Lanpher and Cerpa Play Longball In Softball's Sweep of Wagner

Staten Island, N.Y-- Merrimack Softball picked up their first series sweep of the season and won their fourth game in a row as they defeated the Wagner Seahawks by a score of 6-3 on Saturday afternoon
 
Merrimack would take the lead early in the first as Madeline Arvai would reach on an error that would score Courtney Lanpher and Madison Cerpa would score on a fielders choice.
 
Cerpa would extended the lead in the fourth with a two run homer and Courtney Lanpher would follow suit with a two run dinger of her own to break the game open in the sixth. Wagner would push across two more runs in the seventh but Madie Fornwalt would the game by way of the K to close the deal for the Warriors.
 
 
 
Notes and Numbers:

• Madison Cerpa's home run was her sixth of the season and for Lanpher, her third.
• Hannah Scarano and Ellen Hubbard both doubled for their lone hits of the afternoon.
• Madie Fornwalt struck out seven in her fifth win of the season.

Up Next:
Merrimack stays on the road, beginning a midweek series with Stonehill on Tuesday.

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