DAYTON - The University of Dayton softball team swept its doubleheader against Akron Wednesday with 1-0 and 3-2 wins. The two-game tilt closes out the home portion of the Flyers 2018 regular-season schedule. Freshman Abby Ehrenborg was 2-for-5 at the plate on the day for UD.

Dayton improves to 25-20 on the year while Akron moves to 2-36-1 overall.

SCORING BREAKDOWN
Game One: Dayton 1, Akron 0
With only five total hits in the game, neither team was able to muster up much offense. In the bottom of the third inning, junior Madi Maloof led off the frame reaching base on a Zip fielding error, was sacrificed over to second by senior Jaclyn Kweder and then replaced on the bag by freshman Hannah Heraty. Junior Kayla Haberstich tallied a RBI on her triple to the right-field fence, plating Heraty for the game's only run scored. Senior left-handed pitcher Manda Cash recorded her 10th complete game of the year, held Akron to only two hits and tallied five strikeouts.
Winning pitcher: Cash (11-6)
Losing pitcher: Kayla Kmett (1-20)

Game Two: Dayton 3, Akron 2
Akron opened the second game by scoring two quick runs, one in each of the first two innings but Dayton plated two in the third to even the score. Maloof doubled to right-center field and Kweder again sacrificed her over. Heraty replaced Maloof at third base and she scored her second run of the day when the Zips were unable to get her out on a fielder's choice. Junior Kyle Davidson stole her team-leading 12th base of the season and made it home on a single by senior Kailee Budicin to set the score at 2-2. Both squads were scoreless through the next three innings but UD was able to keep the game from going to extra innings as Davidson used a two-out single to plate sophomore Ellie Ziegler for the game-winning run.
Winning pitcher: Cash (12-6) – junior Jessica Gilliam started the game and worked four innings
Losing pitcher: Kooper Vertz (0-11)

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• 9 = the number of strikeouts Cash and Gilliam combined for compared to four strikeouts recorded by the Flyer offense
• 0.50 = the combined Cash-Gilliam ERA over 14 innings pitched
• 10-to-4 = Dayton out-hit Akron 10-to-4 on the day
• 1-for-4 = Akron was only successful once in four total steal attempts. Dayton went 2-for-2 in stolen bases

UP NEXT
Dayton will hit the road this weekend for a three-game road series at George Mason April 28-29. The Flyers and Patriots will play a doubleheader Saturday at George Mason Softball Complex with first pitch set for 12 p.m.