Flash Points:

• SFU Softball earned another NEC sweep on Sunday, winning both games at Central Connecticut State.
• The Red Flash won the first game 3-1 before completing the sweep with a 9-2 victory in game two.
• Saint Francis picked up its 12th straight win and its 27th win in the last 28 games to improve to 39-9 overall and 12-0 in the NEC.
• With today's sweep, SFU has already clinched a spot in the NEC Tournament and needs just one win next weekend to clinch the top seed and home field advantage.
• SFU is the first NEC team since LIU Brooklyn in 2009 to finish the regular season with a perfect record in NEC road games.
• The Red Flash broke the NEC season steals record and the SFU season strikeout record.
• Junior Jordan Seneca (Plum, Pa./Plum) broke her own SFU season home run record with her 19th of the season, which also ties the NEC record.

NEW BRITAIN, CONN. – The Saint Francis Softball team completed a perfect NEC road schedule with a sweep at Central Connecticut State on Sunday.  The Red Flash earned a 3-1 win in game one and a 9-2 victory in game two. 
 
Saint Francis improved to 39-9 overall and 12-0 in the NEC.  The Red Flash has won 27 of its last 28 games, with its last two losses coming in extra innings.  SFU extended its win streak to 12 with today's victories.

With today's sweep, SFU has already clinched a berth in the NEC Tournament.  The Red Flash needs just one win next weekend to clinch the top seed, and home field advantage, in the tournament.  Robert Morris currently sits in second place with a 7-3 NEC record, but SFU's sweep over RMU on April 14 would give SFU the advantage in the tiebreaker if both teams would finish the regular season with the same NEC record.
 
The Red Flash finished its NEC road schedule with an 8-0 record for the first time in program history.  SFU is the first NEC team to go undefeated in its conference road schedule since LIU Brooklyn in 2009.
 
Saint Francis stole six bases today, including five in the second game.  SFU has collected 90 steals this season, a new NEC record after breaking the 85-stolen base mark set by UMBC in 1999 and 2000. 
 
The Red Flash struck out 24 batters today, with 12 in each game, bringing its season total up to 253 strikeouts this year.  That is a new SFU season record, topping 250 strikeouts by the 2009 team.  Freshman Abby Trahan (Kaplan, La./Kaplan) struck out 13 batters in six innings of relief on the day.
 
With her solo home run in game one, junior Jordan Seneca (Plum, Pa./Plum) tallied her 19th home run of the season.  Seneca set a new SFU season record, bettering the mark she set last season, and tied the NEC record, set by Mount St. Mary's Rachel Heinze, also set last year.
 
Seneca drove in two runs on the day to bring her season RBI total to 59, which ties the SFU season record that she set last season.  Seneca is just five RBI away from tying the NEC record, set by Monmouth's Heather Gordon in 2007. 
 
The Red Flash plays its final non-conference series on Wednesday, April 26 when it visits Penn State.  A doubleheader will begin at 5 p.m. at Beard Field.  The Nittany Lions are 20-26 overall and 6-11 in the Big Ten.
 
First Game
Senior Ethel Santai (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove Area) started in the circle for the Red Flash.  Santai went three innings, allowing one run on one hit.  She struck out three batters and walked two.  Freshman Abby Trahan (Kaplan, La./Kaplan) replaced Santai to start the fourth inning.  Trahan struck out six of the first seven batters she faced, striking out the side in the fourth, and finished the game with nine strikeouts over four innings.  Trahan did not give up a hit and walked one batter.  Trahan improved to 13-3 on the season. 
 
Junior Emily Sargent threw a complete game for CCSU.  She allowed three runs, one earned, on eight hits.  Sargent struck out six batters and walked two.
 
Junior Jordan Seneca (Plum, Pa./Plum) hit a solo homer in the first inning and scored two runs to lead the SFU offense.  Sophomore Hayley Norton (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) drove in two runs and had two doubles.  Senior Kindra Witthus (Hudson, Wis./Hudson) added a triple, while freshman Halle Marion (Middletown, Pa./Middletown) had a hit and a run. 
 
