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Delaware 1 Eastern Michigan
0 Blue Hen Softball Falls in Semifinals in East
Carolina GREENVILLE, NC - The University of Delaware softball team lost to Virginia Tech, 11-3 in the semi-finals of the East Carolina Tournament Sunday. Delaware (3-3) advanced to the semi-finals earlier in the day by defeating Eastern Michigan 1-0. Delaware rode the arm of Krysta Pidstawski to the victory. Pidstawski pitched seven stronginnings allowing only five hits while striking out five. Delaware scored its lone run in third inning when Erin Kelly scored. Afterthe third inning, the Hens put four runners in scoring position butcould not drive them home. Delaware faced Virginia Tech for the second time in the tournament, in the semi-finals and lost to the Hokies 11-3. Virginia Tech jumped on the board early scoring six runs in the first two innings to drive starting pitcher Kristi O'Connell from the game. Reliever Nicole Zanzoth fared no better allowing three runs in the third and two more in the fifth. Delaware was heldscoreless for the first four innings before rallying to score all three runs in the fifth. Mandy Welch drove in two of the runs on a bases clearing triple. Welch scored on a sacrifice by Laurie Brosnahan. Pidstawski and Welch were named to the All-Tournament team. Delaware returns to action when the Hens travel to Towson to play in the Towson Tournament on Saturday, March 6. Game #1 Eastern Michigan..........000 000 0 - 0 5 3 Pidstawski (W, 2-1) and Wilkins, E - Wolf (L) and Ratliff Game #2 Virginia Tech.........153 02 - 11 12 0 D: O'Connell (L, 1-2), Zanzoth (3) and Dowell, VT - Dobbe (W); 2B: VT - Cronell, Meadows; 3B: D - Welsh. |
