Canfield, Ohio -- Sophomore Hana Somogyi fired her second shutout in less than a week and junior Haley Thomas belted two home runs to lead the Youngstown State softball team to an 8-0 win in game two of a doubleheader sweep of Detroit on Wednesday afternoon. The Guins won game one, 6-2.
The Guins improve to 21-14 overall and 4-7 in the Horizon League. With the wins, the Guins reach the 20-win plateau for the first time since 2006. Detroit falls to 5-23 overall and 0-8 in the league.
Somogyi, who recorded her second career shutout, tossed a two-hitter and struck out seven in the five-inning complete game. Somogyi also recorded her fourth straight win.
Thomas cranked her team-best fifth and sixth home runs of the season in the shutout and drove in three runs.Her first came in the bottom of the second inning extending the Guins' 1-0 edge to a 5-0 lead.
Thomas also ripped a solo home run in the bottom fourth inning to give the Guins a 4-0 advantage.
In the bottom of the fifth, Courtney Ewing's single to center and Sarah Gable's pinch-hit, two-run double down the left field line enforced the eight-run mercy rule.
In the opener, freshman Casey Crozier scattered eight hits and allowed just two runs with six strikeouts to record her 12th complete game of the year.
Senior Kim Klonowski went 2-for-3 with and drove in a run while sophomore Vicky Rumph hit a two-run home run and freshman Samantha Snodgrass also drove in two runs.
The Guins host Valparaiso in a three-game series, April 16-17, at McCune Park. First pitch for Saturday's doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.
