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Delaware 4 vs. Temple
3 The University of Delaware softball team improved to 5-3 on the season with a sweep in the home opener against Temple University (3-15).
The Hens used outstanding pitching and timely hitting to take the victories. Delaware won the first end of the doubleheader 2-0 and completed the sweep with a 4-3 victory in the second end.
Each team was held scoreless in the first game until the bottom of the fourth inning. The Hens used a walk and back-to-back singles to set up the first run which was scored by Lauren Mark, who capitalized on an error by the first baseman. The Hens left two runners on in the fourth. After a Jen Klusanitz double to start the fifth, Blue Hen pitcher Krysta Pidstawski retired the next eight Owls and Delaware made the game, 2-0, when Lauren Mark scored on a Robin Zielinski single.
Pidstawski pitched her third complete game and second shutout of the season to take the victory. She allowed only four hits while striking out seven. Nanci Lima took the loss for the Owls.
Temple jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the second game. The Hens responded with three runs in the second inning. The rally started with a Lauren Mark single. Robin Zielinski and Rikki Greenstreet each followed with single. Mark scored when the catcher threw the ball away trying to pick Mark off third base. The Hens scored twice once on a Carolyn Wasilewski rbi single and again on an error by the catcher to make the game 3-1.
The Owls responded quickly with two runs in the top of the third on a Katie Spencer triple. Neither team could generate any offense until the bottom of the seventh, when pinch-hitter Amanda Cariello singled. Cariello was taken out for a pitch-runner who advanced to third on back-to-back sacrifice bunts and scored when the Temple first baseman could not get the ball into her glove for the last out of the inning and Delaware won 4-3.
Kristi O'Connell got the win for the Hens allowing only three hits while striking out 10. Christiann Pearson took the loss for the Owls.
Delaware returns to action on Saturday when the Hens compete in the Lehigh Invitational at Allentown, Pa. The Hens first game is against Villanova at 10:15 a.m.
Temple.......000 000 0 0 4 2 Delaware.....000 101 x 2 7 1
D: Pidstawski and Dowell; T: Lima and Souder WP: Pidstawski (3-1), LP: Lima (0-6)
E: Kulan (2), Zielinski (1) 2B: Klusanitz, Welsh 2 (3); 3B: Welsh (2) SB: Byrne, Kuusanitz 2; CS: Welsh
Temple.......102 000 0 3 3 3 Delaware.....030 000 1 4 7 4
D: O'Connell and Dowell; T: Pearson and Freels WP: O'Connell (2-2); LP: Pearson (1-7)
E: Freels 2, Kulan, Dowell, Greenstreet 2, Wasilewski (2) DP: Delaware 1; 3B: Souder CS: Williams, Welsh (2) SH: Brady, Welsh (2)
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