• Game 1 Box Score
• Game 2 Box Score

GAFFNEY, S.C. (Feb. 24) – The California University of Pennsylvania softball team closed the Limestone Invitational with a doubleheader sweep on Sunday afternoon against the host Saints, winning 4-1 and 11-6.

With the wins, the Vulcans improve to 11-0 overall after sweeping doubleheaders against Newberry (S.C.) and Limestone this weekend. Cal U is off to its best start to a season in over decade, while Limestone falls to 2-6 this year.

In Game 1, freshman Alex Sagl (Oakville, Ontario/Oakville Trafalgar) earned the complete-game victory after limiting Limestone to one run (unearned). She scattered only two hits and issued two walks in 7.0 innings while registering eight strikeouts. After two of the first three batters in the game reached base, Sagl allowed just two additional base runners for the remainder of the game.

The Saints took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first before the Vulcans answered with two runs in the third, 2-1. Junior second baseman Shelby Lia (Whitby, Ontario/Donald A. Wilson) reached base on an error to open the inning before advancing to third on a sacrifice bunt and ground-out. Junior catcher Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, Ontario/Streetsville Secondary) then collected an RBI double before scoring on an RBI single by sophomore center fielder Shelby Heyd (Innisfil, Ontario/Nantyr Shores Secondary).

Cal U posted a run in the fourth before Lia belted a solo homer to start the seventh, 4-1. Lia drove in two runs and scored twice in the victory.

Saints starter Shelby Webb (1-3) suffered the loss after allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits and two walks in 7.0 innings.

In the nightcap, junior Hope Spancake (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove) registered the win after yielding three runs (one earned) on eight hits in 6.0 innings. She ranks second on the team this year with four victories and a 2.10 ERA in 20.0 innings of work.

Cal U took a 1-0 lead in the second before Limestone countered with three runs in the bottom of the inning, 3-1. The Vulcans reclaimed the lead in the third after scoring four runs with two outs, 4-2. With runners on first and second, junior Stephani Ellis (Vancouver, British Columbia/Prince of Wales Secondary) lined an RBI single before sophomore shortstop Breanna Morris (Waynesburg, Pa./Waynesburg Central) belted a three-run homer, her second of the year.

After the Saints scored one run in the third, the Vulcans scored five unearned runs in the fourth to take a 10-4 lead. With runners in scoring position, Wideman lined an RBI single before freshman Lindsay Reicoff (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley) collected a two-run double. Morris and Sagl later posted back-to-back RBI singles with two outs. Limestone countered with two runs in the bottom of the inning to trim the deficit to 10-6. Cal U added an insurance run in the fifth when freshman left fielder Erica Vallecorsa (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) scored from second on a two-out RBI single by Wideman, 11-6.

Morris paced the offensive effort, finishing 3-for-4 with four RBI and one run scored. Wideman went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs, while Lia collected a pair of hits and Vallecorsa scored twice.

Limestone starter Leah Quant (1-3) was saddled with the loss after being roughed up for seven runs (four earned) on six hits in 3.1 innings.

The Vulcans are idle for over two weeks before playing five games in Virginia at the Salem Invitational on March 15-17.