GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Arcadia University softball team recorded its second sweep in as many days Monday night, downing Muhlenberg 8-0 in six innings in game one and 5-4 in game two in non-conference action on Blankley Field. The Knights improved to 22-10 on the season, while the Mules fell to 12-22.
 
GAME 1: ARCADIA 8, MUHLENBERG 0 (6 INNINGS)
HOW IT HAPPENED: The Scarlet and Grey jumped out to a 3-0 lead with just one swing of the bat in the bottom of the second inning as sophomore Jackie Bilotti sent a bases-loaded, two-out pitch deep to left field for a base-clearing double.  That margin would quickly extend to 5-0 in the bottom of the third as freshman Julia Gessner singled to left to score junior Amanda Hess from third one batter before classmate Bekah Good singled down the right field line to bring home freshman Mary Pat Murray.
 
Bilotti sent a one-out triple to left center in the bottom of the fourth inning, before scoring on a single to right field from classmate Kristin Cancelliere for a 6-0 Arcadia lead. The Knights finished the game off with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Two batters after Cancelliere sent a one-out double to center field she scored on a double down the right field line by Murray. Freshman Tori Zangrilli and Gessner walked in the next two at-bats to move Murray to third, before Good plated her with the game-winning single.
 
ARCADIA AT THE PLATE: Murray led the Knights with a 3-4 game, including two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored. Bilotti, Cancelliere and Good each recorded two hits; Bilotti also had a game-high three RBI while Good drove in two runs.
 
MUHLENBERG AT THE PLATE: Allyson Sweeney and Sarah Siclari each had a hit for the Mules.
 
 IN THE CIRCLE: Freshman Kylee Schwind moved to 11-6 on the season, throwing six shutout innings while allowing two hits with two walks and a strikeout. Haley Fedak (3-7) took the loss, allowing four runs on one hit with six walks in two-plus innings of work. Nicole Bergamo threw three innings, allowing two runs on six hits with a walk and two strikeouts, with Siclari throwing 0.2 innings while allowing two runs on three hits with two walks.
 
GAME 2: ARCADIA 5, MUHLENBERG 4
HOW IT HAPPENED: The visitors struck first in the nightcap when Hayley Peterson singled through the left side with two outs in the top of the second to bring Amelia Shelley home from second. Arcadia would get that run back and then some in the bottom of the third. With runners on second and third and no outs in the frame, Hess doubled down the left field line to plate Bilotti from third before a single through the left side by Murray in the next at-bat scored Cancelliere to give the Knights a 2-1 lead. Gessner singled two batters later to score Murray and Hess.
 
Courtney Simon was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the top of the fifth to bring home a run for the Mules, before Shelley singled up the middle in the next at-bat to bring in Hanna Caiola for the team's third run.
 
The difference maker came with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning when Cancelliere sent the first pitch she saw down the left field line to plate Good from third. Muhlenberg scored once in the top of the seventh on an RBI triple from Simon before Shelley grounded out the third to end the game.
 
ARCADIA AT THE PLATE: Bilotti and Hess each went 2-4, while Good was 2-3 as all three scored a run. Cancelliere, Murray, Zangrilli, Gessner and junior Marissa Mancinelli each had one hit. Gessner led the team with two RBI.
 
MUHLENBERG AT THE PLATE: Caiola and Shelly each went 2-4 with a run scored, with Shelley adding a double and an RBI. Seven other players recorded a base hit. Simon had a team-leading two RBI.
 
IN THE CIRCLE: Murray moved to 8-3 on the season as she allowed four runs on 10 hits with a walk and four strikeouts in seven innings of work. Peterson (8-6) took the loss, allowing five runs (four earned) on 11 hits with a walk and four strikeouts.