Game 2

Marian University softball (7-7, 4-0 NACC) swept its home opener against MSOE, earning 2-1 and 3-1 victories.
 

GAME 1 

• Sophomore Aubrey Bender got the Sabres on the board in the second with a two-run single, as junior Sabrina Di Vito and sophomore Macey Pease scored on the play for Marian’s lone runs of the game.
• MSOE responded in the fourth with an RBI single by Jayda Nelson, cutting the Raiders’ deficit to one. 
• With two on and two outs in the sixth, junior McKenna Repovich struck out Caroline Fouras to end the inning. 
• The Raiders threatened to tie it in the seventh, but the Sabres held MSOE hitless in the inning to secure the win. 

GAME 2 

• With the bases loaded and the game scoreless to start the fourth, junior Savanna Knuth delivered an RBI single to left field.
• The Sabres added two more runs in the inning on a Pease single and a Bender walk, taking a 3-0 lead. 
• A Marian fielding error led to an unearned run in the sixth, trimming the lead to two. 
• The Raiders managed one hit in the seventh before a lineout ended the game and secured the sweep for the Sabres. 

GAME 1

• Marian led 9-5 in hits, with Bender, senior Ariana Schliepp, and junior Erin Cowe each recording two. 
• MSOE went error-free, while Marian had two. 

GAME 2

• Marian led in hits 9-3, with four coming in the fourth inning.
• MSOE’s only run was unearned, resulting from the Sabres’ lone error.
• Senior Riley Mankowski recorded six fielding assists, the most by any Sabre this season.
• Marian moved to 51-34-1 all-time against MSOE and has won five of the last seven against the Raiders.

	Sophomore Aubrey Bender recorded two RBIs in game one and finished the day with three overall.
	Senior Ariana Schliepp went 4-for-5 on the day.
	Junior Savanna Knuth pitched five innings, allowing just two hits, and also contributed a run and an RBI single in game two.