DETROIT -- The UIC softball team (13-14, 4-2 HL) secured the series sweep by defeating Detroit (2-28, 0-6 HL) in both games of Saturday's doubleheader at Buysse Ballpark. The Flames picked up a 7-2 victory in game one before taking out the Titans by a final score of 11-6 in game two.

UIC outhit Detroit by a combined margin of 20-to-14, and tallied a total of seven doubles, one triple and two home runs. Tiana Mack-Miller led all Flames with four hits, as Kaleigh Nagle, Eleni Polites and Paige Peterson contributed three apiece. Mack-Miller additionally boasted six RBI on the day.

UIC 7, Detroit 2   Box Score 

UIC came back from a 1-0 deficit against Detroit to score six runs in the sixth and take the 7-2 win. The Flames tabbed six hits, with Mack-Miller adding two doubles to increase her season total to 10, and received seven walks.

Bridget Boyle pitched her fourth complete game of the season while earning her fourth win. The Flame thrower struck out seven, a season high, while allowing five hits and two runs.

Detroit came up with the first run after Christa McGahuey hit a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the second. In the top of the fourth, UIC tied it as Erica Hampton ripped her first homer of the season over the fence in right center.

The Flames broke away and never looked back in the sixth by scoring six runs. With the bases loaded and no outs, Savannah Soppet entered to pinch hit and singled, scoring one. Dana Capocci picked up the eventual game-winning RBI as she was in to pinch hit and hit a sacrifice fly. After Taylor Cairns walked to load the bases yet again, Polites and Mack-Miller hit back-to-back two-RBI doubles for the final runs of the inning.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Titans scored its second and final run of the game after Kayla Kostich came up to hit an RBI single.

UIC 11, Detroit 6   Box Score 

UIC went back and forth with Detroit, resulting in at least one run scoring each inning, before the Flames pulled out the win with a season-high 11 runs and 14 hits. Five players had multi-hit outings, led by Nagle with a career-best three hit performance.

Elaine Heflin received the start and went five innings to receive the win while striking out six batters. Boyle pitched the final two innings and was awarded with her second save of the season after holding Detroit to one hit and no runs.

The Flames grabbed a 1-0 lead in their first round at bat. All with two outs, Mack-Miller received a free base and Nagle followed with a single before Peterson doubled to score one.

The Titans responded with a run in the bottom of the second and the third. McGahuey hit her second solo home run of the day to tie the score at 1-1 and then Kostich came up with an RBI single to head into the fourth with a 2-1 lead.

In the fourth, UIC went up 3-2 after Mack-Miller hit a two-RBI single with two outs and the bases loaded, but Detroit came back to knot the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the inning with a solo home run by Savanna Ferstle.

The Flames reclaimed their lead in the fifth by scoring five runs with five hits. With two outs, Peterson scored on a wild pitch, then Cairns and Mack-Miller hit a two-RBI double and two-RBI single, respectively.

Three runs came across the plate for the Titans in the bottom half of the fifth on an RBI single from McGahuey, a bases-loaded walk for Sarah Mauser and a sacrifice fly by Sam Henderson.

Amanda Mener led off the sixth by blasting her first-career home run over the fence in right center to give UIC a 9-6 advantage. Two more scored in the seventh as Nagle hit an RBI triple, the first of her career, and Peterson came up with an RBI double, her second of the game.

The Flames will return to Chicago to host Green Bay in a conference doubleheader on Tuesday. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. CT.