EMMITSBURG, Md. - Chloe Mizianty (Carlsbad, Calif./Carlsbad) hit two homers and knocked in six runs in the opener while Courtney Zingle (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) hit a bases-clearing double in the nightcap to propel Mount St. Mary's to a Northeast Conference (NEC) doubleheader sweep against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sunday. The Mount won the opener 17-3 and then rallied to take the nightcap, 8-7.

Mizianty went 4-for-4 with two home runs, six RBIs and four runs scored in the first game and then added a hit, two runs scored and an RBI in the nightcap. Zingle posted two hits, three RBIs and a homer in the opener, but the senior big moment on the day came when she broke a 4-all standstill with a bases-loaded bases-clearing double in the sixth to help the Mountaineers (13-21, 3-7 NEC) complete its first sweep of the year.

Beth Everist (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) added three hits and four RBIs, including smacking her fifth home run of the year and the 17th of her career in the first inning of the opener to give Mount St. Mary's the lead it would not relinquish. The senior is now one round tripper away from Danyale Goode's (18, 2003-06) all-time career mark. Nicole Reeder (Glen Burnie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) contributed three hits, three runs scored and an RBI in the two games.

Taylor Daneille paced the Red Flash (8-30, 1-9 NEC) with three hits, five RBIs and two runs scored while Megan Layne posted four hits, two runs scored and an RBI on the day.

In the opener, the Mount took the advantage in the bottom of the first and registered a run in every inning to go on for a 17-3 victory.

Mizianty got the rally started in the first with a bunt base hit and then came around to score of Everist's line-drive homer to left field for a 2-0 edge. The squad increased the advantage in the second after Reeder reached by being hit with the pitch and then touching home on Nicole Pagano's (Berlin, N.J./St. Joseph) double to center field for a three-run margin.

Saint Francis (Pa.) answered with two runs in the third thanks to a high chopper that got through the infield into center field to plate two runs off the bat of Darnielle to trim the deficit to 3-2.

Mizianty homered to lead off the fourth to restore a two-run lead, but the Red Flash answered right back with an RBI infield single on a slow roller by Katie McMellen.

Mount St. Mary's then put the game away in the fourth when 13 runs crossed the plate to increase the advantage to 17-3. Mizianty powered the inning with two hits and five RBIs including a grand slam. Zingle hit a three-run jack in the stanza while Reeder, Pagano, Taylor Beebe (Olympia, Wash./Capital) and Alexa Tuck (Chester, Va./Thomas Dale) also registered RBIs in the stanza and Erin Leddy (Great Mills, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) scored on a wild pitch to account for the squad's 13-run outburst.

Pagano picked up the win and recorded six strikeouts in five innings of work.

In the nightcap, Saint Francis (Pa.) jumped out to a 4-0 lead before the Mount scored the next eight runs en route to an 8-7 victory.

Trailing 4-0, the Mountaineers started the come back when Jenna Zimmerman (Walkersville, Md./Walkersville) opened the inning with a single to center and touched home on a wild pitch. Mizianty then singled to right field to bring home Reeder, who reached on an infield single to trim the margin in half at 4-2.

Mizianty was the catalyst in the fifth when she walked and came home to score when Everist legged out an infield single to second to make it a one-run game.

The Mount then used a five-run sixth to take the lead for good. Reeder started the decisive rally with a single to left field. With two outs, Bre Lohman (Sharpsburg, Md./Boonsboro) was hit with the pitch and Mizianty walked to load the bases before Leddy coaxed a walk on a full count to force home a run and tie the game at 4. Zingle then cleared the bases with a double to left field to give Mount St. Mary's the lead it would not relinquish at 7-4. Everist added an insurance run on a bouncer up the middle for an 8-4 advantage going into the top of the seventh.

The Red Flash posted one more threat with the aid of a three-run homer by Darnielle to cut the deficit to 8-7 with one out. Amanda Hanson (La Plata, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) relieved Amanda Sadowl (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham)  to record the final two outs. Saint Francis (Pa.) did put a runner in scoring position thanks to an Ashley Thomas double, but Hanson ended the game with a check-swing third strike to earn her second collegiate save.

The Red Flash scored the first four runs in the game after scoring twice in each of the first two innings. Paige Smith hit a two-run homer in the first while Layne and McMellen each recorded RBIs in the second for a 4-0 lead. The Mountaineers then scored the next eight runs and held on for the victory.

Sadowl got the win after throwing 6.1 innings with three strikeouts.

Along with Everist inching closer to the program's home run mark, Zingle moved up in four categories on the afternoon. The senior moved into third place for career hits (150), third in RBIs (82), sixth in homers (10) and seventh in doubles (24). Reeder moved into second place for games played (185) and cracked the Top-10 in total bases (158) while Sadowl moved into eighth in strikeouts (141).

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Monday at home against Bryant. Game time is 12 p.m.