The Billikens (17-19, 4-4 A-10) snapped a two-game losing streak with a sweep over St. Bonaventure, and then split a double header against Dayton over the Easter break.
SLU took the first game against St. Bonnies 5-1, then won a rain shortened game 4-1 later that evenings.
Against Dayton, the Bills took the first game 3-2, then lost the second game by the same score.
Hannah Huebbe threw seven innings of three-hit softball, giving up just one run and striking out eight batters, stifling any threat from the Bonnies in the first game. The Bills scored all of their runs in the fourth inning, with third baseman Rachel Faletto going 2-3 with two RBIs.
In game two, Kelcie Matesa also gave up just three hits and one unearned run in her five innings.
Laura Bohning went 2-2 with a double and an RBI and Alyson Brand recorded three hits and an RBI to spark the Billiken’s offense.
In game one against the Flyers, Huebbe took the hill again and continued where she left off, giving up just two runs on five hits in her complete game effort.
Bohning had another big game offensively, hitting a 3-run homerun. Her homerun was one of the Billikens’ two hits.
Matesa pitched effectively in game two, however Dayton’s Alysha Isaacson pitched a just a little better. Matesa gave threw 6.1 innings of five-hit softball, giving up 3 runs (two of them unearned). Faletto recorded the Billiken’s two RBIs with her 2-run homer in the sixth inning.
The Bills head to New York two play a two-game series against the Fordham Rams on Friday, April 13 and 14 to continue their Atlantic 10 Conference play.