CASTLETON, Vt. - Castleton State College opened its North Atlantic Conference schedule with a doubleheader sweep of Lyndon, taking an 8-0 win in six innings in the opener, and earning a 16-0 win in five innings in the nightcap.

Emily Sweeney earned the win in the opener, tossing six innings to earn the shutout. Sweeney allowed just three hits, walked two and struck out three. Tori Fearon went 4-for-4 with two doubles, a homerun, four runs scored and three RBI to pace the offense.

Castleton wasted little time, scoring three in the first and two more in the second for an early 5-0 lead. Fearon doubled over the centerfielder's head to start things in the first, and Mercedes Maltbie tripled to right-centerfield for the game's first run. Sarah Flore followed with a single to plate Maltbie and two batters later Julie Benzenberg singled her home.

Fearon and Maltbie each stroked run-scoring doubles in the second frame, and Steph Wright doubled and scored.

Fearon and Flore each had rbi-singles in the fourth inning to make it 7-0, and Fearon put the game on ice with her first collegiate homerun to centerfield. Maltbie and Flore each finished with two hits and two RBI, while Benzenberg had a pair of singles and one RBI.

Kelly Butler (Hubbardston, Mass.), Natalia Shams (Swampscott, Mass.) and Meghan Gadapee (Littleton, N.H.) each singled in the loss.

Taylor Lively tossed a complete-game one hitter, striking out nine and walking one to earn the shutout. Maltbie went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI to lead the offense. Castleton sent 12 batters to the plate, scoring eight runs on just one hit. The Spartans worked five walks and used two Hornet errors and two hit batsmen to aid their cause.

Maltbie provided a two-out, two-run single to cap the rally. The Spartans batted around again in the second inning, plating six runs. Fearon added an rbi-double to the left-centerfield gap, while Benzenberg and Wright each had run-scoring singles.