FERRUM, Va. - The Royals continue to stay hot. 

Offense was the name of the game for the Royals today as they swept the Ferrum Panthers on their home field to continue their strong start in ODAC play. 

Game One Highlights - EMU 15, FC 5

• After a lead off walk from Jordan Jones, Jaylon Lee followed it up with a towering shot over the center fielder's head, good for a triple and scoring Jones from first. Brett Lindsay then quickly took advantage of the runner on third, hitting a deep enough fly ball to the outfield to score Lee with ease. After one more crossed the plate in the frame, the Royals were looking at an early 3-0 lead.
• With the Royals' bats going quiet and the Panthers able to string together three runs, the game was at a stalemate of 3-3 after four innings of play. Lee led off the top of the fifth with a double, moving to third with a sacrifice bunt from Lindsay. Dylan Cassell pushed Lee across home plate with a grounder to shortstop good for an RBI, also reaching on an error by the Ferrum shortstop. Ray Tricarico then doubled, moving Cassell to third, then scoring on another sharp grounder to shortstop off the bat of Natty Solomon.
• After two strong shutdown innings from the EMU bullpen, the Royals attacked again in the top of the seventh with their first home run of the game off the bat of Brett Lindsay, also scoring Lee who reached on an error earlier in the frame. The score was pushed to 7-3 in favor of the Royals.
• Ferrum scored two in the bottom of the seventh to inch closer to EMU, but the Royals answered back with authority. Ethan Spraker reached on an error to lead off the inning, moving to second with a Gage Riddick single. Lee knocked another strong double to centerfield, scoring Spraker with ease and giving the Royals some insurance. Cassell and Tricarico each knocked RBI singles to help EMU explode for four runs in the eighth.
• The Royals knocked, and I'm not kidding, three home runs in the top of the ninth to provide some more insurance. Riddick, Lee, and Lindsay each powered towering shots over the left field wall to push the lead to its final tally of 15-5 in game one of the important ODAC day.
• Daniel Hupart finished off the Panthers in the final two innings, allowing just one hit with no walks. Karson Jennings with a flawless

 Game Two Highlights - EMU 18, FC 9

• Jones led off the second game with a sharp single up the middle, followed quickly by a stolen bag to put a runner in scoring position early. Lee sent the ball soaring again, knocking his second home run of the day and giving EMU the early 2-0 lead.
• In the top of the third, the Diamond Royals put together one of their best frames of the year thus far. On ten hits, they scored ten runs to take a commanding lead early in the game. Seven different Royals notched at least one RBI in the inning.
• EMU pushed across another pair in the top of the fourth with an RBI single from Logan Mason and a sacrifice fly from Lee.
• After a couple of quiet innings, EMU plated four more in the top of the sixth. Mason notched another RBI with Tricarico knocking a two-RBI single to left to finish off the scoring in the frame.

By The Numbers

• 2 - Lee and Lindsay each knocked a pair of homers on the day.
• 7 - Lee had seven RBI on the day. 
• 43 - The Diamond Royals have scored 43 runs over their last three games, while also knocking 50 hits. All games were against ODAC teams that came into their respective game days with records over .500.

Quote From Coach Adam Posey

"We are excited to have some momentum right now in conference play. We have multiple lineups we are rolling out right now and guys are answering the bell. It's been awesome to see guys stay engaged in the process and continue to work  for their opportunities."

What's Next

EMU will take a break from ODAC play next Tuesday, traveling to Christopher Newport to take on the Captains with first pitch set for 4:00 PM.