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Sloat Throws Shutout In Opener To Lead Delaware Softball Over Villanova, 1-0; Wildcats Take Nightcap, 6-3

Date: April 20, 2005

Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score

NEWARK, DE -- University of Delaware sophomore Carolynn Sloat (Ballston Lake, NY/Shenendehowa) -right- threw a three-hit shutout to lead the Blue Hen softball team to a 1-0 win over Villanova in the opener before the Wildcats answered with a 6-3 victory in the nightcap as the teams split a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Delaware Field.

The Blue Hens, who are now 21-19 this season, scored the only run of the first game in the bottom of the second inning. Senior leftfielder Lauren Gardner (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford) singled up the middle with two outs, stole second, and scored when freshman centerfielder Katie Lee (Manassas, VA/Osbourn) singled into left. That would be all Sloat would need, as she allowed just three singles and walked only one while striking out three to improve to 13-9 on the season. The shutout was Sloat's seventh of the year, just three shy of the Delaware single season record of 10 set by Kristi O'Connell in 2000.

The Wildcats, who are now 30-20 this year, mounted a rally in the top of the sixth when Villanova loaded the bases with one out. However Allie Wisniewski lined out to Lee in centerfield for the second out of the inning, and Lisa Krueger, who was running at third, did not tag up. Lee's throw home got past Blue Hen freshman catcher Natalie Savona (Stamford, CT/Stamford), and when Krueger broke for the plate, Savona picked up the ball after it caromed off the backstop and threw to sophomore third baseman Michelle Plant (Woodbridge, VA/Woodbridge) to nail Krueger as she tried to go back to third.

Wildcat pitcher Shannon Williams allowed just one run on three hits in six innings of work and struck out seven but fell to 16-10 on the season. The win was Delaware's first in nine tries over Villanova and was the Blue Hens' first victory over the Wildcats since March 25, 1999.

Villanova took control of the second game by scoring five runs in the top of the second. After Kari Koller walked to lead off the inning, she was erased at second when Wisniewski reached on a fielder's choice. Sheri Donley then singled down the leftfield line, and the runners advanced to second and third on a wild pitch. After Sarah Walll hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Wisniewski, Jessica Curtis followed with a single into left and moved to second on the throw to again put runners on second and third.

Jackie Dempsey then singled to center to plate Donley with Villanova's second run and move Curtis to third, and Krueger followed with a single to right to score Curtis. After Dempsey and Krueger moved to second and third on a passed ball, Krissy Yauch hit a ground ball to first base that was misplayed by Delaware freshman Barbara Traynor (Wheaton, IL/Wheaton Warrenville South), allowing both runners to score and make it a 5-0 game.

Wisniewski led off the top of the third with a towering home run to centerfield, but Delaware answered with three runs in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Villanova lead in half.

Freshman Melissa Morris (Millsboro, DE/Sussex Tech) led off the frame by working a walk, and junior leftfielder Heather Wrenn (Centreville, VA/Centreville) followed with a single to left. Following a strikeout Plant was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but it looked like Wildcat relief pitcher Kat Walsh might get out of the jam when Morris was forced at home when senior rightfielder Kelley Pastic (Centreville, VA/Chantilly) bounced into a fielder's choice.

However freshman second baseman Allison Borchers (Fallston, MD/Fallston) followed by lacing a pitch into leftcenter field for a three-run triple, increasing her team-leading RBI total to 25 this season. Walsh settled down to retire senior Jenn Joseph (Wilmington, DE/Brandywine) to end the fifth and allowed just a walk in the final two innings to nail down the Wildcat victory.

Villanova starter Kristen Haynes gave up just two hits and a walk while striking out three in the first four innings to pick up the win and improve to 12-10 this year, while Walsh allowed three runs on two hits and also struck out three in the final three innings. Joseph gave up all six runs, four earned, on seven hits in the opening three innings, while junior Lindsay Jones (South Milwaukee, WI/South Milwaukee) allowed just one hit and a walk while striking out two in four innings of scoreless relief.

Borchers finished 2-for-3 with the three runs batted in, while freshman shortstop Kimberly Williams (Circleville, OH/Circleville) also had a hit in each game for the Blue Hens.

Delaware returns to action Thursday with a 2:30 p.m. doubleheader at the UMBC.

