MOUNT VERNON – Sophomore shortstop Sydni Coleman launched a towering grand slam into the night sky well beyond the left-field fence that punctuated a 17-5 five-inning Game 2 win over Beloit Thursday at Van Metre Family Softball Field.  
 
The deep blast was Coleman's first homer as a Ram and among Cornell's 30 hits in the Midwest Conference doubleheader, which saw the Rams bounce back from a 14-6 five-inning loss in Game 1.
 
The Rams (6-15 overall, 4-2 MWC) completed a 4-2 homestand that has them tied for fourth place in the early going of the conference race.
 
Coleman added a double and finished with six RBIs in the Game 2 rout which had Cornell's lineup account for 18 hits, seven going for extra bases. Claire Gugerty slugged a three-run homer down the left-field line that pushed Cornell ahead 11-3 in the top of the third.
 
Sophomore Caitlin Babcock went 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles, three runs and three RBIs. Addie Bowman was 3-for-4, while Marissa Faletti, Miranda Keith and Erin Puck provided two hits apiece. Faletti scored four times from the leadoff spot in the lineup.
 
Junior Alyssa Pearson (4-7) earned the complete-game win in the pitching circle. The left-hander allowed seven hits and struck out two.  
 
Cornell's only lapse of the night happened in the first inning of Game 1, when Beloit (8-17 overall, 3-5 MWC) put 10 runs on the scoreboard before the Rams recorded an out. The young Rams settled in from there, although couldn't overcome the early 10-0 deficit.
 
Keith and Olivia Richards had two doubles apiece to pace Cornell's 12-hit attack. Keith finished with three RBIs. Faletti and Puck each had two hits.
 
Cornell travels to play league unbeaten Lake Forest (14-10 overall, 6-0 MWC) for a noon doubleheader Saturday in Lake Forest, Ill.