Softball | 3/13/2015 2:58:00 PM

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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Nazareth's softball team claimed a pair of one-run victories Friday to extend their winning streak to five games and to complete their spring break tour of Florida with an overall record of 6-4. The Golden Flyers defeated St. Joseph's of Maine, 4-3, in the first game and then held off Swarthmore in the second game, 3-2.

Against St. Joe's Nazareth rallied to score three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to claim the victory. Against Swarthmore, the Golden Flyers got solid pitching from senior Nicole Bayona, who improved her record to 3-1 by scattering six hits and striking out three.

Nazareth scored a run against St. Joe's in the bottom of the first after junior Morgan Ross led off with a double and scored on a fielding error. After the Monks regained the lead at 2-1 with a run in the fifth, Nazareth scored three times in the bottom of the sixth. Maureen Rogers and Carly Pike lpened the frame with singles. Pinch-runner Natalie Johns and Pike each came around to score after a single by Sophia Rhoades and a fielding error. Freshman Jenna Donald entered as a pinch runner for Rhoades and scored on a single by Cydney Luke.

The Monks threatened to tie the game in the seventh as three hits and two errors enabled one run to score. With the tying and go-ahead runners on base, sophomore pitcher Nicole White got the last two batters out on a pop up to the mound and a strikeout. Ross, Pike and Luke each recorded two hits,

In the second game, Nazareth carried a shutout into the seventh inning, when Swarthmore rallied to score two runs. The game ended after Swarthmore had a run-scoring hit and the runner on first was thrown out attempting to advance to third.

Nazareth scored once in the second inning after a lead-off single and a stolen base by Pike, who scored one out later on the single by Luke. Two more runs came across in the fourth inning on an RBI triple by Sarah Papponetti and a single by Ross. Bayona was then one out away from pitching shutout when an error and three hits produced the Garnet's two runs.

The Golden Flyers hit well during their 10-game trip, posting a .306 team batting average with 20 extra-base hits. Rhoades and Luke batted .484 and .419 respectively. Ross batted .278 with two home runs and seven runs batted in and Pike batted .364 with a home and run and eight runs scored.

Nazareth is scheduled to open its home schedule March 24 with a doubleheader against Cortland at 4 p.m.