Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LA MIRADA, Calif. --- We can all take a collective sigh of relief.
 
After posting one run in 13 innings in two painful losses to Azusa Pacific on Friday, Head Coach Lorie Coleman's Biola Softball team exploded for 22 runs in two victories against Holy Names on Saturday. Biola took a 14-2 victory in game one and won the second 8-0.

The way this team was hitting it could have gone for far more than the 22 if not for the eight run mercy rule that operates in collegiate softball. All of this offense is a welcome sight for a team that got off to a 1-4-1 start and still seemed to be searching for its identity.
 
That identity was found in a big way on Saturday as the Eagles' core of returning players spurred on the explosive offensive effort. Kasey Hormel, Selina Sherlin, Heather Hall, Anjie Amezquita and Iliana Morales each had multiple hits in at least one game. Amezquita was especially effective as she went 4-for-6 with two runs scored and four RBI in a breakout day.
 
Terri Van Dagens put in another fantastic start in the opener as she went three scoreless innings to earn her second victory of the season. Biola got all 14 of its runs over the course of those three innings, powered by a huge eight-run second inning.
 
All eight of those runs crossed the plate after HNU's starter, Kristina Carbajal, got the first two outs of the inning. Fourteen different Eagles went to the plate in the inning and forced Carbajal out of the game once it got to 7-0.
 
A Selina Sherlin double, and singles from Iliana Morales, Andi Hormel and Karen Lieng highlighted the Eagles' five-run third inning as BU pushed the lead to 14-0.
 
Holy Names tacked on one run in the fourth and another in the fifth, but it was nowhere near close enough to keep the game from being ended early due to the mercy rule. The 14 runs is the highest single-game run total from this Biola Softball team since a 16-3 win over Hope International on March 15, 2012.
 
Game two belonged to Kaile Chavez. The freshman pitched all five innings over the run-rule shortened game and allowed just five hits and no runs in the outing.
 
She had two 1, 2, 3 innings and kept HNU away from any significant scoring threat until the top of the fifth inning. She got the leadoff hitter in the fifth before a double, hit-by-pitch and bloop single loaded the bases and made it look as if Biola may need to head to the bat rack once more.
 
However, she got a hard groundball to the third base side that began a game-ending double play from Hall to Bria Madrid to Sherlin.
 
Chavez also helped herself out in the batter's box. She had one at-bat in the game, but it was a big one as she got a three-RBI double in the bottom of the fourth to open the game up to 7-0.
 
A sacrifice fly by Hall secured the eight-run advantage needed to end the game at exactly one hour of playing time.
 
So, the Eagles' season is alive and well as Biola improves to 3-4-1 overall after two weeks of play. Holy Names drops to 1-6-1, with its only win coming over Biola's Golden State Athletic Conference rival, Vanguard.
 
Biola is back in action on Feb. 19 and 20 as it hosts the NAIA So. Cal Classic tournament at Big League Dreams West Covina. The Eagles will play games against Southern Oregon, Embry-Riddle, Goshen College and Carroll.