ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - The Elizabethtown College softball team faced two of the top pitchers in the Landmark Conference Saturday afternoon at The Nest. Moravian's Josie Novak and Amanda Carisone held E-town to one run in each game as the Greyhounds swept the Jays by scores of 8-1 and 7-1.

Game 1: Moravian 8, Elizabethtown 1
Moravian (19-3, 5-1 Landmark) threatened in the opening inning of the doubleheader with the bases loaded against Elizabethtown (9-15, 1-3 Landmark) starter Amber Sergas. After two singles and a walk, Sergas regrouped to get Abby Jeffries looking for her first strikeout of the game to end the inning with a run crossing the plate.

Novak held E-town in check, no-hitting the Blue Jays through the first three innings. Emma Varrato singled to center to lead off the fourth to break up the no-no. Moravian was able to get an out at the plate with the bases loaded to prevent a run and Novak got out of the inning with a strikeout to avoid any damage.

In the sixth, Mara Rhodes singled home Emily Nelson, who had come on to run for Kelsey Brown. Brown doubled to left center with two outs. Rhodes' RBI single came on a 1-1 pitch.

Novak closed out the game in the seventh, getting a fly out to end the game.

Game 2: Moravian 7, Elizabethtown 1
Kat Spilman homered in the top of the second to start the scoring for Moravian, a solo shot over the left field fence. The Greyhounds tacked on four runs in the third. Julie Siragusa double to center to score two runs and Madison Shaneberger smack a two-run homer to left field to make it 5-0.

Spilman and Mary Schlosbon added RBIs singles in the fifth and sixth, respectively.

On the first pitch she saw in the sixth, Kirstin Blass drove a ball over the left field fence, just inside foul territory for her second home run of the season. It would be the only run E-town would get as Carisone went seven innings, allowing five hits and striking out five.

Blass, Nicole Heckert, Christina Dark, Marissa Kramer, and Ashley Hullihan each had a hit in game two for the Jays.

The softball team will play at Ursinus on Thursday, April 7 for a non-conference doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m.