Box score (NCAA)
                           
                           
                      2005 University of Delaware Softball
                         Villanova at Delaware (Game 1)
                  Apr 20, 2005 at Newark, DE (Delaware Field)
                           
Villanova 0 (29-20)
                           
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Krueger, L. cf...........  3  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
Yauch, K. lf.............  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
Koenig, C. c.............  3  0  0  0   0  1  8  1   2
 Felty, K. pr............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Koller, K. 1b............  2  0  0  0   1  0  5  0   0
Wisniewski A rf..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   2
 Brown, C. rf............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Donley, S. ss............  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  1   0
Wall, S. 3b..............  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   1
Curran, L. dh............  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Curtis, J. ph...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Dempsey, J. 2b...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Williams, S. p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 25  0  3  0   1  3 18  6   5
                           
Delaware 1 (21-18)
                           
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Plant, Michelle 3b.......  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   1
Pastic, Kelley rf........  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  1   0
Borchers, Allison 2b.....  2  0  0  0   1  0  4  0   0
Joseph, Jenn 1b..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  7  2   0
Traynor, Barbara dh......  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
Williams, Kimberly ss....  2  0  1  0   0  1  1  1   0
Savona, Natalie c........  2  0  0  0   0  2  3  2   0
Gardner, Lauren lf.......  2  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
Lee, Katie cf............  2  0  1  1   0  1  1  1   0
Sloat, Carolynn p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 20  1  3  1   1  7 21  9   3
                           
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Villanova........... 000 000 0 -  0  3  0
Delaware............ 010 000 X -  1  3  3
-----------------------------------------
                           
E - Borchers(7); Gardner(1); Sloat(8). LOB - Villanova 5; Delaware 3. HBP -
Pastic. SB - Donley, S.(1); Gardner(2). CS - Dempsey, J.(1); Williams(2).
                           
Villanova              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Williams, S.........  6.0  3  1  1  1  7 20 22
                           
Delaware               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Sloat, Carolynn.....  7.0  3  0  0  1  3 25 26
                           
Win - Sloat (13-9).  Loss - Williams, S. (16-10).  Save - None.
WP - Williams, S.(2). HBP - by Williams, S. (Pastic).
Umpires -
Start: 2:30 pm   Time: 1:40   Attendance: 175
Game: UDSB-39
                           
                           
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Play-by-Play
                           
                           
                      2005 University of Delaware Softball
                 Villanova at Delaware (Game 1) - Play-by-Play
                  Apr 20, 2005 at Newark, DE (Delaware Field)
                           
                           
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Villanova........... 000 000 0 -  0  3  0
Delaware............ 010 000 X -  1  3  3
-----------------------------------------
                           
Villanova starters: 16/cf Krueger, L.; 10/lf Yauch, K.; 18/c Koenig, C.; 9/1b
Koller, K.; 22/rf Wisniewski A; 11/ss Donley, S.; 3/3b Wall, S.; 19/dh Curran, L.;
12/2b Dempsey, J.; 24/p Williams, S.;
Delaware starters: 13/3b Plant; 10/rf Pastic; 24/2b Borchers; 23/1b Joseph; 11/dh
Traynor; 9/ss Williams; 15/c Savona; 12/lf Gardner; 4/cf Lee; 25/p Sloat;
                           
Villanova 1st - Krueger, L. popped up to 1b. Yauch, K. out at first 1b to 2b.
Koenig, C. struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
                           
Delaware 1st - Plant struck out swinging. Pastic hit by pitch. Pastic
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Borchers walked. Joseph struck out swinging.
Traynor flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
                           
Villanova 2nd - Koller, K. flied out to rf. Wisniewski A grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Donley, S. reached on a fielding error by 2b. Donley, S. stole second.
Wall, S. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
                           
Delaware 2nd - Williams struck out swinging. Savona struck out swinging.
Gardner singled up the middle. Gardner stole second. Lee singled through the left
side, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; Gardner scored. Plant grounded out to p.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
                           
Villanova 3rd - Curran, L. struck out swinging. Dempsey, J. out at first 1b
to 2b. Krueger, L. singled through the left side. Yauch, K. singled up the middle;
Krueger, L. advanced to second. Koenig, C. grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs,
2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
                           
Delaware 3rd - Pastic flied out to lf. Borchers grounded out to 3b. Joseph
popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
                           
Villanova 4th - Koller, K. flied out to rf. Wisniewski A struck out swinging.
Donley, S. flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
                           
Delaware 4th - Brown, C. to rf for Wisniewski A. Traynor fouled out to c.
Williams singled up the middle. Williams out at second c to ss, caught stealing.
Savona struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
                           
