Emory senior Brittany Boeshore hit a walk-off homer in the seventh inning of the first game and drove in what proved to be the deciding run in the nightcap in helping the No. 1-ranked Eagles to a doubleheader sweep over Piedmont College Wednesday afternoon.  Emory raised its overall record to 26-0 following 4-3 and 5-0 victories over the Lions who slipped to 12-6 on the year.

Freshman Megan Light helped the Eagles to a 2-0 start in the opening inning of the first contest when she drilled a two-run homer to left field, her eighth round tripper of the season.  Emory added another run in the bottom of the fifth when a two-out single by junior Jessica Boni scored sophomore Dana Goodenough.   The Lions made the most of a pair of Emory miscues in the field and knotted the game in the top of the sixth with run-producing singles by B.J. Cofer and Lauren Head the key blows.  Boeshore then provided the heroics for the home team in the bottom of the seventh when she led off with her third homer of the season.  Junior pitcher Bridget Holloway picked up the win in relief of starter Lena Brottman, tossing 1 2/3 hitless innings.

Freshman Lauren Gorodetsky picked up two of the club's six hits and scored twice in the finale and junior left fielder Jessica Thomas delivered a two-run double in a three-run third inning to key the win.  Boeshore drove in the team's first run on a fielder's choice in the third inning which was followed by Thomas' two-bagger.  The Eagles put a little more distance between themselves and the visitors in the next frame when a sacrifice fly by Goodenough followed by a bases-loaded walk to Boni drove in the game's final runs of the game.  Holloway drew the start in the circle and boosted her season record to 14-0, hurling a complete-game three hitter. In the process, she lowered her ERA to 1.03 over 78 2/3 innings of work.

Emory returns to action on Thursday (Mar. 24) when it hosts No. 8-ranked DePauw in a twinbill starting at 2:30 p.m.