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INDIANA, PA – Allison Viguers (West Chester/West Chester East) had four hits and drove home six runs to help IUP outscore Edinboro 20-6 in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West softball doubleheader at Podbielski Field on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Viguers finished the day 4-for-5 with a double, a homerun, and also drew three walks. It was Viguers second homerun of the season and one of IUP's two on the day as the Crimson Hawks have now hit a PSAC-leading 31 in 28 games.
 
The Crimson Hawks took game one 9-3 and won game two 11-3 in six innings by mercy rule to improve to 18-10 overall and 11-5 in the PSAC West while Edinboro drops to 10-16 and 5-9.
 
Stefanie McCoy (New Paris/Chestnut Ridge) went 4-for-6 in the doubleheader with a double, triple, RBI and five runs scored. Mary Ward (Hatfield/North Penn) hit IUP's other homerun, her fourth of the year, and had four RBI. Hannah Mercer (Hollidaysburg/Hollidaysburg Area) and Angela Devereaux (Oakdale/West Allegheny) each had three hits while Mercer and Jasa Mitchell (Snow Shoe/Bald Eagle Area) both scored three runs apiece.
 
The Fighting Scots held 3-0 leads after 2 ½ innings in each game, but both times the Crimson Hawks came back to either tie the game or take the lead in the bottom half. In game one, a triple by McCoy, double by Viguers, and homer by Ward put three runs on the board to tie the score at 3-3 after three. The Crimson Hawks then tallied six in the fourth to jump on top 9-3.
 
Rachel Francis (Jefferson, OH/Jefferson) had a two-run single to start the scoring in the fourth and Viguers blasted a three-run shot over the fence in left to wrap up the scoring.
 
Alexa Campbell (Manheim/Manheim Central ) picked up the win, striking out four and giving up three earned runs in five innings of work. Tara Senn (Eagle/Downington East) tossed the last two scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts.
 
IUP scored five runs in the third inning of the second game, getting RBI singles by Mercer, Rachel Francis (Jefferson, OH/Jefferson), Viguers and Ward.
 
Three more came across the plate for the Crimson Hawks in the fifth, highlighted by an RBI double off the bat of Meghan Carney (Corry/Corry), which came within feet of going over the fence in left field. IUP put the game away in the sixth, getting an RBI double by McCoy, a wild pitch, and a run-scoring single by Devereaux to score three runs and make it a mercy rule victory.
 
Amanda Spindler (Brownsburg, IN/Cathedral) improved to 8-2 with the victory in the circle, striking out a career-high eight batters in 5.1 innings of work, giving up five hits and three earned runs.
 
This is the first of four doubleheaders in four consecutive games for the Crimson Hawks, who will host Gannon tomorrow before travelling to Clarion on Friday and then host Seton Hill on Saturday.