SCHENECTADY, NY- The Utica College softball team got back on track Tuesday as it swept Union College, 5-0 and 10-2, in non-conference action.
 
Freshman Jamie Miller (Boonville, NY/Adirondack) led the way for UC going 6-for-7 with four runs scored in the doubleheader. 
 
Utica 5, Union 0- Game one final
The Pioneers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first and sealed the deal with three scores in the seventh for a 5-0 win.
 
Utica got on the board thanks to an RBI double by Hayley Fredericks (Suffern, NY/Suffern) and the Pioneers scored again on an error by the Union shortstop.
 
UC added three insurance runs in the seventh as Fredericks drove in another tally and Nicole Rice (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville South) singled to left to bring in two more.
 
Rice finished the game going 3-for-4 with two RBIs to pace the Pioneers.  Jamie Miller (Boonville, NY/Adirondack) was 2-for-3, while Fredericks, Alyssa Samborin (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen), and Sabrina Stransky (Miller Place, NY/Miller Place) each had one hit. Rice and Miller each had one steal in game one. 
 
Brittany Meka (Averill Park, NY/Averill Park) was lights out in the circle as she allowed just one hit and had a perfect game going through the first four innings.  Meka totaled five strikeouts in the win.
 
Utica 10, Union 2- Game two final
The Pioneers erased a 2-0 deficit by scoring 10 runs in the final three innings to complete the sweep.  Utica exploded for 15 hits in game two, led by Miller, who went 4-for-4 with three runs scored.
 
Fredericks was 3-for-5, including two doubles and four RBIs, while Rice was 2-for-5.  Pitcher Alyssa Samborin (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen) helped her cause by going 2-for-2 with two runs.  Samantha Whitehouse (Greenwich, NY/Greenwich), Sabrina Stransky (Miller Place, NY/Miller Place), Josie Sgarlata (Canastota, NY/Canastota), and Dominique Soto (Miller Place, NY/Miller Place) also had hits. 
 
Samborin struck out three and allowed just four hits to pick up her first career win.
 
The Pioneers (12-14) look to carry their momentum into an Empire 8 Conference doubleheader against Stevens on Saturday.  The first pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Utica's Greenman Field.