Villanova 5th - Wall, S. grounded out to p. Curran, L. grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Dempsey, J. reached on a fielding error by p. Dempsey, J. out at second
c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
                           
Delaware 5th - Gardner struck out swinging. Lee struck out swinging. Plant
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
                           
Villanova 6th - Krueger, L. singled to center field. Yauch, K. grounded out
to 2b unassisted; Krueger, L. advanced to second. Koenig, C. reached on a fielding
error by lf, advanced to second; Krueger, L. advanced to third. Felty, K. pinch ran
for Koenig, C.. Koller, K. walked. Wisniewski A to rf for Brown, C.. Wisniewski A
flied out to cf; Krueger, L. out at third cf to c to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error,
2 LOB.
                           
Delaware 6th - Koenig, C. to c for Felty, K.. Pastic grounded out to 3b.
Borchers flied out to rf. Joseph grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
                           
Villanova 7th - Donley, S. lined out to 3b. Wall, S. out at first rf to 1b.
Curtis, J. pinch hit for Curran, L.. Curtis, J. out at first p to 2b. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
                           
                           Box score (NCAA)
                           
                           
                      2005 University of Delaware Softball
                         Villanova at Delaware (Game 2)
                  Apr 20, 2005 at Newark, DE (Delaware Field)
                           
Villanova 6 (30-20)
                           
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Krueger, L. cf...........  4  1  2  1   0  0  1  0   0
Yauch, K. lf.............  2  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Brown, C. lf/rf.........  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Koenig, C. c.............  4  0  0  0   0  0  8  0   1
 Felty, K. pr............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Koller, K. 1b............  3  0  0  0   1  0  9  0   1
Wisniewski A rf/dh.......  3  2  1  1   0  1  0  0   0
Donley, S. ss............  2  1  1  0   1  0  1  1   0
Wall, S. 3b..............  1  0  1  1   0  0  0  2   0
 Curran, L. 3b...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Curtis, J. dh/lf.........  3  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   1
Dempsey, J. 2b...........  1  1  1  1   0  0  0  2   0
 Holmgren, G. 2b.........  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   1
Haynes, K. p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Walsh, K. p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 28  6  8  4   2  2 21 11   4
                           
Delaware 3 (21-19)
                           
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Plant, Michelle 3b.......  3  1  0  0   0  1  0  5   0
Pastic, Kelley rf........  4  1  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Borchers, Allison 2b.....  3  0  2  3   0  0  0  0   0
Joseph, Jenn p/1b........  3  0  0  0   0  2  6  3   1
Traynor, Barbara 1b/dh...  3  0  0  0   0  0  4  0   0
Williams, Kimberly ss....  3  0  1  0   0  1  3  2   1
Savona, Natalie dh/c.....  0  0  0  0   2  0  2  0   0
 Morris, Melissa ph......  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Gardner, Lauren lf.......  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   2
 Wrenn, Heather lf.......  2  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
Lee, Katie cf............  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   0
Ralston, Jessica c.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Jones, Lindsay c/p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 25  3  4  3   3  6 21 10   5
                           
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Villanova........... 051 000 0 -  6  8  0
Delaware............ 000 030 0 -  3  4  1
-----------------------------------------
                           
E - Traynor(5). DP - Delaware 1. LOB - Villanova 4; Delaware 5. 2B - Wall,
S.(2). 3B - Borchers(2). HR - Wisniewski A(3). HBP - Plant. SF - Wall,
S.(1). SB - Donley, S.(2).
                           
Villanova              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Haynes, K...........  4.0  2  0  0  1  3 14 15
Walsh, K............  3.0  2  3  3  2  3 11 14
                           
Delaware               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Joseph, Jenn........  3.0  7  6  4  1  0 15 17
Jones, Lindsay......  4.0  1  0  0  1  2 13 14
                           
Win - Haynes, K. (12-10).  Loss - Joseph (7-10).  Save - None.
WP - Joseph(12). HBP - by Walsh, K. (Plant). PB - Ralston(2).
Umpires -
Start: 4:40 pm   Time: 1:45   Attendance: 175
Game: UDSB-40
                           
                           
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           
Play-by-Play
                           
                           
                      2005 University of Delaware Softball
                 Villanova at Delaware (Game 2) - Play-by-Play
                  Apr 20, 2005 at Newark, DE (Delaware Field)
                           
                           
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Villanova........... 051 000 0 -  6  8  0
Delaware............ 000 030 0 -  3  4  1
-----------------------------------------
                           
