No. 9 Golden Eagles overpower Chargers

ROCKFORD — Ninth-ranked Rock Valley limited the Sandburg softball team to just five hits Wednesday as the Golden Eagles took both games of a nonconference doubleheader.

GAME 1
No. 9 Rock Valley 8, Sandburg 0 (5 innings)
Sandburg      000     00       —        0          2          1
Rock Valley   003     23       —        8          11       0
L: Cheyanne Rodgers 4.1 IP, 0 K, 3 BB

Key moments
The game stayed scoreless into the bottom of the fourth before the Eagles broke the ice with a three-run home run. 

GAME 2
No. 9 Rock Valley 16, Sandburg 0 (5 innings)
Sandburg      000     00       —        0          3          3
Rock Valley   444     4x        —        16       11       0
L: Mary Hellige 2.2 IP, 0 K, 2 BB                           

Key moments
Rock Valley scored four runs in each of their turns at bat. The Eagles' first-inning rally saw Mary Hellige retire the first two batters before allowing a double, an RBI single a walk and a three-run homer.

UP NEXT
3 p.m. Friday vs. DuPage (Sophomore Day)

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