ITHACA, N.Y. – Rochester bounced back from a three-week layoff to sweep a softball doubleheader against St. Lawrence University, 9-0, and 8-0, on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Yellowjackets evened their overall record at 7-7. Rochester is 2-0  in the Liberty League. St. Lawrence is 5-9 overall, 0-2 in the Liberty League.
 
Both games were shortened due to the mercy rule. Game one ended in the sixth inning when Nina Korn drove a two-run home run over the 220 foot sign in center field. That made it 9-0. Game two ended in the bottom of the fifth on a bases loaded single by Laurel Byrne-Cody.
 
Eleni Wechsler drove in two runs in the game one victory. She pitched a one-hitter with seven strikeouts and no walks in game two.
 
Brittany Grage picked up the complete game win in game one. In six innings, she allowed seven hits and one walk. She struck out nine.
 
Tiffany White was 3-for-3 with three RBIs in game one. Korn had two hits and two RBIs. Tayler Fravel was on base in all four plate appearances – she reached on an error in the first, walked and scored in the third, tripled home a run in the fourth, and singled in the four-run fifth that broke it open.
 
Windy conditions made it a challenge for the fielders on both teams. Rochester broke through vs. Kyle Plimpton in the third. White singled down the right field line. Fravel walked. Meg Hennessy bounced back to Plimpton who threw out White at third. Korn struck out. Grage's pop fly between home and first fell off the glove of the St. Lawrence catcher as Fravel scored.
 
In the fourth, Wechsler was hit by a pitch. Tory Poplaski ran for her. She advanced on a ground out by Byrne-Cody and scored when White singled. Fravel tripled her home. In the fifth, Wechsler hit a two-run ground rule double to left. Two batters later, White singled through the right side for two RBIs and a 7-0 lead.
 
St. Lawrence replaced Plimpton after the White base hit. She was relieved by Jordan Sheridan. A wild pitch moved White to second. Fravel singled, but White was thrown out at home trying to score the run that would have ended the game. In the sixth, Hennessy walked and Korn homered.
 
The Saints threatened several times. With one out in the second, Cailyn Welsh doubled and Rebecca Allen singled. Allen stole second, but Grage recovered, striking out the next two hitters. Leslie Strattomn singled in the third with two out and stole second. Grage struck out Nicole Matthews. Allen doubled with two down in the fourth, but Grage induced a groundout. SLU put two on with two out in the fifth – a single by Aisha O'Connor and a double down the left field line by Stratton. Grage struck out Matthews to end the threat.
 
Wechsler retired the first nine hitters in game two, six by strikeout. O'Connor reached when her infield grounder was booted. She was caught stealing. After Stratton popped out,  Welsh reached on an error, but Wechsler struck out Allen.
 
Kelly Burke broke up the no-hit bid leading off the fifth. Her infield pop behind second kept drifting away and fell untouched 10 feet to the right of second base.
 
Rochester scored an unearned run in the first. Fravel walked, advanced on a wild pitch, and came home when Grage's two-out flyball to right was dropped. In the second, Wechsler singled with one down. Byrne-Cody tripled to right center and scored on a wild pitch. 
 
The Yellowjackets scored four runs in the fourth. Laurel Muni walked and Poplaski ran for her. After Wechsler flied to deep left and Byrne-Cody struck out, White tripled to right. Fravel scored her with a single. Hennessy singled and advanced to second with Fravel taking third. Korn singled both women home.
 
In the fifth, pinch-hitter Ashley Amidon drew a leadoff walk. Shelby Corning ran for her and moved to second on a passed ball. Muni walked and Wechsler singled off Plimpton's glove to load the bases. Byrne-Cody hit a looping fly to center field that fell just in front of Allen as Corning scored the eighth run.
 
Plimpton took the loss in both games. She allowed seven hits, seven runs (six earned), with three walks and three strikeouts in the opener. In four innings in game two, she allowed nine hits, eight runs (seven earned), walked four, and struck out six.