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Delaware 7 LaSalle 1 Delaware Extends Home Winning Streak to Eight with Sweep of LaSalle
The University of Delaware softball team (19-7) extended its home winning streak to eight games with a doubleheader sweep of LaSalle (10-16) today (Tuesday). The Hens won the first game 9-0 which improved their record to 18-7 which is the best 25-game start in UD history. The Blue Hens won the second game 7-1. Delaware continued its trend of jumping the opponent early by scoring two runs in the first inning of game one. Amanda Cariello brought home Mandy Welch when Cariello reached on an error. Chris Brady scored later in the inning on a passed ball. The Hens added five runs in the third inning. Laurie Brosnahan scored a passed ball. Carolyn Wasliewski brought home two Hens on a single. Welsh brought home two more on a double. Delaware finished the scoring when Rikki Greenstreet doubled in Brosnahan and Michelle Stack singled home Greenstreet. Kristi O'Connell pitched a one-hitter and struck out eight. LaSalle scored its lone run of the doubleheader in the first inning of game two when Winter Eastmond singled home Missy Rorke, who reached on a double. The Explorers lead did not last long as the Hens added two in the bottom half of the first. Delaware made the score 4-1 in the third when Christy Wilkins singled home Laurie Brosnahan. Lauren Mark, who reached on fielder's choice, scored on a Robin Zielinski single. The score became 5-1 in the fourth when Mandy Welsh scored on a passed ball. Erin Kelly made the score 7-1 on a two rbi triple. Krysta Pidstawski got the victory to improve to 8-4 on the season. Delaware, who is undefeated at home this season, opens America East play on Saturday when the Hens play host to Boston University in a doubleheader which starts at 12 noon.
LaSalle (10-15) 000 00 0 1 2 Delaware (18-7) 205 2x 9 9 0 Pitchers: UD: O'Connell and Dowell; LU: Rorke and Striano 2B: Brosnahan, Greenstreet, Welch; SB: Beier; SH: Rorke; E: Eastmond, McGinty; LOB: UD - 5; LU - 2 WP: O'Connell 9-3 LP: Rorke
LaSalle (10-16) 100 000 0 1 6 3 Delaware (19-7) 202 120 x 7 8 0 Pitchers: UD: Pidstawski and Wilkins; LU: Klawiter and Striano 2B: Lyons, Rorke (2); 3B: Kelly, Welch; SB: Zielinski; SH: McGinty, Striano, Kelly, Mark; E: Lyons, Murphy, Striano, DP: Delaware 1; LOB: LU - 6, UD - 7WP: Pidstawski 8-4 LP: Klawiter |
