OLEAN, N.Y. – The Saint Joseph's softball team broke out the bats with 26 runs across two games as the Hawks swept a twinbill from St. Bonaventure. St. Joe's won the completion of a suspended game 12-2 to open the day and won the second contest 14-4 in five innings.
 
SERIES BY THE NUMBERS

• Meghan Sinkus had a huge series, collecting five hits overall and reached base safely eight times.
• She drove in six runs in the middle game of the set, the most for a St. Joe's player since Caela Abadie had seven against La Salle on April 23, 2021.
• Riley York and Kayla Tauber each posted four hits.
• SJU pitching allowed just six earned runs for the weekend.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED IN GAME TWO OF THE SERIES

• Prior to the game being suspended on Saturday, the Hawks jumped out to a 4-0 lead. In the second, Sinkus singled, moved to second on a sac bunt and stole third before an RBI double from Riley York brought her home.
• SJU had runners on the corners with two outs in the third when Sinkus came up big again, delivering an RBI triple, plating Kayla Tauber and Sierra Fretz. After Jenna Currie was hit by a pitch, York came through with her second run scoring hit in as many innings, singling back through the middle to plate Sinkus for a 4-0 lead.
• Starting the fourth, St. Joe's saw Kasi Loser come up with a leadoff walk. Sarah Cancila followed two batters later before the rain became too intense and ended play for the day.
• Opening Sunday with two on and one out, Hailey Malito walked to load the bases before Sinkus did the same, forcing home Loser for a 5-0 lead.
• In the fifth with one out, Saint Joseph's struck again. A Hailey Peterson triple was followed by a Loser walk and a bases clearing double from Tauber to make it 7-0. Tauber came in to score two batters later on an RBI groundout.
• The Bonnies got on the board in the bottom of the inning as the wet weather led to a pair of unearned runs.
• The Hawks put the game away in the seventh, scoring four more runs, keyed by a bases loaded triple from Sinkus, giving her six RBI on the day.
• In the circle, Jules Scogna (7-3) was masterful, tossing her third complete game of the season. She scattered eight hits and struck out a career-high eight as well as getting 10 ground ball out.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED IN GAME THREE OF THE SERIES

• SJU wasted no time getting on the board with a pair of runs in the first on a throwing error and a sac fly from York to go up 2-0.
• After the Bonnies got one of the runs back in the bottom of the frame, St. Joe's scored once in the second and twice in the third, the big shots in the latter inning being an RBI double from Jenna Currie and a run scoring single by Morgan Lester to push the edge to 5-1.
• St. Bonaventure did not go away, scoring three in the third. With those tallies across and a runner on second with no outs, Marla Freiwald came out of the bullpen, retiring the next three batters, two of them on strikes.
• The offense exploded in the next couple innings as the Hawks scored six in the fourth and three in the fifth. Keying the offense in the frames were RBI extra base hits from Fretz, York, and a homerun from Currie.
• In relief, Freiwald (8-3) delivered three scoreless innings, striking out two while surrendering just two hits.

 
UP NEXT
The Hawks get set to compete in the Atlantic 10 Softball Championship starting on Wednesday, May 7. Information about the time and opponent will be announced later on Sunday.