WESTERVILLE, Ohio – Mount Union's softball team swept an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader against Otterbein on Saturday afternoon, winning game one 2-0 and winning game two 10-1 in five innings.

The Purple Raiders (19-4, 4-0 OAC) would strike first in game one when sophomore Faith Reicosky (North Canton / Hoover) grounded out to second base and brought in sophomore Sydney Mercer (Salem / West Branch) to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Mount Union would add to their lead in the top half of the fourth when sophomore Lydia Brunner (Minerva) hit a sacrifice fly to center field to bring home sophomore Emily Denney (Polan / Poland Seminary) to make the lead two runs.

The Cardinals (6-12, 1-3 OAC) wouldn't be able to plate any runs over the final three innings as the Raiders would go on to take game one 2-0.

Sophomore Kendyll Cahill (Grove Port / Grove Port Madison) got the start in the circle for Mount Union and pitched a complete game shutout, giving up just two hits and striking out 11.

The Raiders would strike first again in game two when junior Adri George (Eastlake / North) brought in Mercer with a sacrifice fly to centerfield to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Mount Union would add to their lead in the third inning when Cahill hit a two-run homerun to right center to extend the lead to three runs.
The Raiders would add to their lead again in the fourth inning with a massive seven run inning, the first three runs came off a three-run homerun from Mercer and then back-to-back doubles from sophomores Faith Kiko (North Canton / Hoover) and Brookyln Schlabach (Apple Creek / Waynedale) brought in three more before the final run was scored by Brunner after an error by the Otterbein third baseman to make the lead 10-0.

The Cardinals would answer with a run of their own when Isa Lewis hit an RBI to right field that scored Kennedi Endsley to cut the lead to 10-1 but that is as close as they would get as the Raiders would take game two 10-1 in five innings.

Cahill got the start in the circle again for Mount Union and gave up one run, zero earned on three hits and struck out two in four innings of action. Freshman Emma Reese (Alliance) would come in to pitch the final inning in relief and gave up zero runs on one hit and struck out one.

The Raiders return home next when they host Baldwin Wallace in an OAC matchup on Wednesday, April 10 at the 23^rd Street Softball Field in Alliance, with game one beginning at 3 p.m. and game two at 5 p.m.