LORETTO, PA-The Red Flash used a pair of late-inning comebacks to sweep a doubleheader from the Bucknell Bison, winning game one 8-7 and game two 9-8 on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
In game one, the Red Flash answered a five-run sixth inning by Bucknell with six of their own in the bottom of the inning. Cheyenne McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) cleared the bases with a double and came into score on a throwing error by the catcher, sister Sierra followed with an opposite-field homer to cap the comeback.
 
In game two, Saint Francis answered the Bison comeback with one of their own in the seventh. After Bucknell took their first lead, 7-6 in the top of the seventh, Mikayla Bower (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) came through with a two-run, game-winning single in the bottom of the inning.
 
GAME ONE RECAP
Bucknell took the early lead in game one, using some small ball, a walk, a single and a pair of sacrifices to bring home the first run. The Bison added to the lead with a lead-off solo homer in the fourth. The Red Flash answered in the fifth, MeKenzie Saban (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills) hit her league-leading 20^th double of the season and advanced to third as Tayven Rousseau (Beaver, Pa./Beaver) was thrown out at the plate. Cheyenne McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) drove home Saban with a sac fly and Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) followed with a solo homer to tie the game.
 
The Bison took advantage of a Saint Francis error in the sixth, scoring five unearned runs to take a 7-2 lead, highlighted by a three-run home run. Undeterred, the Red Flash rallied back with a six-spot in their half of the sixth. Jordan Frank (DuBois, Pa./DuBois Central Catholic) got things started with a lead-off single, and a walk to Kassidy Troxell (Navarre, Ohio/Perry) and a single by Halle Marion (Middletown, Pa./Middletown) made it 7-3. Saban followed with a single to load the bases and Cheyenne McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) tied the game with a bases clearing double, with McKee scoring the tying on a Bison throwing error. Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) followed with a solo shot over the right field wall that proved to be the game winner.
 
Meadow Uncapher (Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant High School) came on in relief of Christina Clark (Avon, Ohio/Avon High School) and got the final four outs to earn her sixth win of the season.
 
GAME ONE SCORING RECAP
T3| Rivait singled…Volpe singled up the middle, Rivait to second…Alemany out p to 2b on sac bunt, Rivait to third, Volpe to second…Gimmestad hit sac fly to center, Rivait scored…1-0 Bison
T4| Hadley homered to right center…2-0 Bison
B5| Rousseau singled to left…Saban doubled to left center, advanced to third on throw, Rousseau out at home, LF-SS-C…S McKee homered to left…2-2
T6| Wolfgang doubled down LF line...Hom reached on error by pitcher, Wolfgang to third…Lichtenwalner homered to left, Wolfgang scored, Hom scored…Rivait singled…Volpe homered to center, Rivait scored…7-2 Bison
B6| Frank singled to right…Bower grounded out, Frank to second…Troxell walked, Frank to third on wild pitch…Marion singled to center, Frank scored…Saban singled, Troxell to third, Marion to second…C McKee doubled to left center, advanced to third on throw, scored on throwing error by catcher, Troxell scored, Marion scored, Saban scored…S McKee homered to right…8-7 SFU
 
GAME TWO RECAP
The long ball was the name of the game in the nightcap on Saturday. Back-to-back solo homers for Bucknell in the first staked them to an early lead. Hayley Norton (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) responded with a towering opposite-field two-run blast that stayed inside the left field line and tied the game in the bottom of the inning. In the second, Allyn Bezjak (Uniontown, Pa./Albert Gallatin High School) hit her second career homer, a two-run shot to give SFU the lead, MeKenzie Saban (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills) and Cheyenne McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) followed with back-to-back solo homers to give Saint Francis a 6-2 lead.
 
Bucknell began chipping away at the lead in the third with a solo homer and scoring a second tally on a fielder's choice. Tayven Rousseau (Beaver, Pa./Beaver) answered back in the fourth with her first collegiate homer, a solo dinger to put Saint Francis up three. The Bison continued the rally in the sixth, climbing within a run off a wild pitch and a run-scoring groundout. An inning later, they took the lead on a two-run opposite field homer.
 
Again, the Red Flash didn't panic and answered back. Cheynee McKee doubled to lead off the inning and was moved to third on a Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) grounder. Hayley Norton (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) then walked and advanced to second on a passed ball. Mikayla Bower (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) then stepped in and drove a low fastball back through the middle to bring home McKee and a hustling Norton to walk it off for the Saturday sweep.
 
Christina Clark (Avon, Ohio/Avon High School) battled through the final two innings and picked up her team-best 11^th win of the season.
 
GAME TWO SCORING RECAP
T1|  Gimmestad homered to left…Wolfgang homered to center…2-0 Bison
B1| C. McKee singled….Norton homered to left… 2-2
B2| Troxell singled up the middle…Bezjak homered to left, Troxell scored…Saban homered to left center…C McKee homered to right center…6-2 SFU
T3| Rivait homered to left…Hadley walked…Gimmestad reached on fielder's choice, Hadley safe on error by 2B…Wolfgang walked, Hadley to third, Gimmestad to second…Fairbanks out on groundout, Hadley scored…6-4 SFU
B4| Rousseau homered to left…7-4 SFU
T6| Egofske hit by pitch, Mariano doubled to left, Egofske to third…Wild pitch scored Egofske, Mariano to third… Rivait grounded out to ss, Mariano scored…7-6 SFU
T7| Hadley singled…Gimmestad homered to right center…8-7 Bison
B7| C McKee doubled to right center…S McKee grounded out, C McKee to third…Norton walked, advanced to second on passed ball…Bower singled up the middle, McKee scored, Norton scored…9-8 SFU
 
With the wins, the Red Flash improved to 23-27 on the season while Bucknell drops to 26-21. The Red Flash are back in action on Sunday, hosting NEC-leading LIU Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon for a twin bill. First pitch from Loretto is set for noon.