CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. – Senior Carolyn Clites recorded three RBIs, including the 100th of her career, to lead the Centenary University softball team to a doubleheader sweep of Clarks Summit in Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) action on Saturday.

The Cyclones took game one by a 9-1 score and snapped a 12-game losing streak in the process. Clites became the third player in program history with 100 or more career RBIs as her three RBIs in game two helped secure an 11-0 victory and the sweep.

Game One Recap (Centenary Won 9-1)
The Cyclones scored at least one run in each of the first four innings of game one.

Sophomore Jessica Hewitt lifted a sac fly to center field in the first inning which scored freshman Tessa Ferentinos with the first run of the game. Sophomore Juli Wright then tripled to right field and Clites scored on the play.

Senior Ashley Eisenstein extended the Centenary lead to 3-0 with an RBI infield single in the second.

Centenary added two more runs in the third and pushed its advantage to 5-0 in the third inning. Wright delivered an RBI single in the inning before freshman Courtney Deloughery knocked in a run with an RBI groundout.

The Cyclones plated four runs on four hits in the top of the fourth and led 9-0 in the game. Hewitt, Wright and Deloughery recorded three straight RBI singles before senior Raychel Piserchia reached on an error to force in the fourth run of the inning.

Clarks Summit got one of those runs back in the bottom of the fourth as Alexa Wagner reached on an error and a run scored. However, that was all the Defenders could get as the Cyclones claimed the 9-1 victory.

Senior Sammie Darling delivered a strong performance in the circle to earn the win. She gave up just one unearned run on four hits in five innings of work. Darling also recorded four strikeouts in the contest. Allison Glennon took the loss after giving up nine runs on 11 hits in five innings.

Wright was 3-for-3 with three RBIs while Hewitt finished 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBIs for the Cyclones. Eisenstein added three hits while Clites scored three runs.

Molly Ayala had a hit and a run scored for Clarks Summit.

Game Two Recap (Centenary Won 11-0)
Clites got things started for the Cyclones with an RBI double in the first inning that scored Ferentinos.

In the second inning, Piserchia reached on an infield single and then used a trio of wild pitches to scored the second run of the game.

The Cyclones broke things open in a big way as they sent 13 batters to the plate and scored nine runs on nine hits, which made it an 11-0 game. Clites had a pair of RBI singles in the frame, the first of which gave her 100 RBIs for her career.

Darling added a two-run single in the inning while Hewitt and Eisenstein each contributed RBI singles.

That was all the offense, the Cyclones would need as they claimed the 11-0 win.

Hewitt earned the win as she gave up one hit and struck out three in three innings of work. Freshman Samantha Gabriele went the final two innings and surrendered just the one hit with a strikeout. Ayala gave up 11 runs on 11 hits in the loss for the Defenders.

Clites had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Cyclones while Eisenstein had two hits and two runs scored. Ferentinos and Piserchia each scored two runs for the Cyclones.

The Cyclones close out the regular season on Monday, April 30 as they travel to Marywood for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.