The No. 2-ranked Emory softball team treated a Senior Day crowd to three wins Saturday afternoon while Eagles' head coach Penny Siqueiros also enjoyed a memorable afternoon by notching her 400^th career win.  Emory opened the trifecta with a doubleheader sweep over Rhodes College by 5-2 and 5-4 scores, and then registered a 13-0, five-inning decision over Spelman College.  With the three victories, Emory now stands 32-2-1 on the year. 

In the first game of the day, junior pitcher Jaclyn Jacobi upped her season slate to 2-0 after turning in a stellar effort in relief of starter Lena Brottman, blanking the Lynx over 6 2/3 innings, allowing just four hits and striking out two.  Freshman Megan Light keyed the squad's 11-hit attack with a pair of safeties and three RBIs while sophomore Dana Goodenough, senior Brittany Boeshore and junior Jessica Boni all contributed two hits.  After seeing Rhodes score twice in its half of the first, Emory battled back to tie the game in the bottom of the inning with Light singling in the first run and then later scoring the second after a ground out by Jessica Thomas.   Goodenough drove in what proved to be the winning tally in the second inning with a two-out single that scored senior Nikki Perez.  In the bottom of the fourth, Emory added a pair of insurance runs when a two-run double by Light enabled Goodenough and Boeshore to cross the plate.  Meanwhile, Jacobi handcuffed the Lynx bats, not allowing a hit over the final four innings while seeing just two batters reach base.  The win was represented Siqueiros's 400^th career win at Emory and the ninth time during her career that she has guided the program to 30 or more victories.

The Eagles had to put their rally caps on again in the second contest against Rhodes as the Lynx used a bases-loaded clearing double by Olivia Ryan to take a 3-0 lead after the first inning.  After Rhodes added a run in the fourth to extend its lead to 4-0, the Eagles roared back with a five-run  barrage in the bottom of the frame that saw them collect five hits while sending nine batters to the plate.  Boni and freshman Catherine Norman accounted for the first two RBIs with a single and sacrifice fly, respectively, to narrowed the gap to 4-2.  After a Rhodes error allowed another Emory runner to sprint home, a double by Boeshore scored Goodenough with the tying run and Sophia Tarte with the eventual winning score.   As was the case in the first game, Emory was the beneficiary of outstanding relief pitching, this time by sophomore Jamie Melson who came on in the first inning to quell the Rhodes uprising.  Melson earned her first win of 2011 after hurling 6 2/3 innings and surrendering just one run and three hits.  She fanned five and did not walk a batter.

The Eagles rattled off all 13 of their runs against the Jaguars of Spelman in the first inning.  Junior Jen Haag and senior Zara Louy each delivered two-run singles while freshman Catherine Norman, who ended the game 3-for-3 at the plate, knocked in a run with a three-base hit.  Freshman Amanda Kardys and Light combined to no-hit Spelman over five innings with Kardys registering her second win of the year in as many decisions.  She went three innings and struck out four while Light tossed the final two frames, fanning three.

Today's contests marked the final regular-season appearances at Cooper Field for seniors Nikki Perez, Brittnay Boeshore and Zara Louy.  The trio were recognized for their contributions to the program following the Spelman game.

Emory returns to action next Saturday (Apr. 16) when it plays a doubleheader at Berry College.