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Bre Megyesi's (Whitehouse, Ohio/Anthony Wayne H.S.) three-run home run in the top of the seventh of game one and
Chelsea Goebel's (Archbold, Ohio/Archbold H.S.) two-run single in the bottom of the sixth in game two propelled Lourdes to a pair of victories on Friday afternoon in Clermont, Fla. The Gray Wolves defeated Marian (Ind.) 5-2 and Mount Vernon Nazarene 4-3 at Miniola Park.
Lourdes bats started quickly against Marian (5-3) as
Alyssa Schaub (Archbold, Ohio/Archbold H.S.) the game off with a double and scored two batters later on another two-bagger by Megyesi. The lead grew to 2-0 in the third as
Hayley Roberts (Brownstown, Mich./Woodhaven H.S.) doubled home
Ashley Yeager (Sylvania, Ohio/Northview H.S.), who had reached on a one-out error.
The lead remained 2-0 into the sixth as
Casey Cherry (Comstock Park, Mich./Comstock Park H.S.) allowed just five hits through the first five innings. In the sixth Marian tallied a pair of runs and had the bases loaded with just one out, but
Hanna Allison (Archbold, Ohio/Archbold H.S.) induced a flyout and a fielder's choice to get out of the jame with the game tied at two.
The Gray Wolves responded immediately in the seventh.
Taylor Derr (Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer H.S.) led off with a single and Schaub followed with a one-out hit. Megyesi then hit her second home run of the year, a blast into the wind in left-center, to put Lourdes on top for good.
Megyesi finished the game 2-for-4 with four runs batted in while Schaub was 3-for-4 at the plate. Allison notched her first collegiate win (1-1), tossing 1.2 innings of scoreless relief, fanning two in the seventh. Hope Golden suffered the loss (0-3) for the Kings, giving up 10 Lourdes hits.
Mount Vernon Nazarene (2-2) jumped on top in game two, scoring a pair of runs in the top of the third. Lourdes cut its deficit in half in the fifth as
Erica Marvaso (Brownstown, Mich./Woodhaven H.S.) collected her first collegiate hit, a RBI single to right to plate Goebel.
The Cougars answered with a run in the top of the sixth, pushing the advantage back to two, 3-1. Roberts led off the bottom of the sixth with a round-tripper to straight away centerfield and two batters later
Breyahna Guy (Romulus, Mich./Woodhaven H.S.) started the late rally with a single.
Hillary West (Walbridge, Ohio/Lake H.S.) followed being hit by a pitch and a wild pitch advanced both runners to second and third. Goebel then delivered the single to right that put the Gray Wolves on top.
Kasey Graham (Oregon, Ohio/Clay H.S.) earned the win (2-3) in the circle, tossing a complete game, allowing two earned runs on 13 hits. She struck out four while walking just two. Courtney Rengert suffered the loss (1-1) for the Cougars, giving up seven hits, the first of which did not come until the fourth inning.
Lourdes (4-6) will close out its Florida trip on Saturday with two more games. The Gray Wolves will face Carroll (Wis.) at 9 a.m. before taking on Mount Vernon Nazarene one more time at 11 a.m.