Standish, ME - The SJC softball squad took advantage of red-hot hitting to post a 10-2, 4-0 sweep of Lyndon State on Monday. SO Aly Ludwig (Waldoboro, ME) was 4/4 and JR Megan Farrell (Abington, MA) was 3/3 to lead the Monks in game 1.

St. Joe's had a season-high 18 hits in the opener and SO Gabrielle Burrola (Gallup, NM) earned her seventh win. The Monks got to work early after Ludwig hit a lead-off single and stole second. FY Anna Willis (Gorham, ME) singled and stole second and Ludwig went on to score on the throw. Burrola ripped a 2-RBI homer to put St. Joe's up 3-0.

The Hornets closed the gap in the second with two runs on three hits but St. Joe's kept the pressure on adding 4 more runs in the bottom of the inning. Ludwig and Willis both singled and Ludwig scored on an error and Farrell singled to score Willis. FY Liddy van der Linden (Worcester, MA) drilled a 2-RBI double to make it 8-2.

An RBI-single by SR Amanda Roy (Winslow, ME) in the fourth gave the Monks a comfortable 9-2 lead, but St. Joe's plated two more runs in the fifth. FY Jillian Kimball (Albany Twp., ME) notched her second single of the game and scored on a single by FY Kayla Soucy (Colebrook, NH) and SR Jaime Daugherty (Bass Harbor, ME) singled and scored on a hit by FY Christy Wezowicz (Granville, MA).

Willis and van der Linden finished 2/3 for the Monks.

In game 2, SR Colleen Delahanty (Warren, ME) went the distance, allowing just 6 hits and earning the win for the Monks. Roy was the story, finishing 2/2 with a triple, 2 RBI and a run. After two scoreless innings, the Monks offense got to work in the third. Burrola cracked a 2-RBI double after Roy singled and Willis reached on an error to give St. Joe's a 2-0 lead.

St. Joe's extended the lead in the fourth as van der Linden singled, went to second on a wild pitch and third on a fielder's choice. Roy crushed a 2-RBI triple to secure the win for the Monks.