The Muhlenberg softball team tacked on two more wins on its final day in Myrtle Beach.

The Mules (9-2), who will stop off in Salisbury on their way home for a pair of games on Saturday, defeated Franciscan, 14-1, and Mississippi University for Women, 2-1, to run their winning streak to nine games. That is tied for the sixth-longest streak in program history; the most since the 2013 squad won 10 straight.

In eight games in Myrtle Beach, Muhlenberg outscored its opponents by a margin of 78-4.

The final game was the most competitive of the lot, with the Mules hanging on to edge a MUW team that won 26 games last year.

Muhlenberg scored both of its runs in the top of the fifth. After singles by senior Gillian Zack and junior Kaya Mahy, junior Ava Calabrese doubled down the first-base line to bring in the first run of the game. A groundout by freshman Lillie Teague plated what proved to be the winning run.

The Owls got one run back in the in the sixth and threatened to tie in the seventh. The leadoff batter singled, but freshman Skyla Campisi threw her out trying to steal second. After the next batter singled, sophomore Leeanna Zagrodnik came on in relief. After a groundout pushed the tying run into scoring position, Zagrodnik struck out the final batter to nail down the win and her first career save.

Junior Justine Bergara worked the first 6.1 innings, allowing only 5 hits, to improve to 5-1 on the season. 

Senior Sophia Cicchetti went 4-for-4 for her second career four-hit game, adding a pair of stolen bases.

The first game was quite different, with Muhlenberg plating multiple runs in four of its five turns at bat. Ten different players drove in a run in the Mules' 18-hit attack.

Muhlenberg had one run in, two outs and nobody on base in the first before six straight batters got hits, five for extra bases. Three straight doubles by Campisi, Mahy and Zack brought in two runs, and Calabrese followed with a triple to the corner in right. A single by senior Brianna Kessler (pictured above) brought in the fifth run of the inning. 

The first career home run by sophomore Scooter Hulsen highlighted a three-run third. Hulsen hit the ball deep to the corner in left and circled the bases to score standing up with the Mules' third inside-the-park homer of the week.

The Barons scored their lone run in the third, snapping Muhlenberg's streak of four consecutive shutouts.