The St. John Fisher College softball squad made quick work of host RIT Thursday in consecutive 5 inning victories.  Fisher blasted six home runs on the day en route to an 8-0 victory in game one and 16-4 triumph in game two.

Fisher moves to 12-4 on the season with the wins while RIT drops to 1-11.

Game one – Fisher 8, RIT 0 (5 Innings)

Fisher opened up a 2-0 lead after the first inning.  Jessica D'Angelo reached on a throwing error and was hit around the very next batter by Genevieve Paeglow with a double to centerfield to give Fisher a 2-0 advantage.

The runs kept coming in the second inning as Fisher added four more thanks to Megan Burns and Lauren Owens each smacking two-run home runs to make it 6-0.  It was Owens first home run of the season.

That lead would remain until the fourth inning when Owens was back at it again.  After a leadoff single by Kate Disbrow, Owens hit a 2-out homer for her second blast of the day giving Fisher the 8-0 advantage.

Burns and Owens each finished the game 2-3 from the plate with two and four RBI respectively.

Halie Schoff went the distance pitching five innings surrendering six hits while striking out three batters to improve to 6-1 on the season.

Game two – Fisher 16, RIT 4 (5 Innings)

The Cardinals started game two much as they did in the previous contest with hits right out of the gate.  D'Angelo came up in the first with the bases loaded to pick up an RBI and score Burns.  Fisher would add two more runs in the inning with singles from Paeglow and Jessie Smyrski to take a 3-0 lead.

RIT scored their first run of the day in the bottom half of the first only to see Fisher regain a three run advantage in the second.  Disbrow led off the inning with a triple and Burns promptly brought her in as the next batter.

In the third inning Fisher took control scoring a season-high eight runs in the frame to take a 12-3 advantage. Smyrksi was credited with the innings first RBI with a single to left center.  With runners in scoring position Disbrow cashed in on a single to score Smyrski and Poules.  However the major damage in the inning came behind the bat of D'Angelo who hit a three-run home run to make it 11-1.  Paeglow followed up D'Angleo with a solo shot of her own to close out the inning.

After the Tigers clawed back for two runs in the bottom of the third, Burns led off the fourth inning with her second home run and the teams sixth of the day to make it 13-3.  Shortly after Paeglow notched her third and fourth RBI of the day with a double to left field for a 15-3 lead.

Each team would add one more run in the game for a final score of 16-4.

D'Angelo finished with four RBI in the game, while Burns had three and Disbrow and Smyrski each drove in a pair.

Megan Keib earned the win to improve to 3-0 on the season.

Fisher will host East Avenue rival Nazareth at 3 p.m. Friday.