WASHINGTON, D.C. – On a bone chilling and raw Wednesday afternoon the Gallaudet University softball team came up short against nearby foe Washington Adventist University in the home opener for the Bison. The visiting Shock swept the doubleheader 11-7 and 9-1 in five innings as the last game was called due to darkness once it became official.

Gallaudet (1-5) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first game and added three additional runs in the second inning with one of them coming off the bat of freshman second baseman Krystal Johnson (North Richland Hills, Texas), who blasted a home run down the left-field line. Two batters later, sophomore outfielder Alicia Johnson (San Jose, Calif.) connected on a two-run homer of her own to deep center field off WAU starting pitcher Kristina Murphy (1-1).

The Shock (3-1) cut the Bison lead to one, 5-4, in the fourth inning as they pushed across three runs off GU starting pitcher Michelle Mansfield-Hom (Frederick, Md.). WAU took the lead for good in the fifth as it scored four runs after its first two batters got out to start the inning. The Shock tacked on insurance runs in the sixth and seventh innings as they won 11-7.

The second game was all Washington Adventist as junior first baseman Jordan Harmon powered the Shock with two home runs as they scored runs in every inning but the fourth in the shorten game. Harmon went 3-for-3 at the plate, scored twice and connected on home runs in the third and fifth innings off Bison starter Paige Johnson (North Richland Hills, Texas). Harmon's first homer was a three-run shot that gave the Shock a 5-1 lead. Two innings later, the winds still blew out to center and she blasted a two-run shot to cap her day at the plate.

Gallaudet was held to just two hits at the plate in five innings. Alicia Johnson singled in the first inning and sophomore third baseman Leeza Cantu (Selma, Calif.) had a single in the fourth inning in the loss. Shock pitcher Meagan Hess (2-0) went the distance in the win as she allowed one run on two hits, walked two and struck out one.

The Bison are off for 11 days because of Spring Break and will next host Wesley College on Monday, March 21, at 3 p.m.