SAVANNAH, Ga. – Bethune-Cookman cranked out 28 runs Saturday to sweep Savannah State in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference doubleheader.

The Wildcats (15-31 overall, 9-1 MEAC) produced season-highs for runs and hits (16) to win the opener 15-10 then downed the Tigers (23-17,5-6) with a 13-3 run-rule decision in the second.

The two teams meet Sunday at noon to conclude the three-game series.

GAME 1

Kelsey Rodney drove in four runs, Michelle Banuelos-Smith three and Shamaria Engram hit a two-run homer as the Wildcats used a five-run third and six-run sixth to take the first game.

Savannah State led 4-2 after two innings, but Rodney's two-run homer and Engram's third round-tripper of the season keyed the B-CU third.

The Tigers closed to 7-6 in the fifth, but Rodney's single and a two-run Banuelos-Smith helped the Wildcats push their lead to 13-6.

Rodney and Simone Ceasar each had three hits, while Aurelia Gamch and Banuelos-Smith added two. All nine Wildcat starters had at least one hit.

GAME 2

Melissa Berouty drove in four runs and posted her first collegiate home run as all nine Wildcats scored in the five-inning game.

Down 1-0, B-CU scored four in the second on Berouty's two-run shot to left and another two on an error. In the third, Berouty, Sophia Ortega and Wanda Darby had RBI singles to make it 7-1.

Savannah State closed to 7-3, but a six-run fifth clinched the game for B-CU. Calesha Shelley had a two-run double that inning.

NOTES: BCU has now had a 10-run game in each of its last six out-of-state MEAC series ... The 25 combined runs in the first game was the most for B-CU since 2/9/11 when the Wildcats defeated South Dakota State 13-12 ... Shanel Tolbert picked up both victories to improve to 10-23 on the season ... Shelley has reached safely in the last 16 games.

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