East Norriton, PA (4/4/01) - Heading into the season St. Joseph's head softball coach Charlie Wieners was hopeful that his pitching would be solid since he expected his offense would produce enough runs to keep his team in most games. Little did he know that his pitching would not only be solid, but would rank among the nation's leaders(8th, 0.89) in earned run average. This proved true again on Wednesday afternoon at East Norriton Field as the Hawks swept visiting Mount St. Mary's, 2-1 and 4-2, to up their record to 11-9-1 overall. It was SJU's 11th win in its last 14 games, as the team rebounded from an 0-7 start in games played at the Rebel Classic in Orlando, FL. In the opening game at the Hawks' home field, senior Kristin Doris continued her brilliance on the mound, limiting the Mount to just two hits and one unearned run in a 2-1 win. The veteran of the SJU staff struck out four in upping her record to 2-2 on the year. She also lowered her ERA to 0.44, the best in the Atlantic 10 Conference. "Experience," stated Doris on her hot start. "You get out in the field and you know how people hit and where you have to keep the ball...just experience." SJU opened the scoring in the first inning as Missy Rhoades, who reached base via a wild pitch on the third strike, scored on a throwing error by pitcher Allison Moraca (1-8). The Hawks tallied their other run in the second as Gail Treskot singled and moved to second on an error by the Mount's Erica Barone. A Doris single scored Treskot. MSM's Nola Occhipinti, who reached base via a single, scored off a sacrifice fly off the bat of Heather Macready. Occhipinti had moved to third on an error by Rhoades. Doris allowed no hits the final four innings, striking out Occhipinti to end the game. Freshman Dana Travis was equally as brilliant in the nightcap, allowing just three hits to record her team-high fifth win (four losses), SJU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first with Kristin Nau (3-5 on the day, 2 RBI) starting things off with a one-out single. Teresa Andreani then singled to right, and advanced all the way to third as the ball went under right fielder Kory Stanziale's legs. Nau scored on the play with Andreani following on a wild pitch by Moraca (1-9). An RBI single by Nau drove home Michele Wolfe in the second with the Hawks' third run of the game. Megan Brown, pinch-running for Jess Ryan (walk), plated the team's fourth run in the fourth inning. Nau drove her in with a sacrifice fly following Rhoades second hit of the game. A two-run homer off the bat of Amanda Blizzard in the fifth made things interesting, but Travis settled down and retired the next seven in order to close out the game. SJU now takes on Drexel at 3:30 PM tomorrow in a home doubleheader at Drexel Field. The team then prepares for a A-10 series at Temple on Saturday and Sunday, both days starting at noon. The Mount fell to 2-15 on the year.