ELGIN, Ill. - Combining for 17 hits and 14 runs in two games, the Judson University softball team moved two games above .500 with the sweep of Purdue-North Central (20-22/5-9) in CCAC play. Judson is now 18-16 and 4-6 in the CCAC. Haley Secor and Nicole Dimiceli both went 4-of-6 on the day as Dimiceli had three RBI and two home runs and Secor provided two RBI. Judson hit four home runs on the day as Dimiceli (2), Lizzy Jacobson, and Allison Catlett all contributed.

Game 1

Judson 4, Purdue-North Central 3

Haley Secor gave Judson the one-run lead they needed in the bottom of the sixth inning and then Lizzy Jacobson finished off the Panthers in the top of the seventh to take game one, 4-3. With one out, Secor looped a ball right field just enough to score Brittany Holm and Dimiceli. Jacobson finished off Purdue-North Central in the top of the seventh with two groundouts and a pop out to end the game.

Jacobson went the distance and improved to 9-4 on the year with one strikeout on seven hits and three earned runs. Dimiceli, Jacobson, and Secor all went 2-of-3 in the game. Secor had two RBI while Dimiceli and Jacobson had one on solo home runs.

Purdue-North Central struck first with a run in the third inning but then Judson added two in the bottom of the fourth. After a groundout to start the inning, Dimiceli and Jacobson hit back-to-back home runs to take the 2-1 lead. It was Dimiceli's 10^th of the year.

Adding two runs in the top of the sixth to retake the lead, 3-2, Purdue-North Central could not hold onto the win as Judson put up two in the bottom of the inning. Dimiceli and Jacobson started off the inning with two straight singles and then advanced to second and third on a Carrie Sensor sacrifice bunt. Secor followed with her loop single that gave Judson the lead for good.

Karissa Inglis took the loss for Purdue-North Central as she gave up the runs for the Judson win.

Game 2

Judson 10, Purdue-North Central 2

Scoring seven runs in the first two innings, Judson went on to take the five-inning game putting up three runs in the fourth for the 10-2 win. Sarah Boyer pitched the five-inning win to improve to 6-5 and had three strikeouts on four hits and two earned runs. Dimiceli, Secor, and Allison Catlett all went 2-of-3 in the game as Catlett had three RBI on a home run and double. Dimiceli provided two RBI with her 11^th home run of the year.

Sensor was the lone run in the first inning to make it 1-0. She walked as the second batter of the game but advanced to second and then third when Dimiceli fouled out to the catcher. On the next pitch, Purdue-North Central's Sandi Downs had a passed ball as Sensor crossed the plate.

The second inning was the big one for Judson as they put up six runs to make it 7-0. After a Secor single to start the inning, Catlett smashed her third home run of the year for a three-run lead. Three batters later, Concetta Lampugnano had her first triple of the year as Hallie Niewold crossed the plate for the third run of the inning. Sensor then provided a deep single to the shortstop as Lampugnano came home. Dimiceli singled to get on base with Sensor and then both of them stole bases with Sensor heading home on a throwing error to third base. On the very next play, Dimiceli stole third and then came home on another Downs' throwing error to third to complete the six runs in the inning.

Purdue-North Central tried to make it interesting by scoring two in the fourth inning to cut the lead to five, 7-2, but in the bottom of the inning Judson put up three runs for the eight-run advantage. Three batters into the inning, Dimiceli cracked her 11^th home run of the year over centerfield to make it 9-2 and then two batters later Catlett doubled in Secor to make it 10-2.

Judson will travel to Deerfield, Ill., on Wednesday, April 14^th, for a CCAC double header with Trinity International at 3:00 p.m.