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The Capital University softball team extended its winning streak to nine games Sunday with two victories at Bethany in a non-conference doubleheader in Bethany, W.Va.

The Crusaders (26-8) took the first game 9-3 before posting 15 hits in the second, a 10-2 triumph in five innings due to run rule.

In the nightcap, six players tallied two or more hits, including sophomore left fielder LeAnna Cotton (Okeechobee, Fla.), who knocked her fifth home run of the season and was 2-for-4 with four runs batted in. Senior shortstop Devan Boggs (West Jefferson, Ohio) was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI, while freshman designated player Therese Becker (South Euclid, Ohio) registered two hits, a run scored and two RBIs.

Sophomore pitcher Alyssa Patznick (Newark, Ohio) tossed all five innings for her 11th shutout of the campaign. She struck out four and scattered eight hits to move to 14-4 on the year.

Capital tallied three runs in the first and added three more in the second to take a 6-0 advantage. Senior first baseman Lexi Majoy (Huron, Ohio), freshman second baseman Brooklyn Staten (Grove City, Ohio) and Becker all singled in runs in the first. Boggs and Cotton plated runs with singles in the second.

After the Bison (17-17) cut the deficit to five runs in the bottom of the third, the Crusaders responded with four in the top of the fourth on Cotton's two-run homer, an RBI double by Becker and a single through the right side by senior right fielder Katie Neely (Sugar Grove, Ohio).

In the opener, Majoy and sophomore catcher Maura Rose (Williamsport, Pa.) each knocked a home run to pace Capital, which doubled up Bethany in hits, 16-8, in the contest. Majoy knocked her sixth of the year in the first, sending a solo shot over the left field fence. Rose hit a grand slam to right center in the sixth to help the Crusaders put a tight game out of reach.

Staten and sophomore centerfielder Kelsey Swain (Pickerington, Ohio) each finished 3-for-4 in the affair. Neely added two hits and two RBIs, while Majoy, Rose and freshman third baseman Katlyn Simpson (Loudonville, Ohio) also contributed with a pair of hits apiece.

Sophomore pitcher Brooke Billings (Clyde, Ohio) struck out four over seven innings to push her record to 12-4 in her 11th complete game of the season.

Capital, which currently stands alone in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference, welcomes defending league champion Ohio Northern to Clowson Field for a doubleheader Tuesday beginning at 3 p.m.