BROCKPORT, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo junior infielder Audrey Minton hit a pair of home runs as the Knights took two from Brockport, earning a 6-1 victory in game one and taking a 9-0 decision in game two to open the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) schedule with a sweep. 

GAME ONE - GENESEO 6, Brockport 1

• Junior infielder Leah VanDerwarker opened the game with a solo home run to give the Knights a 1-0 lead. Three batters later, Minton added the first of her home runs to give Geneseo a 3-0 lead after the top of the first inning. 
• Brockport scored their only run of the contest, capitalizing on a Geneseo error in the fifth inning to cut into the lead, 3-1.
• Geneseo responded with three runs in the sixth inning as the Knights took advantage of three Brockport errors in the inning. VanDerwarker added an RBI single as the squad extended the lead to 6-1. 
• Sophomore pitcher Lauren Kersch scattered seven hits, allowed just one walk and struck out seven Golden Eagles to improve to 5-0 from the circle on the year. 

GAME TWO - GENESEO 9, Brockport 0

• The Knights and Golden Eagles played through four scoreless innings before Geneseo broke open the game with five runs in the fifth inning. Sophomore Lauren Gulick ripped a pinch-hit two-run single, sophomore Rebecca Schwartz added a sacrifice fly and the Knights scored two more runs on Brockport errors to take a 5-0 lead. 
• Geneseo added four runs in the top of the seventh inning as first-year Kaitlyn Schmitz hit an RBI single and Minton added a three-run homer to tack on for a 9-0 advantage. 
• Junior Mattie Woodard tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing just four hits and one walk while recording six strikeouts. She earned the complete-game victory to improve to 3-1 from the circle this season. 

QUICK FACTS 

• Minton leads the Knights with three home runs and 13 RBI on the year while VanDerwarker has popped two homers and driven in nine. 
• VanDerwarker finished with four hits over the two games combined while Schwartz went 3-for-4 in game one and junior Olivia Fazio went 3-for-4 in game two. 
• The Geneseo pitching staff has allowed just one earned run over their last six games combined, twirling a 0.23 ERA over that span (6-0). 
• Kersch (0.40) and Woodard (0.84) rank first and second in the SUNYAC, respectively, in ERA so far this season, combining for an 8-1 record.

WHAT'S NEXT?

Geneseo (12-2, 2-0 SUNYAC) will travel to Nazareth on Wednesday for a non-conference double header with the Golden Flyers.