The Fairleigh Dickinson University softball team was swept by visiting Wagner, 12-1 and 10-0, at FDU softball field in a conference doubleheader on Saturday, April 7.
The Seahawks took control of the first game early with an 11-run second inning. Kate Eshelman had a three-run home run and Ami Iwicki hit a grand slam to account for four of the runs, while Jaclyn Vanore and Christina Hopkins each had RBI singles.
Wagner tacked on a run in the third inning when Katie Stevens singled to get on base, was moved over by a double from Andrea Lazzari and scored on a groundout by Joy Gallagher.
The Knights got on the board in the third inning, as Meghan Doherty (Binghamton, NY/Binghamton) started off with a single to the right side. Justina Augustine hit a double up the middle to advance her and she scored on an RBI single from Ali Keltos (Shelton, CT/Lauralton Hall) to make it 12-1. But that was the only run the Knights would convert in the five-inning game.
Myers and Keltos were each 2-for-3, while Doherty and Augustine went 1-for-2.
For Wagner, Morgan Miller was on the mound, scattering seven hits and allowing one earned run and one walk. Ashley Buchanan (West Windsor, NY/West Windsor) took the loss for Fairleigh Dickinson, pitching 4.1 innings.
In the second game, the Seahawks again struck first as they put up a three-run first inning. With one out, Eshelman smacked a single and Stevens followed it by drawing a walk. Lazzari plated Eshelman with a double and Gallagher shot a two-out double to the right field fence to knock in a pair of runs.
Victoria Batistelli sent a three-run home run over the center field fence to double the Seahawks' lead, 6-0, in third inning.
In the top of the sixth inning, Wagner was able to put four more runs on the board to take a 10-0 lead. With one out, Iwicki doubled to left center. Hopkins reached on a fielding error and with two outs, another fielding error scored Hopkins and Iwicki. Lazzari sent an RBI single to plate Eshelman and Victoria Batistelli's RBI single plated Stevens.
Eshelman finished the five-inning game 2-for-2 with three runs scored, while Lazzari was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI. Eshelman was on the mound for the Seahawks, holding the Knights to two hits and striking out four.
The only hits for the Knights came from Myers and Lindsay Glidden. Trina Fields got the loss on the mound for the Knights. In 3.2 innings of relief, Buchanan scattered four hits and allowed no earned runs.
Fairleigh Dickinson is back in action at Lafayette on Tuesday, April 10, with a doubleheader beginning at 3:00 p.m.
