The rematch of last season’s European Division I championship game again went Ramstein’s way.

Twice.

The Lady Royals, behind a two-hit outing by pitcher Victoria Apodaca and a one-hitter by Jenn Morton, swept the Lakenheath Lancers 17-6 and 13-2 in a pair of games designated as nonconference. The teams will play their league games April 30 and May 1 at Lakenheath.

The victories ran the Lady Royals’ winning streak to 21 straight games. Ramstein’s last loss came was to Lakenheath in the 2002 European title game; the Lady Royals have not lost a regular-season game since 2001.

Apodaca, a junior, struck out nine batters in three innings of work in the opener, then gave way to reliever Candi Coats. Coats no-hit the Lancers over the final two innings.

Alicia Martinez drove in three runs for Ramstein, which benefited from 10 walks issued by Lakenheath pitchers.

Ramstein is 4-0 in its nonconference games. The Lady Royals will open their Division I season by hosting Kaiserslautern on April 17.

Lakenheath is 2-2 going into spring break. The Lancers will begin conference play by hosting Heidelberg on April 17.

Lakenheath sweeps Bitburg

The Lancers opened the season Friday by sweeping four-time defending European Division II champion Bitburg 12-6 and 11-10.

Lakenheath, aided by five Bitburg errors, scored seven runs in the first inning of the opener.

Winning pitcher Amanda Hood, who also drove in two runs, allowed three hits and walked nine in four innings.

Lauren Thompson and Brynn Lipor each drove in two runs for Lakenheath.

In the nightcap, Lakenheath scored three runs in the bottom of the final inning to complete the sweep.

Bitburg roughed up Lakenheath starter Shawnalee Bradley for 10 runs and eight hits, two each by Kaitlyn Phillips and Ashley Gardner.

Heidelberg, Patch split

Patch freshman Kasy’e Lalau struck out 12 batters and allowed three hits in her varsity debut, a 4-2 nonconference victory Saturday over Heidelberg.

The Lady Lions came back in the nightcap behind the four-hit pitching of Brittany Clark to earn a split with a 5-0 victory.

Kelsey Russell hit a homer and drove in two runs, Katherine Lonergan drove in two runs and Elisa Nieves stole four bases to back Lalau in the opener. Losing pitcher Hannah Havenar got two of Heidelberg’s three hits.

Struggling most of the second game against Patch pitcher Lauren Sanchez, Heidelberg broke loose for a four-run sixth highlighted by a two-run triple by Cassandra Pope and RBI hits by catcher Carissa Beach and Havenar. Melissa Niehus got to Sanchez for two of Heidelberg’s hits.

Sanchez allowed just five hits and struck out five, but teammates had no answer for Clark’s pinpoint control. Clark walked just one batter and escaped damage after a triple off the bat of Meredith Beatty and a double by Nieves.

Heidelberg (3-1 overall, 2-0 in D-1) next plays at Lakenheath on April 17; Patch (3-1, 0-0) is scheduled to play at Hanau the same day.

Würzburg evens D-1 record

Kordia Holmes picked up a victory and a save on Saturday as the Würzburg Lady Wolves (2-2 overall and conference) defeated Kaiserslautern’s Lady Raiders (1-3, 0-2) 17-7 and 16-11 in a pair of four-inning Division I games.

Holmes struck out five and gave up eight hits in the run rule-shortened opener, getting most of her hitting support from center fielder Liz Neal (triple, 3 RBIs).

Neal also drove in three runs in the nightcap, shortened to four innings by the two-hour time limit. Würzburg got an unassisted double play from second baseman Megan Riley and called on Holmes to pitch the final inning and save the victory for starter Deena Davis.

Alconbury thumps Giessen

RAF ALCONBURY, England — Reva Ballard picked up both victories, one of them a no-hitter, as the Alconbury Dragons swept Giessen 22-1 and 15-5 in a nonconference doubleheader matching Division III teams.

Ballard’s no-hitter in the opener was limited to three innings by the run rule. The nightcap was also held to three innings, because of the time limit.