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SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- The Notre Dame Falcons blanked the Lake Erie Storm twice on Saturday afternoon at Campus Field, with a 5-0 victory in game one, and capped their season with a six inning, 8-0 victory in game two.  

The sweep for the Falcons (16-16) gives them eight wins in 11 tries at home, putting them at the .500 hump for the first time since March 5. The losses for the Storm (2-34) give them 29 in a row. 

Game One

The Falcons won the opening contest on the arm of Ashley Harbarger (7-6) and the bats of their table setters, who delivered each one of their seven hits. 

Harbarger was dominant, as she did not allow a base runner for the first five innings of the contest, and retired the first 17 batters she faced, until issuing a free pass in the top of the sixth inning.  She took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, but Lake Erie's Mackenzie Quinn broke it up with a one-out double. 

The two-bagger turned out to be the Storm's lone hit in the contest, as Harbarger delivered her fifth complete game shutout of the season, and fanned nine batters to score the victory.

The top of the NDC order, Kelsey Coleman, Christine Camp, and Jessica Cavallero all hit safely multiple times.  Coleman started the home half of the first inning with a triple to right center, and she came home moments later on Cavallero's two-run bomb to left. 

Cavallero struck again in the top of the fifth inning.  After Coleman led off with a single and stole second base, Cavallero drover her home once again, this time on a base hit to right field. 

NDC plated two more in the last of the sixth inning. One out walks were issued to Steph Glueck and Maria Revello, before Coleman ripped her third hit of the game, a run scoring single to right field which brought Glueck home. Cavallero drove in her fourth run of the game moments later on a groundout.

Game Two

Pitching dominated the first three innings of the second contest, and the Falcons snapped a scoreless tie in the home half of the fourth inning.  Nicole Spuhler reached on a one out base hit before stealing second base.  On the play, she made her way to third on an errant throw from the LEC catcher.  Spuhler scored later in the inning on Megan Turner's single to left field.

The Falcons put four more on the board in the last of the fifth inning on four hits.  It all started on Glueck's base hit, and she scored a few moments later on Coleman's triple to the gap in right center. Rachelle Miller brought Coleman home on a single up the middle, and she scored later in the inning on Jessica Bequette's run scoring base hit. Cavallero scored the final run of the inning on Spuhler's sacrifice fly.

NDC put the game out of reach with a three run sixth inning to bring the mercy rule into play. Coleman ripped her third single of the game to load the bases with one out, and it was a balk that produced the first run of the inning, scoring Glueck.  Shortly after, Cavallero singled to bring in the final two runs of the contest.

Harbarger (8-6) started the second contest, and came away with the win after allowing no runs on a pair of hits through four strong innings and a trio of strikeouts.  On the day, Harbarger tossed 11 scoreless frames, allowed just three hits and fanned a dozen batters to cap her career.  Ashley Hall (2) fanned five batters over two scoreless innings of relief to snag the save.

Coleman had a huge day at the plate for NDC.  The primary table setter for Head Coach Amy Kyler's club went 6-for-8 on the day, with four runs scored and she drove in a pair as well.  Cavallero had a huge afternoon offensively as well, going 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and six driven in.

The contest brings an end to NDC's first season as an NCAA-II institution.  The Falcons started the year at 4-10 at the Rebel Spring Games, but turned things around to finish at the .500 mark with victories four out of their last six games.