The WWU Lady Owls extended their winning streak to four games by sweeping Friday's AMC home doubleheader 2-0 and 3-2 with the Lyon Lady Scots.
Sophomore shortstop Ari Arnold's one-out single scored senior designated player Beth Begemann with the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning in the nightcap to lift William Woods University (18-13, 4-4 American Midwest Conference).
The Lady Owls had taken a 2-0 lead by tallying single runs in the first and second. Lyon College (13-13, 3-2) scored a run in the third and then tied the game with a run in the seventh to force extra innings.
Begemann led off William Woods' eighth with a single to left, advanced to second on sophomore third baseman Amanda Bouchey's sacrifice and came around to score the decisive run on Arnold's single to right-center.
Arnold was 2-for-3 and scored a run as the Lady Owls totalled nine hits. Begemann finished 2-for-4 with a double, while senior right fielder Brailee Schulte went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Sophomore first baseman Alli Massey was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Freshman starter Madison Ausfahl - a North Callaway graduate - went 6 1/3 innings to earn the victory for William Woods. Ausfahl (5-3) allowed two earned runs on six hits, struck out three and walked two.
Junior starter Allison Waskow tossed a four-hit shutout in the first game for the Lady Owls. Waskow (4-7) posted seven strikeouts and issued three walks.
William Woods - which was also limited to four hits - scored single runs in the first and second. Bouchey and senior center fielder Hannah Campbell were both 1-for-3 with a triple and a run scored, while Arnold finished 2-for-2.
Massey went 0-for-1 with an RBI.
The Lady Owls remain at home for an AMC doubleheader against Hannibal-LaGrange University at 2 p.m. Tuesday.