Fairfax, Va. - The George Mason softball team squared off against the UNC-Wilmington Seahawks Friday taking both games on the day.  They won the first game 6-3 and the second by a score of 5-0.  The Patriots improved to 18-25 overall and 7-12 in the CAA as the Seahawks dropped to 11-44 overall and 3-17 in the CAA on the year. 

The Patriots jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning of game one after Emily Lafferty came through with a two-out RBI single that scored Tiffany Webb, who reached base with a single up the middle to begin the inning. 

The Seahawks busted out for three runs in the top of the third inning to lead Mason 3-1.

Not much offense took place until Mason finally broke through with five runs in the sixth inning to take a 6-3 lead in the game.   Tori Dudley started the inning with a single and Lafferty hit a triple to right center to bring Dudley home.  Kaila Conlon tied the game when she hit a sacrifice fly deep into the gap of right-center field that scored Lafferty from third.  Rachael Davies followed with a double and advanced to third on a wild pitch ultimately scoring after Reagan Doiron hit an RBI single to right field.  Doiron moved to second with two outs when Lauren McColgan was hit by a pitch and scored off of a Tiffany Webb double.  McColgan was brought home when Megan Blank singled to shortstop. 

The 6-3 lead was good enough as Kelsey Byrd retired the Seahawks down in order in the seventh to win the game.

Byrd pitched a complete game allowing six hits, three earned runs and struck out three batters picking up her sixth win of the year. 

Tiffany Webb was huge in helping the Patriots pick up the win in game one as she batted 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, two stolen bases and a run scored.  Emily Lafferty was 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI and a run scored.  Rachael Davies finished 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored.  Megan Blank and Reagan Doiron each recorded a single and a RBI in the game.   

The Patriots escaped a bases loaded jam in the first inning of the second game and then took a 4-0 lead in the second.  After two outs in the inning Reagan Doiron and Katie Rynex hit back-to-back singles and Doiron scored off of a wild pitch.  Lauren McColgan followed with a walk and Tiffany Webb singled to left to load the bases.  Megan Blank doubled to right field scoring two and Tori Dudley singled to right to bring Webb home. 

Mason added one in the third inning when Rynex singled home a run to raise their lead to 5-0.  This lead was big enough as the Patriots held the shutout and won both games as well as the series with still a game left to play. 

Miranda Cranford started game two pitching five innings, allowing eight hits, and a walk while striking out one.  Stephanie Maher pitched the final two innings, walking two. 

Webb continued her torrid stretch finishing the second game 2-for-4 with a run scored and was 5-for-8 on the day raising her hit streak to ten games.  Rynex was 2-for3 in the game with an RBI and a run scored and Blank was 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI.  Dudley finished the game 1-for-3 with an RBI and Doiron was 1-for-3 with two runs scored.  Rachael Davies also contributed a single in the win. 

The Patriots will wrap up the series and their season on Saturday against UNC-Wilmington with one game scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m.