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Delaware 6 Villanova
3 Delaware Softball Splits Doubleheader with Villanova
The University of Delaware softball team improved to 10-6 on the season with a doubleheader split Thursday at Villanova (16-5-2). The Hens fell to the Wildcats 2-1 in the opener but came back to win the second game 6-3. Villanova jumped on the board first with a run in the second inning. The Hens rallied back to tie the game when Lauren Mark brought home Carolyn Wasilewski, who reached on a double. Villanova scored the final run of the game on a Megan O'Leary homerun. Kristi O'Connell picked up the loss for the Hens to fall to 5-3 on the season. Carrie Walpole got the win for Villanova. Delaware started the scoring early in the second game. Amanda Cariello drove home Laurie Brosnahan in the first inning to make the score 1-0. Delaware added five in the second inning. Christy Wilkins scored the first run of the inning off an error by the shortstop. Brosanhan hit a grand slam, the first of the season for the Hens, to make the score 6-0. Krysta Pidstawski held Villanova scoreless for six innings. The Wildcats scored three in the seventh to make the final score 6-3. Delaware softball returns to action on Saturday when the Hens travel to the University of Pennsylvania to face the Quakers at 1 p.m.
Delaware......001 000 0 1 4 0 Villanova.....011 000 x 2 2 0
Pitchers: UD: O'Connell (L, 5-3) and Dowell; VU: Walpole (W) and Mikulyk HR: O'Leary SAC: Zielinksi
Delaware......150 000 0 6 8 1 Villanova.....000 000 3 3 6 0
Pitchers: UD: Pidstawski (W, 5-3) and Wilkins; VU: Meisinger and Mikulyk 2B: Cariello; HR: Brosnahan SH: Brickhouse; E: Mark |
