BOX SCORE 1 | BOX SCORE 2 GREENSBORO, N.C. – Freshman Alexis Bower (Cogan Station, Pa./Williamsport Area) had four hits and a pitching victory in two games Saturday as the Saint Francis softball team moved to 3-0 on the young season with an 11-0 win over North Carolina A&T and an 11-3 victory over Morgan State.
 
The Red Flash jumped on host North Carolina A&T early, posting innings of five, four and three runs in its first three at-bats. In the five-run first, Bower singled home Lindsey Reid (Bear, Del./Caravel Academy) and Davina Kachnovitz (Bear, Del./Glasgow) to make it 2-0. With two outs in the inning and two runners on, Kate Blattenberger (Martinsburg, Pa./Central) hit a three-run bomb to left to make it 5-0.
 
In the second, Chelsy Cosentino (New Kensington, Pa./Kiski Area) doubled home Bower and Reid, and Taylor Parsons (Bellefonte, Pa./Bald Eagle) tripled to center field to plate Cosentino. Blattenberger picked up another RBI when she chased Parsons home with a single to right.
 
Kachnovitz walked after one out in the third and scored on Cosentino's triple with two outs. She later scored on a passed ball to round out the scoring.
 
Cosentino and Blattenberger joined Bower with two hits in the game, and Blattenberger led the team with four RBIs. Four Red Flash players scored two runs. Bower also pitched all five innings in the win, allowing just two hits while striking out three.
 
The Flash scored seven runs in the third inning against Morgan State. Parsons and Sabrie Neeb (Front Royal, Va./Skyline) led off the inning with back-to-back home runs, and SFU would get just one more hit in the inning. The Morgan State defense helped by committing three errors to allow four more runs to pass. Bower hit a sacrifice fly in the first to give the Flash the lead, and she had a two-run single to right in the second to make it 3-0.
 
Bower finished the day with six RBIs after getting four against Morgan State.
 
The Red Flash faces Morgan State again tomorrow to close its weekend in Greensboro.