Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 RALEIGH, N.C. – One week after her sister put on a home run hitting show at the CIAA Round-Up, Jo'Landa White (So./Leland, N.C.) went on a home run binge of her own for Saint Augustine's University on Friday, March 29, 2013.
 
Jo'Landa White hit three home runs in two wins over Livingstone College in a CIAA softball doubleheader at Buffaloe Road Park. She walloped one over the fence in a 15-2 Game 1 victory and added two homers in a 10-2 Game 2 triumph. Both games ended in the fifth inning based on the eight-run mercy rule.
 
The victories moved the Lady Falcons (12-5-1 overall) into a first place tie with Winston-Salem State and Fayetteville State in the Southern Division. All three teams are 4-0 in the division.
 
Jo'Landa White has seven home runs on the season which is second on the team behind her sister Daja, who leads the CIAA with eight home runs. Last week, Daja White (Fr./Leland, N.C.) smacked five home runs in three wins for the Falcons in the CIAA Round-Up which earned her league player of the week honors. The White sisters have hit 15 homers combined this season.
 
“We motivate each other,” said Jo'Landa White about Daja. “When I hit home runs, she is happy for me and when she hits home runs I am happy for her. It helps the team.”
 
Jo'Landa White credits a new batting stance for her long ball success against the Lady Blue Bears (9-13 overall, 0-6 Southern Division).
 
“I was chopping the ball before the change,” Jo'Landa White said. “Now I can see the ball and hit line drives.”
 
Jo'Landa White hit three of the Lady Falcons' four home runs in the doubleheader. Cierra Neal (So./New Hill, N.C.) added a homer in the first game for her third this season for the Lady Falcons, who lead the conference with 25 homers.
 
Jo'Landa White finished the day with six RBIs on 4-for-5 hitting and six runs scored in two games. Daja White added four RBIs, and Neal, Hannah Stutts (So./Statesville, N.C.) and Michelle Shackelford (Jr./Bowie, Md.) each added three RBIs. The trio of Neal, Stutts and Jennifer Plair (Jr./Hampton, Va.) scored three runs apiece.
 
“It was a great job by the team today,” St. Aug Head Coach Nikki Bumpass said. “That was great hitting by Jo'Landa. Jo'Landa and Daja feed off each other. When they see their mom in the stands, it inspires them.”
 
The Lady Falcons spotted the Lady Blue Bears a two-run lead in the first inning of both games before winning easily. In the first game, the Lady Falcons scored three runs each in the first and second innings to take a 6-2 lead. Daja White scored the first run for the Lady Falcons on a fielder's choice by Jo'Landa White, who later scored in the first on an RBI double by Stutts. An RBI single by Shackelford scored Stutts to put the Lady Falcons ahead 3-2 in the first inning.
 
Jo'Landa White's three-run homer over the center field fence scored LaKeisha Ford (Jr./Madison Heights, Va.) and Plair for a 6-2 lead in the second inning.
 
The Lady Falcons exploded for nine runs in the fourth inning to turn the game into a rout. Ford hit an RBI double to score Plair and Stutts singled in Jo'Landa White and Ford. An RBI double by Shackelford scored Stutts, and an RBI fielder's choice by Plair scored Shackelford. Daja White smacked a three-run triple to score Plair, Ramadana Simmons (Sr./Atlanta, Ga.) and Neal, and Daja White later scored on a wild pitch for the final 15-2 margin. Stutts, the winning pitcher, shut down the Lady Blue Bears with a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts and one walk in five innings.
 
In the second game, Jo'Landa White opened the scoring for the Lady Falcons with a homer to left field to cut their deficit to 2-1. The Lady Falcons took the lead in the second inning on Plair's RBI single which scored Neal and Daja White's RBI groundout which scored Simmons. The Falcons added three more runs in the third inning on an RBI single by Taylor Walters (So./Douglasville, Ga.) which scored Jo'Landa White and a two-run Neal homer over the left centerfield fence which scored Walters.
 
Jo'Landa White hit her third homer, a solo shot to left center field, to start a four-run fourth inning for the Lady Falcons. An RBI single by Shackelford scored Stutts, and an RBI double by Neal scored Kristen Long (Fr./Durham, N.C.). Shackelford scored on an error for the final 10-2 margin. She pitched a four-hitter in five innings including eight strikeouts and three walks for the win.
 
The doubleheader was designated as Save Second Base Day to increase breast cancer awareness. The Lady Falcons play again on Saturday, March 30, against CIAA foe Johnson C. Smith University in a doubleheader at Buffaloe Road Park. The times for the games are 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.