EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. – The Wilkes softball team celebrated Senior Day at the Ralston Athletic Complex on Saturday afternoon, picking up two crucial Landmark Conference wins in a sweep of Elizabethtown College. Wilkes didn't allow a single run across both games, winning the first game by a 1-0 scoreline and the second game 2-0.

The Colonels improve to 18-10 on the year with a 7-5 record in Landmark Conference play, while the Blue Jays fall to 8-18 and 3-7 in conference play.

With the bases loaded in the bottom of the second Taylor Douple (Fredericksburg, PA/Northern Lebanon) was thrown out at first, but the hit allowed Hayden Calaman (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown Area) to score and put the Colonels on the board. Wilkes' defense, led by starting pitcher Sami Hendershott (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Valley), put together five shutout innings of play before fellow senior Hope Mullins (Midland, VA/Liberty) entered the game in the sixth.

Mullins finished off the Blue Jays completing the combined shutout, allowing only two hits through two innings with two strikeouts, picking up her first save of the season. Hendershott improved to 5-1 with the decision, pitching a no-hitter through five innings of work with four strikeouts. Four Colonels registered hits, while Douple picked up the game's lone RBI.

Only two Blue Jays earned hits, while Cierra Kunkle (3-5) pitched six innings allowing one unearned run on four hits in the loss.

Game two was a defensive battle much like the first game, highlighted by the Colonels getting out of a bases loaded jam in the top of the third inning thanks to two strikeouts by Lauren DeMarco (Merrick, NY/Sanford H. Calhoun). In the bottom of the same inning, Hana Cross (South Brunswick, NJ/South Brunswick) put Wilkes on the scoreboard with a towering two-run homer to left center.

Cross's seventh home run of the season gave the Colonels a 2-0 lead they wouldn't relinquish for the rest of the game, finishing off the sweep with lights-out defensive play.

DeMarco (9-1) continued her dominant pitching form, allowing only three hits with nine strikeouts in a complete-game performance. Cross led the team's offense as one of four Colonels with a hit and two RBIs.

Mikaela Benner (2-5) also pitched a complete game for the Blue Jays, allowing two earned runs on four hits with two strikeouts. Skye Zolomij went 2-for-3 to lead Elizabethtown at the plate.

Prior to the doubleheader, Wilkes celebrated seven senior softball student-athletes, Hendershott, Haylee Calaman (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown Area), Nicole Howell (Tunkhannock, PA/Tunkhannock Area), Megan Marshall (Bel Air, MD/C. Milton Wright), Mullins, Hayd. Calaman, and Douple, as a part of the Senior Day festivities.

The Colonels have a quick turnaround, as they are back in action Sunday, April 21, taking on DeSales University in a non-conference doubleheader on the road. First pitch for game one against the Bulldogs is set for 1:00 p.m.