LIBERTY, MO. – Senior Alex Stupek recorded three hits on Friday to become the program's all-time career leader in that category with 236 as the University of Missouri-St. Louis softball team swept William Jewell in Great Lakes Valley Conference action. The Tritons took the opener, 14-3, in six innings, before a 5-0 win in the nightcap.
 
Stupek recorded a home run and two triples, with her second triple coming in the second inning of game two to give her the record.
 
UMSL improves to 23-9 overall, including 5-3 in the GLVC, while William Jewell slips to 12-16 and 4-6 in the league.
 
Game 1: UMSL 14, William Jewell 3 (6 inn.)
Game Highlights
- Three homers, including two from senior Erin Walker, helped the Tritons to the win.
 
- UMSL opened with a 4-0 lead after its first at-bat, highlighted by a three-run homer from senior Alex Stupek, while senior Sara Kern drove in the first run.
 
- Walker extended the lead to 7-0 in the second inning with a three-run shot over the left field fence, while junior Rachel Matthies' bases loaded RBI groundout in the third sent sophomore Carly Kingery home for an 8-0 advantage.
 
- William Jewell got on the board with a three-run homer in the third inning, but Stupek gave UMSL a run back in the bottom of the third with a triple before scoring on a throwing error on the same play.
 
-Sophomore Serena Olson drove in run number 10 with a two-out RBI single in the fifth. It was her 35^th RBI of the season.
 
-A two-run home run from Walker in the sixth highlighted a four-run, two-hit, one-error frame.
 
Statistically Speaking
- UMSL out-hit the Cardinals, 11-6.
- Walker finished with two hits and five RBIs, while Stupek finished with two hits and three RBIs.
- Sophomore Reagan Osborn reached in all four plate appearances, recording a single in her first three at-bats before drawing a walk. The Tritons were issued eight walks.
- Kingery tossed the complete-game victory, recording six strikeouts to two walks.
 
Game 2: UMSL 5, William Jewell 0
Game Highlights
-UMSL broke the scoreless game in the top of seventh, scoring all five runs with two outs. Osborn drove in the first run, while two more came home on a Cardinals error before back-to-back RBI singles from Matthies and sophomore Serena Olson.
 
Statistically Speaking
-Freshman CoCo Caraway tossed the complete game shutout, surrendering just four hits, while walking two and striking out one.
-UMSL finished with eight hits, including two each from Olson and senior Ryan Logan.
 
Up Next
UMSL completes its trip to the western part of the state tomorrow at Rockhurst. First pitch of the doubleheader is Noon.