Valparaiso, Ind. -- Senior McKenzie Bedra belted two home runs in the same game for the third time in her career to lead the Youngstown State softball team (11-30, 5-13 Horizon League) to a 7-2 victory in game two of a doubleheader split against Valparaiso (28-15, 10-4 Horizon League) on Saturday afternoon at the VU Softball Field. The Penguins lost the opener, 4-1.

    Bedra, who went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, hit a three-run shot in the top of the fifth inning and a solo bomb in the top of the seventh inning.

    Sophomore Cheryl Cale picked up her seventh win of the season  yielding just five hits and on earned run through six innings.

    The Penguins jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third after Kristen McDonnell tripled home Katy Potokar and Bedra, who both posted two out singles, and Jamie Fornal drove in McDonnell with a single to left-center field.

    In the opener, McDonnell belted her fifth home run of the season in the top of the second inning for the Guins' lone run.

    Senior Becky Hibner allowed just five hits and one earned run in 4.1 innings and suffered the hard luck loss.

    The Penguins and Crusaders conclude the series, Sunday, at Noon (EDT).