Maroons Sweep North Park

CHICAGO -- The University of Chicago softball team swept a doubleheader from North Park University Tuesday at Stagg Field, winning 15-1 and 3-1.

Game 1 Summary & Highlights

Junior P Kim Cygan (Lake Barrington, Ill./ Barrington) allowed two hits over four innings and drove in five runs as the Maroons rolled to a 15-1 game one victory.
The Maroons scored four runs in the first inning, seven in the second, and two each in the third and fourth frames.
Cygan (9-2) held the Vikings hitless until the top of the fourth inning when Sonya Le doubled to left field.
Senior 2B Julia Schneider (Edgewater, N.J./ Dwight-Englewood), sophomore CF Kaitlyn Carpenter (Des Moines, Iowa/ East), and Cygan each had three hits. Schneider and junior RF Samantha Hobson (Apex, N.C./ Enloe) both collected two RBIs.
Freshman LF Raechel Cloud (Wilmette, Ill./ New Trier) (pictured) scored three runs and drove in one.

Game 2 Summary & Highlights

Two-out RBI singles from Schneider and Cloud in the bottom of the fifth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the Maroons to the 3-1 win in Tuesday's nightcap.
Chicago (17-7) scored in the bottom of the first before the Vikings (17-7) evened the score with a run in the top of the third.
In the decisive fifth inning, Carpenter doubled with one out and came around to score the go-ahead run on Schneider's two-out single through the left side. Two batters later, Cloud singled home Schneider.
Senior P Sarah Neuhaus (Berkeley, Calif./ Berkeley) went the distance, scattering seven hits and two walks while fanning seven. She improved to 6-4 on the season.

Notes

North Park had won six straight and 11 of 12 heading into Tuesday's action.
Chicago extended its winning streak over North Park to seven games.
Senior 1B Liz Payonk (Palos Heights, Ill./ Stagg) went 1-for-3 in the first game and 1-for-2 in game two to extend her hitting streak to 10 games.
The Maroons improved to 17-1 when scoring the game's first run.

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