GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. -- The Gwynedd Mercy University Softball team won a pair of games against Marywood on Saturday afternoon in Colonial States Athletic Conference action. The Griffins won the opener 4-0 and the nightcap with a wild 11-8 victory sweeping the Pacers for the first time since 2013.

Melissa Hess picked up a pair of wins in the circle earning a complete game victory in the opener and coming out of the bullpen in the nightcap. Amanda Clark had five hits on the day with Jessica Behr, Becki Christoffers and Lauren Waller all recorded four.

Game 1
Hess limited the Pacers to just three hits while recording a pair of K's and no walks. Clark and Behr each had two hits.

The Griffins got out of a bases loaded jam in the second inning when Hess was able to get a force play at the plate and then a strikeout to keep the Marywood off the scoreboard.

With two outs in the fourth inning, Behr smacked a double to score pinch runner Emily Shaheen for the game's first run. Brianna Polly would follow with another clutch two-out double to plate Behr for a 2-0 lead.

Marywood would look to answer in the top of the fifth with a one-out double but Hess and company were able to keep the Pacers scoreless when Alyssa Morales fielded a grounder to end the threat. Morales tripled with one out in the home half of the inning and score on Lauren Waller's base hit. Waller got herself to second on a stolen base to setup another two-out RBI single from Tori Sherwood for the four-run lead.

Hess would retire the Pacers in order in the sixth. In the seventh Marywood would put a runner on but Amanda Clark would gun down a potential stolen base to help preserve the shutout victory.

Game 2
Both teams combined for 19 runs and 27 hits in the nightcap as the teams traded leads four times total.

Marywood capitalized on a pair of Griffin errors to plate three runs in the first. However Christoffers and Behr would answer with solo home runs to trail 3-2 after one inning of play.

The Pacers would score again on a Griffin miscue in the third and would hold a 4-2 lead heading into the bottom of the fourth. Waller would start a rally in the home half of the fourth with a lead-off single and stolen base. Sherwood would follow to plate Waller to cut into the lead. Sherwood would later score in the inning tying the game at 4-4 when she scored on a Pacer error with two outs.

In the fifth, another Griffin error would lead to a Marywood run but Gwynedd would respond with RBI's from Waller and Alex Kinal to lead 6-5 heading into the sixth.
Marywood would retake the lead in the sixth on a pair of RBI doubles. The Griffins took the lead for goo in the home half, getting a big two-run double from Amanda Clark and an even bigger two-run triple from Waller as part of a five-run frame.

The Pacers would not go quietly in their final at bats putting a pair of runners on and scoring a run but Hess would induce a pop up to close the book on the 11-8 victory.

Christoffers was 4-for-4 and was a triple shy of the cycle. Clark and Waller each finished with three hits. Hess earned the win in relief of starter Morales, who went into the sixth.

Gwynedd returns back to action tomorrow traveling to Keystone College. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.