Red Storm Sweep 1st Place Hawaii Pacific 17-9 and 11-0

Sherwin finishes day with 11 RBI

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SAINT GEORGE – Opening a four game series with first place Hawaii Pacific, the Dixie State softball team convincingly swept a pivotal PacWest doubleheader today 17-9 and 11-0 today at Karl Brooks field over the first place Sea Warriors.

Things for the Red Storm (12-7, 5-5 PWC) didn't begin so well and appeared that the team that had been plagued thus far had shown its ugly face.

In the top of the second inning, the Sea Warriors (17-7, 11-3 PWC) scored six runs on three hits and capitalized on three Red Storm errors. Starting pitcher Lauren Folta (Erda. UT/Tooele High School) continued to throw ground balls and the Red Storm defense couldn't get her out of the jam. Eventually, Folta left Ciara Pires watching strike three to end the nightmare of an inning.

Kelsey Mendenhall (Tooele. UT/Tooele High School) led the bottom of the second off with a double to left center and Courtney Sherwin (Mesa, AZ/Red Mountain High School) walked. Kylee Higgins (Layton. UT/Layton High School) single cut the deficit to 6-2 with a 2RBI single to leftfield.

After holding the Sea Warriors at bay in the third, the Red Storm erupted for six runs in the bottom of the third. After Jaelle Judkins (Saint George, UT/Dixie High School) drew a one out walk, Courtney Hine (San Dimas, CA/San Dimas High School) singled up the middle. Johnna Brown (Las Vegas, NV/Centennial ) loaded the bases on a error by the second baseman. Mendenhall followed with an RBI single up the middle and Anna Cue (Murrieta Valley, CA/Murrieta Valley High School) reloaded the bases with a single through the left side. Courtney Sherwin (Mesa, AZ/Red Mountain High School) followed with a 3RBI triple giving the Red Storm a 7-6 lead. Nicole Chavez (Chino Hills, CA/Ayala High School) plated the last DSC run in the inning with a RBI sacrifice fly to centerfield.

In the fourth, the Sea Warriors tied the game at 8-8 with two runs on four hits in the inning.

Dixie State took the lead for good when they loaded the bases and Sherwin picked up her 7^th RBI of the day on her fourth home run of the season and her first career grand slam.

Two more Red Storm errors in the 5^th gave HPU another run to cut the lead to 12-9.

Dixie State shut the door in the final frame adding five runs to end the game on the mercy rule. Sherwin added an 8^th RBI in the game with a single to right centerfield. She finished the game with three hits as well.

Dixie State torched HPU pitchers for 18 hits. Handing the PacWest's second leading pitcher in Breanne Patton with just her second loss of the season. Higgins had her first career four hit game and Sherwin, Hine and Mendenhall each added three hits. Folta improved to 6-2 on the season.

In game two, the Red Storm bats continued to pound HPU hitting by collecting 14 hits in a mercy rule shortened 11-0 win for Dixie State.

Mattie Snow (Tooele, UT/Tooele High School) improved to 5-4 on the season, pitching a one hit gem. Snow struck out five batters and walked just one in the victory.

Dixie State scored four runs in the third and seven runs in the fourth to put away the Sea Warriors. Mendenhall hit a three run home run and Sherwin added three more RBI to finish the day with 11 RBI.

Hine and Sheila Gelter (St. George, UT/Dixie High School) paced the Red Storm with three hits apiece.

The Red Storm entered the day with a team .288 batting average and after pounding out 32 hits, finished at a .318 mark.

Dixie State will look to gain more ground on the first place Sea Warriors tomorrow with a doubleheader beginning at noon at Karl Brooks Field.

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