GOSHEN, Ind. — Leah Herrman homered twice and posted a complete-game win in the pitching circle Monday as the Goshen College softball team swept Bethel College 4-3 and 10-1 in Crossroads League play at the John Ingold Athletic Complex.

Herrman gave up eight hits in the opener, a seven-inning win, while Alexis Carpenter fired a six-inning five-hitter in a second game shortened by the mercy rule. All four Bethel runs in the doubleheader were unearned as the Maple Leafs (11-20, 3-9) swept the Pilots for the first time since 2001.

A third Maple Leaf pitcher also added to the victories: while Brooke Maes never took the pitching circle, Goshen's active leader in innings pitched blasted her third home run of the season in the second inning of the opener.

Bethel (2-20, 1-11) had taken a 3-0 lead in the previous half-inning, starting the inning with two straight batters reaching on errors. Shelby Prows singled to center to drive in the first two runs; after a popout and a groundout, Prows would score on a Haley Stinson single.

The Pilots' lead lasted all of two pitches into the home second inning, with Maes driving a 1-0 pitch down the left-field line for her 17th career four-bagger: the Northridge High School graduate is now one dinger shy of Candy Feare's 16-year-old school record.

Goshen did all of its scoring in game one in the even-numbered innings: Leah Herrman tied the game with a two-run, first-pitch homer after Rianna Koteles' leadoff bunt single in the fourth.

The eventual game-winning run scored with no outs in the sixth: after singles from Koteles and Herrman left runners on the corners, pinch-runner Courtney Crapser stole second. As the throw across the diamond hit the sliding runner and squirted away from the Pilot infield, Koteles scampered home to score on the throwing error.

After leaving runners on base in every inning from the third to the fifth, Bethel recorded two outs on the basepaths in the seventh. Leadoff batter Mackenzie Orphanidis singled off the center-field fence but was cut down stretching the play to a double. The next Pilot hitter singled; with the tying run in motion from first during the next batter, GC shortstop Allison White fielded a popup and doubled the runner off first for a game-ending twin killing.

Koteles and Herrman each hit safely twice for GC with Katherine Boyer adding a double. The visitors, whose eight hits were all singles, got three hits from Hunter Brummett and two from Prows.

Although GC let the first even-numbered inning pass without scoring in the nightcap, the Maple Leafs would leave no doubt about the final outcome: from the middle of the third on, Goshen recorded as many runs as outs.

Cassandra Espinoza opened the third inning by reaching on a ball through the wickets of the shortstop, moving to third on a Candace Sutter single. Each runner advanced on a throwing error after a Sandra Rodriguez bunt before the Maple Leafs doubled their lead on a fielder's choice involving a double-steal attempt.

Three more runs crossed the plate in the fourth inning after Herrman and Maes started the inning with singles. Emily Namisnak drove in the first run with a single to the left-field warning track before a two-out Sutter hit cleared the bases.

The Maple Leafs strung three straight hits together with one out in the fifth, driving two runs in but leaving a potential game-ending run on first after a pair of popouts. After mustering a single hit through the first four-plus innings, Bethel added two hits in the top of the sixth and scored on a throwing error to pull within 7-1, but the Pilots would not get a chance to climb any farther out of their hole.

Rodriguez reached base on a single with one out in the bottom of the sixth before the next three batters hit line drives to center field. The first was a flyout, the second became a fielding error that put the game-ending run on first base, and the third was Herrman's three-run homer that created the first doubleheader sweep in a Goshen-Bethel series since 2014. The two teams had split seven straight doubleheaders.

Goshen's 11th win of the season allowed the 2018 team to eclipse the 2017 team's win total, turning the trick in six fewer games and with 24 more games scheduled in the regular season. The 2018 team is the ninth in GC history to win at least 11 games.

Sutter, Herrman and Maes each hit safely three times for Goshen in game two, with Maes adding a double. Herrman scored three times and drove in three while Sutter knocked in two and Koteles scored twice.

After a Tuesday doubleheader with Grace was postponed, the Maple Leafs will return to the field on Friday for a doubleheader at 12th-ranked Indiana Wesleyan, which begins at 4 p.m. in Marion, Indiana. Goshen's next scheduled home game is at 1 p.m. Saturday against Taylor.