Game 1 | Game 2

OWINGS MILLS, Md. - A two-run homer by sophomore Jessica Bandzwolek (Fallston/Fallston) highlighted a four-run sixth inning and gave the Stevenson University softball team a come-from-behind 5-3 victory in game one of a non-conference doubleheader with Washington (Md.) on Saturday at Weinberg-Fine Stadium.

The win was the sixth-straight for the Mustangs (9-7) who dropped game two in extra innings, 8-7.

Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the sixth, Stevenson mounted a four-run, two-out rally to capture its fourth consecutive win at home.

Sophomore Michelle January (Baltimore/Eastern Tech) led off the inning with a single up the middle before back-to-back sacrifice bunts moved her to third. Junior Stacey Rouse (Catonsville/Mount de Sales) singled to right to score January.

Sophomore Laura Bedgar (Glen Rock, Pa./Susquehannock) tripled to score Rouse and tie the game at 3-3 before Bandzwolek's third home run of the year gave the Mustangs a 5-3 lead.

The Shorewomen (7-6) threatened in the top of the seventh with runners on second and third with two outs, but sophomore Julianne Roper (Baltimore/Western Tech) retired Leigh Carbutt for the fourth time with a swinging strikeout to end the game and preserve the win for Stevenson.

Roper allowed just five hits while striking out five to pick up her team-leading fifth win of the season. Bandzwolek was 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.

Game two had a lot of offense as there was 15 runs, 23 hits, five errors and four lead changes.

It was also eerily similar to game one as the Mustangs scored three runs with two outs in the bottom of the the sixth to take a 5-3 lead after Washington scored three runs over the first three innings to take a 3-1 lead.

The first three runs for the Shorewomen came on a solo home run by Tori Ripple and passed ball in the second before Ripple picked up her second RBI with a sacrifice fly to center in the third scored Margaret Rohde.

Junior Stacey Rouse (Catonsville/Mount de Sales) had an RBI double in the third and freshman Lisa Bilski (Forest Hill/Fallston) hit her second home run in the fourth to pull Stevenson within one, 3-2.

The Mustangs tied the game on a passed ball that scored Bilski in the sixth before freshman Mara DeLaus (Webster, N.Y./Webster-Schroeder) gave them a two-run lead with a two-run single up the middle that scored January and junior Sarah Moelter (Timonium/Dulaney).

Washington responded with three runs in the top of the seventh with the go-ahead run scoring on a passed ball.

However, Stevenson tied the game and forced extra innings in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by freshman Lauren Davis (Mechanicsville/Chopticon).

In the top of the eighth, the Shorewomen scored two runs, including another one on a passed ball which proved to be the game-winner.

Bilski and Moelter each finished the game 2-for-4 with Bilski adding two runs and an RBI. Moelter also struck out four in the circle, but suffered her third loss despite allowing just four earned runs.

Stevenson returns to CAC play on Sunday when it hosts a doubleheader with York (Pa.) beginning at 1:00 p.m.