Quincy, Ill. – Alyssa Callans and Emily Frankenreiter each hit a pair of home runs to power the Maryville University softball team to a sweep of Quincy Saturday afternoon at the Mart Heinen Complex in Quincy, Ill. The Saints scored four times in the seventh inning of the opener to defeat the Hawks 6-3 and exploded for five runs in the third frame en route to a 10-3 victory over Quincy in the nightcap.
 
Game One:
Alyssa Callans opened the scoring for the Saints in the top of the first inning as she ripped her fourth home run of the season to give Maryville an early 1-0 lead. The Saints added a run in the third frame as Hannah Tolley was hit by a pitch and stole second base. She scored on an error to push the Maryville advantage to 2-0. The Hawks battled back and tied the game in the fourth with a pair of runs to make the score 2-2. The Saints broke the tie in the seventh as they loaded the bases to start the inning and Haley Nelson scored on a wild pitch to give Maryville a 3-2 lead. The Saints added to the lead as Emily Bruin ripped a two-run single and Samantha Hausl laced an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-2. Quincy scored a run in the bottom of the seventh, but that is all they could get as Olivia Jarvis forced a pair of ground outs to earn her 12^thwin of the year.
 
Winning Pitcher:Jarvis (12-8) 
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: S. Demuth (6-4)
Hitting leader:  Callans – 1-for-2, HR, RBI, two runs scored
                          Bruin – 1-for-4, 2 RBI
                         
Game Two:
The Saints got things going in the second inning as Frankenreiter launched her second homer of the year over the right field wall to stake Maryville to a 1-0 lead. The Hawks grabbed the lead with a pair of runs in their half of the second to take a 2-1 lead, but the Saints answered in the third. Callans started the inning with a double and scored as Bri Livingston hit a another double to tie the game at 2-2. The offense continued to roll in the third as DJ Aaron-Holman hit an RBI single and Frankenreiter hit a three-run blast to extend the lead to 6-2. The Hawks scored a run in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 6-3, but Maryville got the run back as Bruin hit an RBI single to push the score to 7-3. Maryville tacked on two more runs in the fifth inning to extend the advantage to 9-3 while Callans added an insurance run in the sixth with her second home run of the day to make the score 10-3. 
 
Winning Pitcher: Callans (9-5) 
Save: None
Losing Pitcher:A. DeVaney (5-8)
Hitting leader:  Livingston – 3-for-4, 2 2B, RBI, run scored
                         Frankenreiter – 2-for-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, two runs scored
                         Callans – 2-for-4, HR, 2B, RBI, two runs scored
                                    
Records:
Maryville – 23-14, 8-6 GLVC
Quincy –14-20, 4-12 GLVC
 
Up Next: The Saints continue their road trip Friday afternoon as they will head to North County St. Louis to take on the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons. The first game of the doubleheader is set to begin at noon.