LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Royals won the first game of The Sun Conference Doubleheader 5-0 with Sylvia Welsh dominating in the circle holding the powerful Sand Sharks to 3-hits. The Sand Sharks offense fired up in game two with 7-hits and 9-runs taking the 5-inning run rule. 
 
GAME 1 WU 5, #18 USCB 0
 
The Royals struck in the bottom of the 1^stinning when Breyonna Shell hit a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Kasey Heslin from third. 
 
It was quiet until the bottom of the 6^thinning when the Royals broke loose for 4-runs. Brittany Winget reached on a fielder's choice off a bunt that scored Ashton Owen. Megan Garfinkel shot a single to left scoring Katelyn Richards who took over on the basepaths after a Sara Bruno single. Caitlyn Yockey may have grounded out, but pushed in Brittany Winget to score in doing so for an RBI. Then a costly error later in the inning allowed Megan Garfinkel to score sealing up the eventual 5-0 win for the Royals. 
 
Facing just 5 batters more than the minimum, Sylvia Welsh threw another gem inside of the circle spreading out 3-hits over a complete 7-innings pitched. She struck out 2 and only walked 1 in her efforts. In Sylvias last two starts, shes completed two games for 14 innings pitched, held opponents to 5 total hits and struck out 6 hitters. With this win she moved herself to 6-1 on the season.
 
GAME 2 WU 1, #18 USCB 9
 
In a turn of events it was the Sand Sharks that plundered the Royals with 7-hits, 9-runs, using 4 Royals errors to their advantage in game two. The Royals did strike off of a Sara Bruno single into left field that scored Ashton Owen. 
 
Ashton Owen has continued to be a massive threat at the plate. Not only is she carrying an 8-game hitting streak, but in those 8 games she has gone 16-29 hitting .552, scoring 7-runs, hitting 3-triples, and punching across 7-RBI's. 
 
Brooke Olinger pitched the majority of the game for the Royals spreading out 7-hits over 4 1/3 innings surrendering 9-runs, but of the 9, only 3-runs were earned. Olinger falls to 7-3 on the season. 
 
The Royals schedule only heats up from here as they travel next weekend to take on the Fire of Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fla.