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Hudeck helps Rock to 2 wins

Dan Hudeck drove in the winning runs in both games of a doubleheader sweep for the Slippery Rock University baseball team, which downed Clarion University 12-6 and 6-4 Friday.

Hudeck hit a grand slam in the first game to key a seven-run, sixth-inning rally. It was his second home run of the game. He also drove in six runs.

In the second game, he singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning.

Grove City High graduate Billy Herman was 3-for-5 with two RBI in the first game. Slippery Rock High grad Billy Messer added a double in the victory for The Rock (24-12, 9-5).

Scott Bender went 3-for-4 in the nightcap.

Slippery Rock High grad Mike DeCola picked up the win in relief in the second game.

Meghan McHenry was 3-for-3 with two RBI in the first game as The Rock swept Clarion 10-1, 5-3 Friday.Pitcher Lisa Getgen picked up the win and two RBI in the first game.Sheree Horvath hit a three-run homer in the nightcap for The Rock (21-17, 7-7), which moved into third place in the conference.

Kayla Blackburn and Laura Handy each recorded a pair of wins Friday afternoon, but Slippery Rock University fell to Bloomsburg 5-3 in the semifinals of the PSAC Team Championships.

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