit in two at-bats.
• Julia Sinnett and Julie Fassl both recorded two RBI while each scoring a run while Madison Glaubke scored three runs in the game. 
• Hanna Hull (W, 11-2) threw all six innings giving up three runs on seven hits while fanning six. 

GAME RUNDOWN
Score: No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan 11 - Lynchburg 5
Records: No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan 25-3-1, 9-1 | Lynchburg 21-13, 11-3
Location: Lynchburg, VA

GAME RUNDOWN

• The Marlins again got things going in the first inning with a single run scored by Julia Sinnett off a double from Danielle Stewart.
• VWU added a second run in the top of the third as Jessica Goldyn scored off a Madison Gluabke single. 
• UL scored a single run in the bottom of the third to put the score at 2-1, but a Karlee Fretz home run over the left center field wall scored two as Katelyn Biando came home on the play giving the Marlins a 4-1 lead. 
• The Hornets added a solo run in the bottom of the forth and both teams added three apiece in the fifth inning pushing the score up to 7-5. The Marlins runs came from Goldyn and Glaubke who came home on a Sinnett double while Sinnett scored off a Biando single to center. 
• Virginia Wesleyan added four more runs in the top of the sixth to take an 11-5 lead that they held until the end to clinch the sweep. Doubles from Sinnett and Stewart scored Goldyn and Sinnett, while Brooke Anderson came home on a bases loaded walk and Kayla Womack scored on a bases loaded single by Ariana Rolle.

KEY STATS

• Julia Sinnett recorded three RBI and three runs on three hits in five at-bats. 
• Danielle Stewart and Karlee Fretz each drove in two RBI.
• Jessica Goldyn crossed home three times on two hits in four at-bats. 
• Emily Seale (W, 13-1) threw 4.2 innings giving up five runs on seven hits while striking out three batters. 

NEXT
Virginia Wesleyan returns to action on Tuesday, April 20, when they travel to Harrisonburg, VA to face the Royals of Eastern Mennonite University. VWU and EMU will meet on the field at 3 and 5 for an ODAC doubleheader.