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WILMINGTON, Del. – Junior infielder Colleen Smith (Islip Terrace, N.Y./East Islip (Hofstra)) posted four hits, including a pair of home runs, and drove in three runs as Kutztown University (5-2) returned from a lengthy break to earn a sweep of a non-conference doubleheader against Goldey-Beacom College (1-7) at the Lightning's Jackson Athletic Complex on Sunday afternoon.
 
Led by Smith, Kutztown took an 8-0 victory in the first game before scoring a season-high 10 runs in the nightcap en route to a 10-0 triumph over the Lightning.
 
After a slow start in the first game, the Golden Bears took a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning. After senior Nicole Henninger (Reading, PA./Muhlenberg) started the inning with a double, she was replaced by freshman Jessica Kurtz (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove). Kurtz scored when Smith hit a double to right field for a 1-0 advantage.
 
Senior Maria Isgro (Galloway, NJ/Absegami) upped the margin to 2-0 two batters later when she hit an RBI single to score Smith form third base. Senior Brianna Knipe (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) extended the lead to 3-0 when she hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring senior Katie Lynch (Willow Street, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) from third base.
 
An error by the Lightning with two outs plated Isgro to give the Bears a four-run edge.
 
In the fifth inning, Smith extended the margin to 5-0 when she blasted her second home run of the season, a solo shot to center field. The Bears added an insurance run in the next inning when junior outfielder Stephanie Curry (Winchester, VA/Millbrook) scored on a passed ball for a 6-0 lead.
 
Smith hit her second home run of the game in the top of the seventh inning with another solo blast to center field for a 7-0 margin before the Golden Bears added another run to end the inning on a double steal attempt.
 
Isgro gave Kutztown a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the second game when she tripled to right center field and scored on a single by freshman infielder Danielle Sienko (Philadelphia, Pa./William Penn Charter).
 
In the fourth inning, the Golden Bears added three runs to extend the lead to 4-0. A pair of doubles with one out by Sienko and Knipe gave Kutztown a 2-0 edge. After a passed ball moved Knipe to third base, she scored on a groundout by Lynch to increase the margin to 3-0. With two outs, junior Morgan Booth (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) upped the advantage to 4-0 with her first home run of the season, a solo blast to right field.
 
After the Golden Bears added a run in the fifth inning on an RBI groundout by Henninger, they increased the lead to 7-0 by scoring twice in the sixth inning with two outs. Lynch hit a double to left field to drive in a pair of runs and advanced to third on a Lightning error.
 
In the seventh inning, the Golden Bears exploded for three more runs for a commanding 10-0 advantage. Knipe drove in two runs with a one-out infield single before scoring when freshman Lindsey Kelley (Stafford, VA/North Stafford) reached base on a Goldey-Beacom error.
 
Sophomores Mary Kociencki (Columbia, N.J./Sparta ) and Dominique Ficara (Swedesboro, N.J./Kingsway Regional (Hofstra)) each pitched a complete game shutout for the Golden Bears. Kociencki, who improved to 3-1 on the season, scattered just seven hits in the first game while earning three strikeouts with just one walk. Meanwhile, Ficara held Goldey-Beacom to just six hits in the nightcap while recording six strikeouts. She did not walk a batter while upping her record to 2-1.
 
While Smith led the Golden Bears offensively, Isgro collected six hits in the doubleheader and scored four runs. In addition, Lynch had four hits, including a double and a triple, while scoring twice and driving in two runs.