The Dominican University softball team, coming off a day where they pounded out five home runs and collected 31 hits, grinded out a pair of wins on Tuesday to run their current win streak to six games despite committing seven errors in the field.  The Stars put up double-digit hits in wins over Albion College, 7-2, and Mount Mary University, 12-4.
 
Sophomore left-hander Sydney Kuderna picked up the wins in both games, improving to 4-2 on the season. Kuderna worked six innings in game one, allowing just two runs to the Albion Britons on six hits, before entering the game against Mount Mary in the second inning and tossing four innings of two-hit softball.
 
The Stars, now 7-3 on the season, will enjoy an off-day on Wednesday before returning to North Collier Regional Park in Naples, Florida, on Thursday for games against Eastern Nazarene University and New Jersey City University.
 
Game One: Dominican 7, Albion 2
 
The Stars jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first.  Gabby Curran opened the inning with a single to left before stealing home after going first to third on a single by Abby Maike.  Later in the inning, Gabi Alfaro pushed across Alyssa Domico with a two-out single.
 
The Britons got one run back in the bottom of the third and then evened the score at 2-2 with a run in the fourth while the Stars loaded the bases in the fourth but could not score.
 
After Kuderna worked around a two-out single and an error in the top of the fifth, the Stars' bats got going in the bottom of the inning.  Domico provided the go-ahead hit, pushing across Curran. A throwing error later allowed Maike to score before Alfaro broke the game open with a two-run single to Domico and Ali Woitovich.  Kuderna later helped herself in the inning, knocking in a run when she ripped a ball to right-center.
 
After working a scoreless sixth, Kuderna turned the game over to Anissa Becker who pitched a scoreless seventh, working around a one-out single.
 
Game Two: Dominican 12, Mount Mary 4 (6 Inn.)
 
A pair of errors by the Stars in the top of the first helped Mount Mary to a 3-0 lead after the top of the first but Dominican scored the next seven runs to open a 7-3 lead after three innings and never looked back.
 
Kuderna entered the game in the second inning to pick up the win.  The lefty worked four innings, surrendering just one unearned run on two hits.
 
Offensively, Alfaro, Katie Fredrick and Jacadi Rivera picked up two hits apiece while Olivia Babusci collected a two-run single after working a scoreless inning in the circle.