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NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. – The Niagara softball team moved up one spot in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings with a doubleheader sweep of Saint Peter’s Monday afternoon, winning 5-0 and 10-2. Now just two places out of a playoff spot, the Purple Eagles improve to 9-25 (6-6 MAAC) while the Peacocks fall to 7-37 (1-9 MAAC).

Niagara 5, Saint Peter’s 0

Junior Jennifer Sansano threw her third consecutive MAAC shutout to lead the Purple Eagles past the Peacocks, 5-0.

Niagara would score all of its offense in the second inning. Junior Brittany Richberg and sophomore Katelyn Gruarin hit back-to-back doubles to score three runs collectively, before senior Alexis Wayne added a double of her own to drive home two more runs.

Saint Peter’s threatened with a double and single to lead off the final inning. But following the hits, the Peacocks would ground into a double play before Sansano struck out the next batter to end the game.

Sansano finished with a season high 13 strikeouts. As a starting pitcher, Sansano has not allowed a single run and just nine hits in her last 23 innings pitched.

Niagara 10, Saint Peter’s 2

Sophomore Amanda Werth’s two-run walkoff double gives Niagara the nightcap win and its tenth-consecutive victory over Saint Peter’s, 10-2.

Senior Becky Zill got the Purple and White on the board in the second inning with a two-run two bagger, her 23^rd and 24^th RBI of the season. Zill now has 105 career RBIs and is just two shy of third all-time in program history (Jenna Baker '10, 107).

The Peacocks took an early 1-0 lead with a single shot home run in the first inning. Saint Peter’s added one run in the fifth, but junior Kim Bryson held the MAAC rival scoreless in four of six innings and allowed just five hits to earn her second-consecutive win.

The Purple Eagles return to action tomorrow with a Little 3 doubleheader against St. Bonaventure in Olean, N.Y. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.