The Lady Royals successfully jumped into the weekend on Saturday, taking a pair of ODAC wins from Guilford College.  The EMU women continue their road swing with a twinbill at Lynchburg on Sunday.

EMU 2, Guilford 0
The women didn't get a base runner in game one until the third inning, when they scored.  Rachel Breeden (Shenandoah, VA/Page County) led off with a walk and Jordan Aylor (Madison, VA/Madison County) reached on a throwing error by the GC catcher.  One out later, Lisa Lee (Buckingham, VA/Buckingham County) ripped a double to left center, plating both runners for a 2-0 lead.

Eastern Mennonite threatened again the fifth, but Aylor was thrown out at home trying to score on a fly ball to center.

Lee, who also started in the circle, ran into a jam in the bottom of the inning, as the Quakers loaded the bases with two outs.  But the senior coaxed a ground ball to escape unscathed.

The defense turned a double play to end GC's part of the sixth, and Lee worked through a scoreless seventh as well to preserve the complete game shutout.

EMU was limited to just three hits in the opener but made them work.  Lee was 1-3 with both RBIs.  Molly Smith (Elkton, VA/Spotswood) and Sara Jenkins (Stanley, VA/Page County) each hit singles.

Lee allowed seven hits from the circle but managed the scoreless seven innings for the win.

EMU 8, Guilford 3
Game two was quiet until the Lady Royals broke through.  Lee cranked a solo homer in the third.  After the Quakers got a single run in the bottom of the frame, EMU exploded in the fourth.

Courtney Allman (Mt. Solon, VA/Fort Defiance) led off the frame with a single, and Jenkins and Rasheeda Crews (Brookneal, VA/William Campbell) singled to load the bases.  The women scored on a hit batter and a single, before Lee drove out a grand slam to center field, blowing open a 7-1 lead.

Guilford scored twice in the fifth with just one hit, but Megan Viafora (Stanley, VA/Page County) added an RBI single in the seventh to provide the final 8-3 score.

After the low-scoring win in the game one, Eastern Mennonite broke out 14 hits in the nightcap.  Lee finished 2-4 as the leadoff batter.  She had five RBIs and two runs on the strength of her two longballs.  Lee now leads the team with six homeruns.

Brooke Hensley (Elkton, VA/Spotswood) and Viafora each had a trio of hits, with Viafora adding two RBIs and a run scored.  Crews finished 2-3 with a walk, and scored twice.

Aylor threw the complete game, scattering six hits while striking out three.

The Lady Royals are now 19-3 overall and 3-1 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.  The women play at Lynchburg Sunday afternoon.