NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich University softball team got back to .500 on the season with a sweep of intrastate-rival NVU Johnson at the NU Softball Field on Wednesday afternoon in non-conference action. 

Norwich (8-8, 1-3 GNAC) pounded out 15 hits in an 11-10 victory in Game 1 and then capitalized on a slew of NVU Johnson errors in Game 2 to roll to an 8-0 victory in the nightcap to secure the sweep. 

Freshman Kennedy White (Randolph Center, Vt.) picked up the victory in the circle in both games. She fired a complete-game, four-hitter while striking out four in the nightcap to earn her second victory of the season. 

White also picked up the win in the first game after coming on in the top of the seventh inning and being the pitcher of record when the Cadets won in a walk off with Laura Deaton (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) lining a single back up the middle to score Sydney Wood (Proctor, Vt.) from third base.    

Deaton led the Cadets' offense with a 4-for-7 day at the dish and three RBIs. Eight of Norwich's batters in the starting lineup notched hits in Game 1. Maren McGinn (Georgia, Vt.) went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, while Annika Beebe (Marianna, Fla.) went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Nina Biello (Cranston, R.I.), Rachel Kempf (Warwick, R.I.) and Julia Vawter (Pelham, N.H.) each had two hits. 

Sophomore Nicole Perault (Nashua, N.H.) notched two RBIs. 

McGinn threw six innings, giving up 10 hits and four earned runs after throwing 100-plus pitches in the no-decision. 

Norwich led 9-3 after five innings before NVU Johnson came storming back with five runs in the top of the sixth inning. Norwich added a run in the bottom of the sixth inning before the Badgers tied the game up at 10-10 with two more runs in the top of the seventh. 

In Game 2, Wood scored three runs from the leadoff spot, while Deaton notched two of the Cadets' five hits in the game. Maggie Rasmussen (Kingston, N.H.), White, Beebe and Deaton each had a RBI. 

Norwich will travel to Saint Joseph's (Maine) for a GNAC doubleheader on Saturday, April 9 with start times at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The Cadets will return home to host Anna Maria on Sunday, April 10 at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.