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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Freshmen Kelli Zomer and Caroline Cooper each hit a pair of home runs and hurlers Sara Bowen and Cindy Bitters tossed two and three-hitters in the circle as host Rhodes swept a doubleheader from Millsaps on Saturday afternoon.

With the win in Game 1, Rhodes picked up its school-record 24th win of the season.  By completing the sweep, Rhodes improved to 25-5 on the season and a perfect 10-0 in the SCAC while the Majors dropped to 11-14 and 4-6 in league play. 

In Saturday's opener, Cooper gave the Lynx a 1-0 lead in the first with her second home run of the season on a 2-1 pitch over the left field fence.  Rhodes then plated four more runs in the second to push the lead to 5-0 off three hits and an error.

Bowen led off the second with a walk and advanced to third on a single by Elise Suna. Armanda Venezia then singled to score Bowen and advance Suna to third, who would then score on a passed ball. Allison Conn capped the inning with a two-RBI single to left center, scoring Venezia and Alvino.

The score remained 5-0 until the fifth, as Bowen and Millsaps starter \#Kasey Thibodeaux\# kept the hitters in check through the middle innings. Rhodes added another insurance run in the bottom of the inning when Cooper led off with a walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Conn and later scored on an RBI-single from Moore.

Millsaps made it interesting by puttng a couple of runners on base in the seventh, using a single from \#Jennifer McKinley\# and a walk by \#Jenny Laird\# but Bowen got \#Amanda Berry\# to ground into a fielders' choice to end the game.

Bowen tossed her fifth shutout of the season, giving up just two hits while striking out nine, improving to 10-1 on the season. Seven different Lynx had one hit, led by Cooper's home run and Conn's two-RBI single.

In Game 2, Zomer got the Lynx off to a good start with a leadoff home run in the first -- her seventh of the year.  Cooper then doubled and Conn walked before Suna delivered a two-out single, scoring Cooper, while Conn came around to score on an error to give Rhodes a 3-0 lead after one inning of play.

Millsaps answered by loading the bases with no outs in the second, but managed just one run, as Bitters notched two strikeouts and a fielders' choice to get out of the jam.

Rhodes bounced back with two runs in the bottom half of the inning to extend its lead to 5-1, using a two-run homer from Cooper -- her second of the day.  They would add three more runs in the third and four in the fourth to earn the shortened, 12-1 victory in five.

The Lynx and Majors will face off in another doubleheader Sunday at Noon.  Live video and stats will be available, courtesy of Rhodes College.