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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Katie Erb (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) threw a one-hit shutout in the opener, and West Chester plated 11 runs on 13 hits in the night cap, to pick up a sweep of a non-league softball doubleheader at Philadelphia University Wednesday afternoon.
West Chester (37-3), which moved up to No. 12 in the NFCA coaches' poll earlier in the day, learned it is the top-ranked team in the NCAA Atlantic Region rankings right before the Golden Rams swept the Phila U., Rams by marks of 8-0 (5 inn) and 11-1.
Erb (9-0) remained unbeaten on the season with her fourth blanking this spring. She did not walk a batter and struck out four.
Laura Altenburger (Feasterville, Pa./Neshaminy) hit her third home run of the season, a two-run shot, during a seven-run second that put WCU in front, 8-0.
Madison Kelly (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) hit a two-run single while
Sarah Walasavage (Minersville, Pa./Minersville) had a two-run double as well in the very same frame. Altenburger finished with three RBI in the game.
Alyssa Herion (Avon Grove, Pa./Avon Grove) went 3-for-3 in the opener with a RBI. The first seven hitters in West Chester's order each recorded a hit.
Cat Hammer (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) went 2-for-3 in game one.
Walasavage was 3-for-4 in the night cap, finishing off a combined 4-for-8 effort at the plate Wednesday. West Chester opened up a 1-0 game with a five-run fifth. The Golden Rams then added a single tally in the sixth and four more in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
Sara Ercolani (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East) was 2-for-4 with three RBI in game two. Her two-run double in the seventh was part of that four-run rally.
Amanda Houck (Gap, Pa./Pequea Valley) improved to 13-3 on the season with the win inside the circle in game two. She threw six strong innings, yielding two hits, walking one and striking out eight.
Ashley Flesch (Burke, Va./Lake Braddock) pitched a scoreless seventh to finish out the game.
West Chester travels to East Stroudsburg on Friday for a PSAC East doubleheader with the Warriors.
