EMU swept a doubleheader from host Shenandoah Wednesday, earning Coach J.D. McCurdy his 300th career win.

In his 14th season with the Royals, McCurdy holds a career mark of 301-213-1, and has the most wins of any Eastern Mennonite coach in any sport. A three-time ODAC Coach of the Year, McCurdy has eight seasons of 20 or more wins, including last year when the Royals set the program record for wins with a record of 31-14.

Now 15-5 on the season, including 3-5 in the ODAC, EMU returns home on Saturday for Senior and Parent Recognition. The women host Randolph that day, with first pitch at 1:00pm. They play at Lynchburg Sunday afternoon.

EMU 3, Shenandoah 2
The teams traded unearned runs in the first inning of the opener.

The Royals then gained the edge in the third after Beck Hoskins (Danville, Va./Westover Christian Academy) and Mariah Foltz (Broadway, Va./Broadway) reached to start the inning. With the runners on second and third, Sydney Reath (Chambersburg, Pa./Mercersburg Academy) poked a single to left center, bringing in both women for a 3-1 lead.

Shenandoah (6-14/2-6 ODAC) went down quietly in the third and fourth, and EMU got out of a jam in the fifth with an inning-ending double play. The Hornets finally cut the margin to one in the sixth with a two-out rally, but neither team scored in the seventh as the Royals held on for the win.

Lauren Seale (Madison, Va./Madison County) (6-2) earned the complete game win from the circle, scattering eight hits.

Foltz had two of EMU's six hits. Alexa Sheets (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) singled and walked.

EMU 3, Shenandoah 0
Reath took to the circle in the nightcap, and got the offense going in the second with a leadoff double. Cassidey Chrisman (Staunton, Va./Riverheads) brought her in with a two-out single for the 1-0 lead.

The Royals' speed triggered another run in the third, started by Hoskins reaching base on an error. Then when Foltz put down a sacrifice bunt, the speedy Hoskins tried to go from first to third, triggering a throw from SU's first baseman that went wild and allowed Hoskins to score.

In the seventh, Hoskins scored another unearned run, this time coming in from second on a muffed throw at first on Foltz's grounder.

Reath, meanwhile, was cruising. She did not allow a hit out of the infield after the fourth inning and at one point earned 10 straight outs. SU struck a two-out rally in the seventh, but Reath coaxed out one final grounder to preserve the shutout.

The Royals had a 7-3 advantage in hits in the second game. Reath improved to 7-1 with the win.

Chrisman finished 2-3 with an RBI. Hoskins was 2-4 with two runs scored.