Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

Quick Box Game 1: vs. Lourdes; W, 8-0 (5) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E LU 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 1 0 DU 0 4 0 1 3 - - 8 11 0 Starting Pitchers Line IP H R ER BB SO Visitor - Graham 2.2 11 8 8 3 0 Home  - Maves 5.0 1 0 0 2 11 Hitting Visitor Home Home Runs None None Triples None None Doubles None Getty 2 (5), Sant'Angelo  Game 2: vs. Lourdes; W, 12-6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E LU 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 6 10 3 DU 0 1 5 0 0 6 - 12 10 4 Starting Pitchers Line IP H R ER BB SO Visitor -  Cheery 2.2 4 6 6 1 1 Home  - Linebaugh 3.0 4 5 4 1 3 Hitting Visitor Home Home Runs Schaub Sant'Angelo (3) Triples None None Doubles Schaub, Megyesi, Mosiniak, West Getty (6), Myers (7)

Game 1 Score: Davenport 8, Lourdes 0 (5)
WP: Maves (9-2), LP: Graham (3-4)
Game 2 Score: Davenport 12, Lourdes 6
WP: Eastman (7-1), LP: Allison (1-2)
Records: DU (18-4, 4-0), Lourdes (6-8)
Next DU event: Wednesday, April 2 at Concordia – 3:30 p.m.
 
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The offense that the Davenport Softball team showed yesterday in the conference and home opener continued to show itself today as the No. 25 ranked Panthers put up 20 more to take a pair of league contests against Lourdes University 8-0 (5) and 12-6. The pair of victories lift DU to 18-4 on the season and they are now 4-0 in WHAC play. Davenport will travel to Ann Arbor on Wednesday to face Concordia in a doubleheader beginning at 3:30 p.m.
 
Game 1 – Davenport 8, Lourdes 0 (5)

Emily Maves continued her outstanding start to her career as the freshman posted a season high 11 strikeouts while giving up only one hit in route to her ninth win of the season. Maves had plenty of support from her teammates as they put up four in the second and followed with one in the fourth and three in the fifth to complete the mercy rule win.

Amber Getty got the scoring started as she picked up a bases clearing double in the second inning to score Carli SanMillan, Debra Burton and Alyssa Eastman and then she was brought home on an RBI single from Karli Myers.

The Panthers added a single run in the fourth and then finished it with three in the fifth on an RBI groundout from SanMillan and another double from Getty that scored two more to give the senior five RBI on the day.
 
Game 2 – Davenport 12, Lourdes 6
 
The second game saw the Panthers encounter their first adversity of the weekend after they took a 6-1 leading heading into the fourth inning as the Gray Wolves plated five runs including a homerun to tie the game at 6-6. After each team went down quietly in the fifth, the Panthers rallied to bring across six of their own in the bottom of the sixth for the final score of 12-6.

Haley Obetts and Amber Getty led off the frame with walks and then they were both brought home on a 2-RBI double from Karli Myers to break the tie. The runs kept coming for DU as a pair of wild pitches scored both Myers and KC Dunne and then the inning was finished with an RBI single from Debra Burton and RBI groundout from Carli SanMillan.

Alyssa Eastman came in to get the win in relief as the freshman improves to 7-1 on the year as she finished with 3.0 innings pitched while giving up six hits.

Davenport will continue WHAC play on Wednesday when they head to Ann Arbor to face Concordia University in a doubleheader beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Post-Game Notes
The 11 strikeouts my Emily Maves in the opener is a new season and career high for the freshman…the 4-0 start in league play marks the second straight year DU has done that and third time in their program history…The pair of wins lift Davenport to 4-0 all-time against Lourdes…Through their first weekend of WHAC play in 2014, the softball program improves to 85-29 in regular season league contests
 
 
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