GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College’s Shelby Helms and Sabrina Moreno each totaled two home runs over Sunday afternoon’s wet doubleheader with Wilson College, which the Quakers swept. Guilford claimed game one, 10-1, in five innings, and the nightcap, 9-4.
Helms drove in runs in every at-bat in game one, starting with her RBI-single in the bottom of the first inning to put the Quakers ahead. Four walks in the top of the second inning drove in the Phoenix’s lone run of the game to tie up the contest. Guilford then added nine unanswered runs, including an eight-run fourth frame where the Quakers produced eight hits, inlcuding Helms’ second home run in her consecutive at-bats. Sabrina Moreno followed Helms’ second home run with a home run of her own in the very next at-bat to cap an inning where the Quakers amassed four extra-base hits.
Guilford scored first in game one on a Taylor Boyd RBI-single in the first inning, but Wilson answered with a three-run third inning as Jenna Knable started the rally with a single through the right side. Two errors in the inning prolonged the frame as the Phoenix scored two more runs thanks to a dropped fly. The Quakers scored every inning for the remaining of the contest as Guilford produced two sacrifice flies in the bottom of the fifth inning to reclaim the lead, 4-3. Guilford continued their run of eight unanswered runs one inning later with a five-run sixth inning with Moreno capping the rally with a two-run home run in an inning where Guilford produced six extra-base hits with five coming after the first out in consecutive fashion. Wilson attempted a rally with one out when Kayla Sullenberger produced a RBI-single, but the Quakers immediately produced two outs to seal the win.
Helms finished the doubleheader five-for-eight totaling four RBI with two home runs. Moreno finished four-for-six with two home runs, a triple, and three RBI. Laura Hall hit four-for-six with three RBI with one double and one stolen base.
Sullenberger was the lone Phoenix bat with a multi-hit game, batting two-for-four in game two with one RBI.
Casey Snead (1-0) claimed the game-one win for the Quakers in a three and one-third inning relief effort where she struck out four batters and walked one, her only base runner that she surrendered. Maggie Shaffer earned the start, walking four and giving up one hit. Makayla Carver (3-1) took the game-two win, striking out three and walking three in a four-inning three-hit relief effort giving up just one run on three hits. Rebekah Langston started game two, striking out three and walking one in a three-inning effort.
Sullenberger (4-5) took the game-one loss for the Phoenix, with Taylor Giles throwing the final two-third innings. Giles (0-1) claimed the game two loss in a five and one-third inning effort where she struck out one giving up five earned runs on ten hits before being relieved by Taylor Crouse.
The Quakers (13-3) return to action Wednesday to host North Carolina Wesleyan College for a 2 p.m. doubleheader.