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Delaware 3 Lehigh 0 Delaware 20 St. Joseph's 2 The University of Delaware softball team went 2-1 in the first day of day at the Lehigh Invitational. The Blue Hens opened the tournament with a loss to Villanova 5-2. The Hens rallied back with a 3-0 victory over Lehigh. In the last game, Delaware scored 20 runs, the most since 1981, in a 20-2 victory over St. Joseph's.
In the opener, Delaware jumped on the board early with both runs in the first inning. Laurie Brosnahan got on a base with a single and advanced to second on a walk. Lauren Mark brought home both runners with a bases clearing triple.
In the middle game, the Hens came out victorious 3-0 against Lehigh. Delaware again did all its damage in the first inning. Mandy Welsh led off with a single. Chris Brady got on by beating out a sacrifice bunt. Laurie Brosnahan brought Welsh and Brady home on a triple. Lauren Mark brought Brosnahan home on a single. Kristi O'Connell pitched the shutout.
In the nightcap, Delaware had a record-breaking affair defeating St. Joseph's 20-2. The 20 runs is the most by a Blue Hen team since 1981 and most while B.J. Ferguson has been coach of the Hens. Delaware scored three in the first, one the second, eight in the third, four in the fourth, and four in the fifth. Players of the games were Chris Brady who went 3 for 3 with 3 runs, a double, a triple, and school-record nine rbis and Lauren Mark who went 4 for 4 with 3 runs, a triple, a homerun, and 3 rbis. Delaware also tied a school-record with 19 hits.
The Hens return to action in the second day of the tournament as the No. 2 seed and face No. 3 St. Joseph's at 11:00 a.m.
Delaware......200 000 0 2 4 5 Villanova.....030 011 x 5 7 1
Pitchers: V: Walpole (W) and Mikulyuk ; D: Pidstawski (L, 3-2) and Dowell; 3B: Mark (2).
Lehigh........000 000 0 0 1 1 Delaware......300 000 x 3 11 1 Pitchers: D: O'Connell (W, 3-2) and Wilkins, L: Florance (L) and Silvarian; 3B: Brosnahan
Delaware.........318 44 20 19 1 St. Joseph's.....000 20 2 3 2
Pitchers: D: O'Connell (W, 4-2, (4)), Zanzoth and Wilkins; S: Doris (L) and McGhie; 2B: Brady; 3B: Brady, Mark (3); HR: Mark |
