MERION STATION, Pa. - The Saint Joseph's softball team opened an early lead and then held on for a 4-3 win against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks on Wednesday afternoon. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• Sierra Fretz, Meghan Sinkus and Kayla Tauber each had two hits in the game.
• Fretz drove in three runs on a pair of doubles. 
• Three Hawks' pitchers allowed one earned run in the game. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• SJU got on the board right away as a walk by Sarah Cancila, a hit by Hailey Malito and a fielder's choice put runners on the corners with one out. Fretz came up and lined a single past the diving third baseman that rolled all the way to the wall, allowing Cancila and Riley York to score for a 2-0 Hawks lead. 
• In the second, Jenna Currie came up with one out and drilled her third homer of the season out to left, pushing the advantage to 3-0. 
• With one out in the third, York walked in front of Fretz who cracked a double into the left-centerfield gap, plating the runner. 
• Lehigh responded, scoring three runs, two of them unearned in the fourth.
• St. Joe's flashed the leather in the sixth as with two runners on, a ball was lined towards the middle. Calmly, Tauber knocked it down and threw out the potential tying run at the plate. 
• Jenna Wagner started and went the first 3.2 innings. Marla Freiwald (7-2) got the win with 2.1 scoreless innings of relief. 
• With the tying run on second to open the seventh, Taylor Trowbridge came on and retired three consecutive hitters for her second save of the year.

UP NEXT
Saint Joseph's returns to the field on Saturday when it will face off against Dayton in an A-10 series. First pitch on Saturday is scheduled for noon from the SJU Softball Field.