SAINT LEO, Fla. - - The 20^th ranked Wilmington University softball team wrapped its trip to the Sunshine State on a high note, sweeping nationally 18^th ranked Saint Leo, 3-1 and 3-2, on Friday night at the University Softball Stadium.

GAME 1:
Kylee Gunkel tossed a complete game three-hitter, only allowing a two-out run in the bottom of the second inning.

But the offense answered for her in the top of the third, scoring all the runs Gunkel would need. With two outs and Emma Zimmerman on third, Tristyn Stewart came up with a two-out single up the middle to tie the game. Lexi Moore extended the inning with a single and Sam Freeland would eventually have runners on second and third. Freeland then doubled to left, playing both Stewart and Moore for the 3-1 lead.

After the two-out single in the second, Gunkel set seven straight batters down before a leadoff walk in the fifth. But she left that runner stranded on second to end the inning. Gunkel ran into trouble in the sixth inning, loading the bases with two outs. But she was able to induce a fly ball to center field to escape unscathed. She then went 1-2-3 in the seventh to secure the complete game victory.

Tristyn Stewart went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored while Sam Freeland went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Lexi Moore had the other hit in the game for the Wildcats.

GAME 2:
The Wildcats kept the momentum into game two, scoring a run but left more to be desired with leaving the bases loaded. Tristyn Stewart singled to lead off the game and scored on a two-out RBI single form Taylor Gillis. Bri Coyle extended the inning with a single before Eve Serrato walked to load the bases. But a strikeout ended the threat with only one run.

Delani Sheehan threw her own complete game in the nightcap, allowing two unearned runs on four hits. The Lions scored single runs in the second and third innings to take the lead.

The Wildcats' offense went dormant until the sixth inning, leaving two runners on base.

But all that was forgotten when Sara Miller led off the top of the seventh inning with her first homer of the year, tying the game, 2-2. Tristyn Stewart stayed hot and restarted the inning with a one-out single, stole second, and ended up on third after a wild pitch. Lexi Moore lined out to the pitcher, and when trying to catch Stewart off the bag, threw it away to along Stewart to score with the go-ahead run.

Sheehan then didn't give the Lions any life in the bottom of the seventh, getting two comebackers to the circle and the picking up her third strikeout of the game to end it.

Tristyn Stewart again had three hits in the nightcap, going 3-for-4 with two runs.