Softball

Delaware Valley 8, Gwynedd-Mercy College 1 (Game 1)
Delaware Valley 15, Gwynedd-Mercy College 5 (Game 2 - 6 innings)

GWYNEDD VALLEY (PA) - Delaware Valley College used late-game scoring sprees in both contests as the Aggies swept a non-conference twinbill over host Gwynedd-Mercy College, 8-1 and 15-5. The second game was called after six innings due to the eight-run mercy rule.

Delaware Valley, with just four upperclassmen and 11 freshmen, upped its record to 12-17 on the season. It is the most victories by an Aggie squad since 1996 (12-16-1) and just five shy of the school record (17-13 in 1995) with eight games remaining.

In the opener, the game was tied at 1-1 before Delaware Valley scored three times in the sixth and added four more in the seventh for the 8-1 final. In the sixth, Christine Bowie hit a two-run single and a third run scored on the same play off a Griffin error for a 4-1 advantage.

Nicole Dorney led off the seventh with a home run, her fourth of the season. Later in the inning, Emma Nichols and Jenn Welsh knocked in runs with singles and Bowie added her three RBI of the contest with an infield single.

Bowie finished the game 2-for-5 with the three RBIs while Dorney was 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Nichols added two hits and two runs scored in four at-bats. Kirstyn Ruhling improved to 8-6 on the year as she went the full seven innings and allowed just one run on four hits while fanning four.

The nightcap saw the Aggies fall behind 3-0 and not recorded a hit through the first three innings. They then exploded for 15 runs and 10 hits in the final three stanzas and were also aided by six Gwynedd-Mercy (7-13) errors.

In the fourth inning, the first Delaware Valley run scored on an error and Ruhling later drew a bases-loaded walk for a 3-2 deficit. Starting pitcher Stephanie Raziano helped her own cause with a two-run single to give the Aggies a lead they would never relinquish.

Delaware Valley scored three more times on one hit and two Griffin miscues in the fifth. Ruhling once again walked with the bases loaded for the lone RBI of the inning.

The Aggies then poured in on in the sixth with eight runs off of five hits as they sent 11 batters to the plate. Katie Leach had the big blow with a RBI triple while Dorney, Welsh and Jennifer Bummer added RBIs.

Leach went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI while Bummer and Dorney had two hits and one RBI apiece. Raziano and Ruhling finished with two RBIs apiece while Raziano also picked up the win on the mound as she went six innings and allowed just two earned runs and eight hits.