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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Sophomore Carly Pike doubled home the winning runs in the first game and added a three-run homer in the second game as host Nazareth swept a softball doubleheader from Houghton Saturday. Nazareth won the first game in walk-off fashion, 5-4, and captured the nightcap, 8-1.

Nazareth improved to 5-11 overall with the non-conference victories, while Houghton remained winless at 0-22.

Pike had four hits and six runs batted in on the day. With Nazareth trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Morgan Ross and Kailey Ritch each singled to put the tying and winning runs on base. A sacrifice bunt by Maureen Rogers moved the runners to second and third and Sarah Cipperly walked to load the bases. Pike then drove the next pitch to right-center field for the game-winning double. Freshman Mary Greco, who pitched three innings of three-hit relief with three strikeouts, was the winning pitcher.

Nazareth scored twice in the first inning after Ritch drew a one-out walk and scored on a double by Cipperly. Pike followed with an RBI single to give Nazareth a 2-1 lead. After Houghton went ahead with single runs in the third and sixth innings, Nazareth evened the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the sixth on a bases-loaded single by Meg DeMario. Houghton regained the led in the top of the seventh with an unearned run, setting the stage for Pike's walk-off heroics in the bottom half of the inning.

Nazareth banged out a season-high 14 hits to dominate the second game. Ross went 3-for-4 and Ritch, Rogers and Pike had two hits each. The Golden Flyers plated five runs in the third -- all after two outs -- to erase a 1-0 deficit. Consecutive singles by Ross, Ritch, Rogers and Cipperly accounted for the first two runs. Pike then stepped up to deliver a three-run homer, her first of the season, to left-center field.

Three more runs came home in the fifth inning. Pike had a one-out double, advanced to third on a single by Sophia Rhoades and scored on a single by Shauna Bardanis. A single by Danae Wetherbee loaded the bases, then Rhoades scored on a sacrifice fly by Meghan Barry. Ross then added a run-scoring single.

Wetherbee pitched five solid innings, allowing four hits, to gain the pitching win. Nicole Bayona followed with two innings of no-hit relief.

Nazareth plays again Tuesday at the University of Rochester for a non-conference doubleheader, starting at 3 p.m.