Softball

University of Scranton 10, Delaware Valley 2 (Game 1 - 5 innings)
University of Scranton 8, Delaware Valley 0 (Game 2 - 5 innings)

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - University of Scranton pitchers Sarah Rhodes and Tracy Granozio limited Delaware Valley College to just two runs and five hits over two games as the Lady Royals swept a Freedom Conference doubleheader, 10-2 and 8-0. Both games were called after five innings due to the eight-run mercy rule.

Rhodes allowed just two runs and three hits in the first game while Granozio recorded a two-hit shutout in the nightcap as Scranton improved to 11-6 overall and 2-0 in the Freedom Conference. The losses dropped the Aggies to 6-11, 1-3.

Delaware Valley trailed 7-0 going into the fourth inning of the first game when it put together three straight hits to score its only two runs of the day. Amy DeBuck singled and came around to score on Christine Bowie's double. Tammy Banks then drove home Bowie with a triple.

Melanie Carnevale went 2-for-2 with a triple and four RBIs while Michelle Ballantyne and Jennifer Miller had three hits apiece for the Lady Royals.

In the nightcap, Scranton notched four runs in the first inning, en route to the shutout. Ballantyne added two more hits while Michelle Bochanski knocked in two runs. The lone Aggie hits in the second game were singles by Banks and Jenn Welsh.