FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College softball team homered twice in both ends of a Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth doubleheader with visiting Albright. The Blazers dropped the opener 8-5 before claiming a 7-1 win in game two.

Shelby Alcorn (Hummelstown, Pa. / Lower Dauphin) hit three-run home runs in both games, the first homers of her career. Ashley Fourcade (Rockville, Md. / Richard Montgomery) went deep in game one, while Kayli Paugh (Elkridge, Md. / Howard) clubbed a three-run shot in the second game. Sophia Leaman (Mount Joy, Pa. / Donegal) pitched a complete game for the win in the nightcap.

Hood is 16-12 overall and 7-5 in the MAC Commonwealth. Albright sits a half game in front of the Blazers and Lebanon Valley, in third place with a 6-4 league mark (21-10 overall).

GAME ONE: ALBRIGHT 8, HOOD 5

In a wild finish, Hood erased a 4-1 deficit in the bottom of the sixth, only to see the Lions rally in the top of the seventh for the win. 

Alcorn went 2-for-3 with her first career homer. Fourcade was 2-for-4 with her second home run of the season and 15th of her career. Roo Saglimbeni (Woodbine, Md. / Glenelg) had two hits. 

Paugh pitched a complete game, but took the loss.

An RBI double by Stephany Courtney in the second inning, and a third inning solo home run by Madison Bear gave Albright a 2-0 lead. After Fourcade got the Blazers on the board with a home run in the bottom of the fourth, the Lions scored twice in the top of the fifth to take a 4-1 edge.

In the bottom of the sixth, one out singles by Paugh and Saglimbeni put runners on first and second. Alcorn followed and sent a pitch deep over the fence in left to tie the game at 4-4. With two outs, Kristen Scott (Rockville, Md. / Walter Johnson) walked, stole second and moved to third on a single by Kaylee Krietz (Thurmont, Md. / Catoctin). Scott came home on and infield, RBI single by Leaman to make it 5-4. 

In the top of the seventh, Albright strung together six hits, including five singles, to bring in four runs and reclaimed the lead. 

Brianne Long had three hits and drove in two runs for Albright. Sammi O'Connor doubled twice. O'Connor also went the distance inside the circle for the win. 

GAME TWO: HOOD 7, ALBRIGHT 1

Leaman scattered nine hits and allowed just one run in a complete game victory, while three-run homers by Alcorn and Paugh proved to be more than enough offense.

Alcorn gave Hood a 3-0 lead with a shot to left that scored Fourcade and Paugh in the second inning. 

After O'Connor drove in a run in the top of the fifth to cut the Blazers' lead to 3-1, Hood put the game out of reach in the bottom of the inning. Leaman singled with two outs and scored after back-to-back errors by Albright. Paugh blasted a pitch to center to drive in Fourcade and Erfurdt for a 7-1 advantage. 

Paugh's homer was her seventh of the season and 11th of her career, both of which rank second all-time at Hood. Her season total ties Fourcade's seven from 2014 for second on the season list, while Fourcade's 15 career dingers are the school record.

Riley Gerenda allowed seven runs to take the loss. Kelly Cembrale had two hits for Albright.

Hood hosts Catholic on Apr. 20.