LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle softball team continued its winning ways on Saturday, sweeping Warner on the road by scores of 5-1 and 6-1. The Eagles are now 14-11 on the season and 4-0 in conference, while the Royals fall to 8-12 overall and 0-2 in TSC play.
 
Game 1 – ERAU 5, WU 1
 
The Eagles got on the board first in game one thanks to a third-inning RBI bunt single from Dee Espinosa on a squeeze play that scored Sarah Huey, giving ERAU a 1-0 lead.
 
Warner tied things up in the bottom half on a Stefani Bonilla RBI double, scoring Darier Malone.
 
Embry-Riddle took a 4-1 lead in the top of the fifth on a three-run home run off the bat of Espinosa that cleared the center-field fence with ease.
 
Jessica Osteen doubled home Ariel Brayer to give ERAU an insurance run in the sixth, increasing the lead to 6-1, which would prove to be the final score.
 
Robi Zimmerman (6-6) got the complete game victory, allowing one run on five hits, walking none and striking out three.
 
Espinosa was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, while Huey was 2-for-3 with a walk, stolen base and two runs scored.
 
Chelsie Valentine (4-3) took the complete game loss, giving up five runs on eight hits with one walk and one strikeout.
 
Bonilla went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI and Malone was 1-for-2 with a run scored for the Royals.
 
Game 2 – ERAU 6, WU 1
 
The Blue and Gold opened game two with a pair of runs in the first, scoring just seven pitches into the game. Huey led off with a double and Talia Barraco bunted her over to third, but the third baseman threw the ball down the right-field line, allowing Huey to score. Three batters later, Osteen singled up the middle to score Espinosa, making it 2-0.
 
After the Royals picked up a run in the second, ERAU regained its two-run lead on an Espinosa single that allowed Huey to score.
 
Huey helped build the lead to 5-1 with a two-run triple in the fourth, and Barraco followed with a double on the next pitch, scoring Huey to make it a 6-1 ballgame.
 
Neither side was able to dent the scoreboard for the rest of the game, giving ERAU a 6-1 lead and a doubleheader sweep.
 
Alexis Estrada (8-5) got the complete game victory, allowing one run on five hits with one walk and two strikeouts.
 
Huey was 2-for-4 with a double and a triple, two RBIs and three runs scored. Anna Battison was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored, and Osteen was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
 
Hayley Padgett (0-5) was tagged with the loss, going four innings and allowing six runs (three earned) on 10 hits without recording a walk or a strikeout.
 
Bonilla was 2-for-3 with two doubles while Shannon Cataldo finished 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI.
 
The Eagles return home to Daytona Beach to take on Columbia in a non-conference doubleheader on Monday, March 24. First pitch for game one is set for 4 p.m.