Game One (Sat.)
Monmouth (4-9) – 1
#15 Kentucky (9-2) – 6

Game Two (5 Innings) (Sat.)
Monmouth (4-10) – 0
USC Upstate (7-5) – 9
 
FINAL SCORE (Sun.)
Monmouth (5-10) – 6
Akron (2-7) – 2
 
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Mackenzie Bloss and Ana Rodriguez each homered as the Monmouth University Softball Team defeated the Akron Zips for the second time in three days, 6-2.

Bloss (3-for-3, RBI, 2 R) connected on her second solo home run of the weekend in the top of the fourth to tie the game at two. Bloss scored Monmouth's first run in the top of the first on an error by the Akron catcher.

Tied at two in the sixth, Bri Lawson (1-for-3) knocked in a pair of runs on a single to right center. Ana Rodriguez (1-for-2) followed up Lawson's single with a blast over the left-center field fence to extend the Hawks lead to four.

Junior right-hander Billie Kerwood was dominant in the circle for the Hawks as she struck out a career-high 13 batters.

Monmouth leaves the Wings Etc. Tournament with two wins – both coming over Akron – after dropping its Saturday games to No. 15 Kentucky and host USC Upstate.

NOTES & NUMBERS
- Bloss led the team with seven hits on the weekend.
- Bloss leads the team with a .386 batting average.
- Bloss and Rodrguez are tied for the team lead in home runs with two apiece.
- Dabroski scored three runs on the weekend to bring her season total up to 11.
- The Hawks are now 2-0 all-time versus Akron.
- This was the first time the Hawks and Wildcats went head-to-head.
- USC Upstate now leads the all-time series, 3-2.
- Monmouth left seven runners on base over the three games, while their opponents left 18 combined.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will play in five games at the Spring Games in Madeira Beach, Fla. Monmouth is set to take on Quinnipiac, Western Michigan, UAlbany, Sacred Heart, and Southern Indiana.