The St. John Fisher College softball team hit .500 on the day with 15 hits in each game to earn decisive victories over visiting Medaille College on Tuesday. With the wins, the Cardinals are riding a five-game winning streak and improve to 14-4 overall.

Fisher 9, Medaille 2

Fisher took an early 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning and never looked back. The Cardinals got on the board as Kristina Balsano singled to center field, scoring Karlie Neale. Katie Mazierski stayed hot with the short game, singling on a bunt to bring in Balsano. Jennifer Knaak recorded the third RBI of the inning when the second baseman committed an error to score Kate Disbrow.

Medaille chipped away in the fourth and fifth innings, earning runs on sacrifice flyballs.

In the sixth inning, Fisher saw four doubles -- one from Meghan Burns, Neale, Danielle Ventrone and Emma Savas each -- to help bring five Cardinals home, just one short of a mercy rule. Lauren Owens and Disbrow paced the offense in the inning with a single apiece.

Lindsey Thayer improves to 7-2 on the year from the pitching circle. She threw a one hitter, while striking out 12 on the day. Both runs given up were unearned.

Fisher 13, Medaille 5 (6 innings)

Owens hit a two-run home run, bringing in Burns, to complete the mercy rule decision. It was the junior captain's second homer of the year, with the previous recorded just on Monday in the same fashion.

The Cardinals scored in each inning, starting with a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Ventrone tallied the two RBI on a single to right field.

In the third inning, Medaille got within one run of Fisher when Megan Owens hit a three-run longball over the center field fence.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Cardinals tallied two more runs, taking a 9-3 lead. Medaille saw another home run in the sixth that capped off its scoring at 9-5. Fisher recorded four runs in the sixth to earn the win.

Burns finished 3-for-3 with three runs, two RBI and a stolen base. Mazierski, who finished the day hitting 5-for-8, hit 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in the nightcap.

Halie Schoff earned the win from the circle, scattering eight hits, five runs and two walks with three strikeouts. The junior improves to 4-1 on the year.

On the day, Ventrone led Fisher, going 5-for-5 with two doubles, two runs and four RBI.

Fisher returns to action at 3 p.m. Thursday when the Cardinals host another nonconference opponent in Rochester Institute of Technology.