The Saint Mary softball team earned a double header sweep over Southwestern on Saturday at home. The Spires took game one 6-5 and won the second game 4-3. The Spires are now in a three way tie for seventh place in the KCAC Standings with a 6-8 record in conference play.

In the game one win, Samantha Torres tossed five innings and Katlyn Schiefen tossed three. The teams each scored two runs in the first inning and found themselves tied at 3-3 headed into the seventh. Southwestern looked to pull away with two runs in the top of the inning, but Saint Mary answered back with two of their own in the bottom half.

In the eighth inning, the international tie breaker put a runner at second for Southwestern, but the Spires escaped with no runs allowed. In the bottom of the inning, Saint Mary sacrificed Maddie Barron to third with the first out. After a tapper back to the pitcher for the second out, Alana Renshaw send a single to left field to score Barron and give Saint Mary the 6-5 win.

Haley Reece led the offense with three hits in the win. Lindsey Fishman, Kaila Trowbridge, and Renshaw each had two hits. The Spires finished with six runs on 12 hits and had six RBI.

In game two, Paige Siewert tossed a complete game allowing just three runs for the Spires. Southwestern scored one run in each of the first three innings to lead 3-0 before Saint Mary answered with a run in the bottom of the third to make it 3-1. Three more runs from Saint Mary in the fifth would be all they needed to earn the 4-3 victory.

Schiefen had two hits including a double and an RBI to pace the offense. Five other Spires had hits as well. Saint Mary finished with four runs and seven hits as a team in the win.

The softball team will be back in action at York on Wednesday in a double header beginning at 3pm.