FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College softball team gave its lone senior a great Senior Day gift, as the Blazers swept Lebanon Valley 6-3 and 7-5 to clinch the third seed in the upcoming Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth Tournament.

With the wins, the Blazers wrap up the regular season with a 19-15 record and 9-7 in the MAC Commonwealth. Hood will take on second-seeded Widener at noon on May 6 at Messiah. 

Senior Ashley Fourcade (Rockville, Md. / Richard Montgomery) was honored before the games for her contributions during her four years at Hood. 

Sophia Leaman (Mount Joy, Pa. / Donegal) had a big doubleheader. The sophomore had three hits in the opener. In game two, she picked up a complete game victory and hit a three-run home run. Her blast was one of three home runs in the second game, as Roo Saglimbeni (Woodbine, Md. / Glenelg) and Jasmine Webster (Warrenton, Va. / Kettle Run) also homered. 

GAME ONE: HOOD 6, LEBANON VALLEY 3

Leaman, Shelby Alcorn (Hummelstown, Pa. / Lower Dauphin) and Kristen Scott (Rockville, Md. / Walter Johnson) all had three-hit games as the Blazers recorded 16 hits in the victory. 

Pitcher Kayli Paugh (Elkridge, Md. / Howard) drove in a pair of runs, doubled and threw a complete game for the win. 

Hood wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, putting up three runs in the bottom of the first. Kaylee Krietz (Thurmont, Md. / Catoctin) led off the inning with a single. After the Dutchmen recorded the first out, the next four Blazers all singled for a 2-0 lead. Hood went ahead 3-0 on a bases loaded walk to Saglimbeni. 

Back-to-back doubles to lead off the third by Alcorn and Paugh made it 4-0. 

After Lebanon Valley scored in the fifth, Hood answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Paugh led off the inning with a walk and scored on a two-out, RBI single by Scott. An error extended the inning and Kristy Erfurdt (Thurmont, Md. / Catoctin) singled to drive in Scott. 

Sammy Bost had three hits to lead Lebanon Valley. Haley Neff took the loss, allowing three runs in the first inning. 

GAME TWO: HOOD 7, LEBANON VALLEY 5

Hood used an efficient offense to produce seven runs on just six hits and a walk, thanks to home runs by Leaman, Saglimbeni and Webster. 

Leaman also hurled a complete game for the win. 

Three-run homers in the second inning by Saglimbeni and Leaman gave the Blazers a 6-2 lead. 

Webster added a solo shot in the fourth for a five-run lead. 

The Dutchmen chipped away in the top of the fifth with three runs, but Hood Leaman pitched out of the jam. 

Bost and Cheyenne Brown had two hits apiece. Haley Christensen allowed six runs, three earned, in 1 2/3 innings to take the loss.