ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The La Salle softball team (12-13, 3-3 A-10) won the second game of a doubleheader at St. Bonaventure (8-20, 1-2 A-10) 6-2 on Sunday to clinch a series win in the three-game set. The Explorers dropped the opening game of the DH 8-6 after a 4-2 win on Saturday.

St. Bonaventure 8, La Salle 6
The Explorers connected for a season-high 13 hits and scored twice in the top of the 7^th but couldn't overcome a strong start from SBU. Mackenzie Obert was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and Suzanne Swanicke, Emma Schweigert, Michelle Hagarty and Lindsey Gaines all had two hits.

Swanicke doubled in a run in the top of the 1^st but SBU scored two unearned runs against Marlo Roadcap (L, 5-5) in their half of the 1st. Roadcap ended up throwing 2.1 innings while allowing four runs (two earned) on five hits and a walk.

Obert's two-run shot put La Salle back in front briefly in the 3rd before SBU scored four unanswered runs to take a 6-3 lead. Hagarty doubled in a run in the 4^th to cut the deficit to 6-4 but the Bonnies got two runs back in the 5^th.

La Salle 6, St. Bonaventure 2
Reilly Gearhart (W, 3-5) allowed just one earned run in seven frames, scattering six hits and two walks while striking out four. The freshman had a shutout going until the Bonnies scored twice in the 7^th, but the Explorers had secured a 6-0 lead by that point and were able to halt the rally.

Emma Schweigert walked with the bases loaded in the 4^th to get La Salle on the board and Kristin Martin drove in a run with a fielder's choice grounder to make it 2-0.

La Salle scored four runs in the 5^th thanks to a Mackenzie Obert two-run homer, a solo shot by Taylor Rohrbaugh and an RBI single from Martin. La Salle had nine hits on the afternoon.

The Explorers will play a doubleheader at Lafayette on Wednesday before they host the George Washington Colonials next weekend for their first home action of the season.