Villanova starters: 16/cf Krueger, L.; 10/lf Yauch, K.; 18/c Koenig, C.; 9/1b
Koller, K.; 22/rf Wisniewski A; 11/ss Donley, S.; 3/3b Wall, S.; 5/dh Curtis, J.;
12/2b Dempsey, J.; 7/p Haynes, K.;
Delaware starters: 13/3b Plant; 10/rf Pastic; 24/2b Borchers; 23/p Joseph; 11/1b
Traynor; 9/ss Williams; 15/dh Savona; 12/lf Gardner; 4/cf Lee; 6/c Ralston;
                           
Villanova 1st - Krueger, L. popped up to p. Yauch, K. singled to third base.
Koenig, C. lined into double play p to 1b; Yauch, K. out on the play. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
                           
Delaware 1st - Plant struck out swinging. Pastic grounded out to 2b. Borchers
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
                           
Villanova 2nd - Koller, K. walked. Wisniewski A reached on a fielder's
choice; Koller, K. out at second p to ss. Donley, S. singled down the lf line;
Wisniewski A advanced to second. Donley, S. advanced to second on a wild pitch;
Wisniewski A advanced to third. Wall, S. flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Wisniewski A
scored. Curtis, J. singled through the left side, advanced to second on the throw;
Donley, S. advanced to third. Dempsey, J. singled to center field, RBI; Curtis, J.
advanced to third; Donley, S. scored. Krueger, L. singled to right field, RBI;
Dempsey, J. advanced to second; Curtis, J. scored. Krueger, L. advanced to second on
a passed ball; Dempsey, J. advanced to third. Yauch, K. reached on a fielding error
by 1b; Krueger, L. scored, unearned; Dempsey, J. scored, unearned. Koenig, C.
grounded out to 3b. 5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
                           
Delaware 2nd - Joseph grounded out to 3b. Traynor grounded out to 2b.
Williams singled to third base. Savona walked; Williams advanced to second. Gardner
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
                           
Villanova 3rd - Koller, K. flied out to cf. Wisniewski A homered to center
field, RBI. Donley, S. grounded out to 3b. Wall, S. doubled to right field. Curtis,
J. grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
                           
Delaware 3rd - Brown, C. to lf for Yauch, K.. Curran, L. to 3b for Wall, S..
Holmgren, G. to 2b for Dempsey, J.. Lee fouled out to c. Plant grounded out to ss.
Pastic out at first 3b to 2b, bunt. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
                           
Villanova 4th - Joseph to 1b. Traynor to dh. Jones to c for Ralston. Jones to
p. Savona to c. Holmgren, G. flied out to lf. Krueger, L. fouled out to rf. Brown,
C. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
                           
Delaware 4th - Brown, C. to rf. Wisniewski A to dh. Curtis, J. to lf.
Borchers singled down the rf line. Joseph struck out swinging. Traynor grounded out
to p; Borchers advanced to second. Williams flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
                           
Villanova 5th - Wrenn to lf for Gardner. Koenig, C. grounded out to 3b.
Koller, K. flied out to cf. Wisniewski A struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
                           
Delaware 5th - Walsh, K. to p for Haynes, K.. Morris pinch hit for Savona.
Morris walked. Wrenn singled to left field; Morris advanced to second. Lee struck
out swinging. Plant hit by pitch; Wrenn advanced to second; Morris advanced to
third. Pastic reached on a fielder's choice; Plant advanced to second; Wrenn
advanced to third; Morris out at home 3b to c. Borchers tripled to left center, 3
RBI; Pastic scored; Plant scored; Wrenn scored. Joseph struck out looking. 3
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
                           
Villanova 6th - Savona to c for Morris. Donley, S. walked. Curran, L. flied
out to cf. Curtis, J. struck out swinging. Donley, S. stole second. Holmgren, G.
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
                           
Delaware 6th - Traynor popped up to ss. Williams struck out swinging. Savona
walked. Wrenn flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
                           
Villanova 7th - Krueger, L. singled to center field. Brown, C. reached on a
fielder's choice; Krueger, L. out at second ss unassisted. Koenig, C. reached on a
fielder's choice; Brown, C. out at second 1b to ss. Felty, K. pinch ran for Koenig,
C.. Koller, K. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
                           
Delaware 7th - Koenig, C. to c for Felty, K.. Lee grounded out to 3b. Plant
grounded out to 2b. Pastic grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
                           
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