Junior Alexis Debrosse tallied CCSU's only hit of the game, a solo home run in the first inning.  Only four CCSU batters reached base.
 
The Red Flash jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a solo home run by Seneca.  On the second at-bat of the game, Seneca launched a fly ball over the fence in center field. 
 
Central Connecticut State answered in the bottom of the first with a leadoff homer by Alexis Debrosse to right center.  The game was tied 1-1 after the first inning.
 
Saint Francis added two runs in the top of the third.  Marion led off the inning with an infield single to the shortstop.  Witthus moved to Marion to second with a sacrifice bunt.  Seneca was then intentionally walked to setup runners on first and second for Norton, who crushed a double to right-center to drive in Marion and Seneca.  SFU led 3-1 going into the bottom of the third.
 
Second Game
Senior Ketarah DeVries (Forreston, Ill./Forreston) started game two for the Red Flash.  DeVries improved to 11-5 on the year, going five innings.  DeVries allowed two runs on three hits.  She struck out eight batters and walked two.  DeVries did not allow a hit until the fifth inning and had retired seven straight batters until that single.  Abby Trahan (Kaplan, La./Kaplan) closed out the game with two perfect innings, including four strikeouts. 
 
Sophomore Alex Casanas threw the first five innings for Central Connecticut State.  She gave up nine runs, eight earned, on 13 hits.  She struck out two batters and walked one.  Emily Sargent pitched the final two innings, striking out three while walking one and allowing one hit.
 
Kindra Witthus (Hudson, Wis./Hudson) had two hits and two RBI to pace the Red Flash offense in game two.  Cheyenne McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) also drove in two runs.  Madison Cabell (Ivor, Va./Southampton) and Kassidy Troxell (Navarre, Ohio/Perry) each went two-for-four with a double and two RBI and Troxell scored two runs.  Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) and Jordan Seneca (Plum, Pa./Plum) each contributed an RBI double, while Halle Marion (Middletown, Pa./Middletown) and Hayley Norton (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) each had two hits, with Marion scoring two runs and Norton crossing the plate once.
 
CCSU did not record a hit through the first four innings and ended the game with three hits.  Alexis Debrosse hit a two-run double, while Alicia Bertolino and Kaleigh Edwards each had a base knock. 
 
Saint Francis took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second.  Troxell led off the inning with by lining a double to center.  Marion sent a groundball through the left side of the infield to put runners on first and third. Witthus then grounded out to third, but allowed Troxell to cross the plate.  C. McKee followed by reaching on an error on a pop fly in the infield.  On the play, Marion hustled home for the second run of the inning.
 
The Red Flash extended its lead to 3-0 with a run in the top of the third.  Norton hit a hard line drive to center for a leadoff single.  Cabell then lined a double down the left field line, allowing Norton to score from first. 
 
Saint Francis added a run in the top of the fourth.  Marion started the inning with a line-drive single to right.  Marion then stole second.  A single to left by Witthus put runners at the corners for C. McKee.  A groundball to second resulted in a fielder's choice, but allowed Marion to cross the plate.  SFU led 4-0 going to the bottom of the fourth. 
 
The Red Flash exploded for five runs in the top of the fifth.  Cabell led off the inning with a single to left.  Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) then lined a double to the wall in center to score pinch-runner Meg Murzello (Maple Shade, N.J./Holy Cross) from first.  McKee stole third before a single to center by Troxell brought her home. 
 
Freshman Adrian Smith (Clairsville, Ohio/St. Clairsville) drew a walk.  Troxell and Smith then moved up to second and third on a double steal.  Witthus followed with a single to left to drive in Troxell.  A sacrifice fly to right by C. McKee plated Smith from third.  Seneca then sent a hard line drive to left for a double, bringing home Witthus.  SFU lead 9-0 after the top of the fifth.
 
CCSU saved itself from a mercy-rule loss with two runs in the bottom of the fifth.  After Edwards recorded CCSU's first hit of the game and Bertolino singled, a double by Debrosse plated both runners.  Saint Francis led 9-2 after five innings.