Emory junior Jessica Thomas hit a two-run homer and the No. 2-ranked Emory softball fought off a late Piedmont College threat in recording a 5-4 victory and a sweep of a twinbill.  The Eagles won the first game by a 3-0 margin.  Emory has won nine straight games and owns a 36-2-1 overall record.  Piedmont slipped to 22-12.

The blast by Thomas, her team-high 10^th round tripper of the campaign, was the big blow in helping Emory get off to a 3-0 lead in the first inning.  The Eagles added single tallies in the fifth when freshman Megan Light came through with a run-producing single, and in the sixth when freshman Lauren Gorodetsky’s single enabled pinch runner Jamie Dodich to cross the plate.  The Lions trailed by a 5-2 margin heading into their final at bat and scored a pair of runs and had the tying run on first base before seeing the rally come to an end.  Junior pitcher Bridget Holloway, returning to the mound for the first time since Mar. 24, picked up the win, her 15^th of the year against just one setback, hurling all seven innings and allowing seven hits.

Emory returns to action on Saturday (Apr. 23) when it plays a doubleheader at Maryville College.