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Fayette, Mo. The Central Methodist University Lady Eagles softball team claimed their second doubleheader sweep in as many days on Wednesday afternoon at the Cox Softball Complex. CMU defeated Evangel University; who are currently receiving votes in the latest NAIA Coaches Top 25 Poll, by finals of 4-0 and 6-5.
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With the victories, Central Methodist University improves to 27-13 overall and 9-3 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play. With the losses, the Evangel University falls to 24-10 overall, and 10-4 in The Heart.
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Central Methodist controlled game one over the Crusaders, outhitting Evangel 11-2. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the third inning, when Addyson Reardon (Boonville, Mo.) and Alyssa Lilly (Wentzville, Mo.) hit back-to-back singles; scoring Reardon for the early 1-0 lead.
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Then in the bottom of the fifth inning, Central would strike for three insurance runs, on doubles from Mary Dahl (Altoona, Iowa) and Alyson Fuemmeler (Glasgow, Mo.).
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Erin Enke (Martinez, Calif.) was strong in the circle, tossing all seven innings while allowing just two hits, three walks and she struck out five batters to earn her 12^th win of the season.
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Game two featured a closer ballgame, but had a lot of similarities to game one. Erin Enke took to the circle once again for the Lady Eagles, and picked up yet another victory (13-5) for Central. Enke went all seven innings; for the 12^th time this season, allowing five runs; four earned on eight hits with six strikeouts and three walks in the win.
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Both defenses struggled in game two, committing three errors each.
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Evangel jumped on Enke in the top of the first inning for two runs, and CMU would respond with a run of their own to trail 2-1 after an inning of play.
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Following a scoreless second inning, Central tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the third inning when Hannah Blackmon (Beaumont, Texas) doubled in Jessie Wilmes (Flint Hill, Mo.).
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The Crusaders offense attacked for runs in the fourth and fifth inning, to take a 4-2 lead. The Central offense would then break out for four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and never look back.
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Evangel would make it interesting in the top of the seventh, scoring one and leaving a few runners on base in scoring position; but Erin Enke was able to close the door for the CMU victory.
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In game two, Central was led by the 1-2-3-4 hitters of Skyler Hime (Raymore, Mo.), Jessie Wilmes (Flint Hill, Mo.), Lauren Geringer (O'Fallon, Mo.), and Hannah Blackmon, who combined to go 6-for-14 at the plate with two RBI's, five runs scored and two walks.
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Central Methodist will now hit the road for a pair of conference doubleheaders at Avila University on Saturday, and at Missouri Valley College next Tuesday. CMU returns to the Cox Softball Complex on April 23^rd, to host MidAmerica Nazarene University in a doubleheader beginning at 1pm.
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