BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- No. 22-ranked Olivet Nazarene University wrapped up the outright regular-season softball championship of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference with a doubleheader sweep of University of St. Francis Thursday afternoon. The Tigers blanked the Saints, 8-0 and 7-0.

Olivet Nazarene (45-10, 17-1) limited the Saints (21-24, 9-9) to just eight hits over the two games and belted four home runs on the day.  

USF got a runner as far as third base on three occasions in the first game but could not get any runners home. Sophomore third baseman Jenny Festin (Lockport H.S./Lockport, IL) was the only USF player with more than one hit as she had both a single and a double in the game. Senior first baseman Stacy Heap (Minooka H.S./Minooka, IL) also doubled for USF.

The Saints mustered just three hits in the nightcap, with sophomore second baseman Megan O'Brien (Richards H.S./Oak Lawn, IL) collecting two of them.

The doubleheader concluded the regular season for the Saints, who now prepare to play in next week's CCAC Championship Tournament which will also be held at ONU. USF will play Robert Morris in an opening-round game on Thursday, May 6 at 11 a.m.