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CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- Nazareth banged out  a season-best 12 hits Thursday against New Jersey City University to gain a 10-1 victory over the Gothic Knights in the second of two games played at the Cape Coral Sports Complex. Wartburg University of Iowa defeated Nazareth 11-3 in the first game Thursday.

At 3-5 overall, the Golden Flyers conclude their spring trip Friday with games against Pitt.-Bradford at 1 p.m. and Nichols College at 5.

Against NJCU, Nazareth's offensive display was in support of junior Nicole Bayona, who gained her first pitching victory of the season by limiting the opposition to three hits over five innings and striking out three.

Senior Kailey Ritch had three hits in four at bats and sophomore Morgan Ross went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two runs batted in.

Sophomore Carly Pike added a two-run double and had another RBI with a bases loaded walk. Junior Sophia Rhoades batted twice for the Golden Flyers in a seven-run second inning and produced a single and a double and three runs batted in. Through eight games, Rhoades leads the Golden Flyers with a .550 batting average, an .880 slugging percentage and 12 runs batted in.

After falling behind 1-0, Nazareth erupted for seven runs on eight hits in the second inning. Morgan Ross and Maureen Rogers each had run-scoring singles with Pike and Rhoades contributing two-run doubles. Nazareth added two more runs in the third with bases loaded walks to Pike and Rhoades accounting for both runs. Nazareth's 10th run came in the fourth after Cydney Luke led off with a walk and advanced to third on an infield grounder and a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ross.

Nazareth was roughed up by Wartburg in the first game as the Knights banged out 13 hits to score 11 runs. Nazareth scored all three of its runs in the fourth as Rhoades cracked an RBI double and Shauna Bardanis had a two-run double.