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Lauren Marks

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Hawks win opening game in GLVC Tournament

Lauren Marks celebrates at home plate after hitting a solo home run in the second inning.
Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Lauren Cairo drove in three runs and collected three hits to lead Rockhurst to a 5-3 victory over Bellarmine in an opening-round game in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Championship Tournament at the EastSide Centre in East Peoria, Ill.

Cairo doubled home two runs in the third inning and added a run-scoring single in the fifth to give the Hawks a 5-1 lead. Lauren Marks opened the scoring with her fifth home run of the season, a solo home run to left field in the second. Hannah Pyle drove in Cairo with a sacrifice fly in the third.

Bridgette Sappington (22-6), who was named GLVC Pitcher of the Year Wednesday night, allowed three runs on 10 hits with four strikeouts. Madison Wagner, Hanna Stam and Payton Staggs each posted two hits as Rockhurst finished with 10 hits.

Second-seeded Rockhurst suffered a 3-2 loss to third-seeded Missouri-St. Louis Thursday night. The Tritons scored single runs in the first, third and sixth, while the Hawks scored their runs in the fifth and sixth.

Wagner led the Hawks with three hits and drove in a run in the fifth. Hannah Pyle had two hits and scored a run. Gabbie Boerema hit a pinch-hit RBI double in the sixth. Shannon Greene (8-13) allowed three runs on 10 hits.

Rockhurst (31-21) will face fourth-seeded Truman State in an elimination game at 11 a.m. Friday.
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Players Mentioned

Gabbie Boerema

#24 Gabbie Boerema

3B
5' 7"
Senior
R/R
Lauren Cairo

#10 Lauren Cairo

OF
5' 4"
Senior
R/R
Shannon Greene

#23 Shannon Greene

P
6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
Hannah Pyle

#12 Hannah Pyle

OF
5' 7"
Senior
R/R
Bridgette Sappington

#20 Bridgette Sappington

P
5' 10"
Senior
R/R
Madison Wagner

#5 Madison Wagner

OF
5' 6"
Junior
L/R
Hanna Stam

#15 Hanna Stam

C / 3B
5' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
Lauren Marks

#6 Lauren Marks

IF
5' 3"
Freshman
R/R
Payton Staggs

#14 Payton Staggs

P / OF
5' 5"
Freshman
R/R

Players Mentioned

Gabbie Boerema

#24 Gabbie Boerema

5' 7"
Senior
R/R
3B
Lauren Cairo

#10 Lauren Cairo

5' 4"
Senior
R/R
OF
Shannon Greene

#23 Shannon Greene

6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
P
Hannah Pyle

#12 Hannah Pyle

5' 7"
Senior
R/R
OF
Bridgette Sappington

#20 Bridgette Sappington

5' 10"
Senior
R/R
P
Madison Wagner

#5 Madison Wagner

5' 6"
Junior
L/R
OF
Hanna Stam

#15 Hanna Stam

5' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
C / 3B
Lauren Marks

#6 Lauren Marks

5' 3"
Freshman
R/R
IF
Payton Staggs

#14 Payton Staggs

5' 5"
Freshman
R/R
P / OF