Softball

Lebanon Valley College 3, Delaware Valley College 0 (Game 1)
Lebanon Valley College 8, Delaware Valley College 3 (Game 2 - 8 innings)

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - Lebanon Valley College scored five times in the eighth inning of the nightcap to complete a non-conference doubleheader sweep of host Delaware Valley College, 3-0 and 8-3.

The Aggies (3-9) forced extra innings in the second game as senior third baseman Kelly Andrews hit a two-out single that brought home Lacy Miles for a 3-3 ballgame in the fifth inning. Both teams failed to score in the final two innings of regulation, setting up the eighth inning and the international tiebreaker rule that puts a runner on second to start a stanza.

The Flying Dutchmen (11-6) brought that runner and four others in to break the game wide open. Aileen Davies knocked in the go-ahead run with a single while two hits batsmen and a pair of wild pitches resulted in the remaining runs.

Lebanon Valley jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the contest before the Aggies cut it in half in the bottom of the first on an RBI double by Bethany Pavlik. Andrews tied it up in the third with a two-out single, but the Flying Dutchmen responded in the fourth with Katie Freeman's RBI single. Andrews came through again to force extra innings where it was all Lebanon Valley from there.

Allix Sanders picked up the win for Lebanon Valley while Davies (2-for-3) and Caitln Keller (2-for-2) had multiple-hit games. Andrews finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Delaware Valley while Miles was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

The opener was all Valerie Malizzia as the freshman pitcher tossed a three-hit shutout and struck out 10 Aggies while improving to 5-12 on the year. She took a perfect game into the fifth inning until Nicole Dorney floated a shot just over the third baseman's head and into left field for a single.

Malizzia faced a big threat in the sixth inning as, down 2-0, Delaware Valley put runners on first and second as Kim Harle drew a walk and Miles singled to center with two outs. However, Malizzia recorded a strikeout to end the inning.

Lebanon Valley built its 2-0 lead with single runs in the second and fifth innings. In the second, Chelsea Artz delivered a run-scoring single while Kristen Uhas notched an RBI double in the fifth. After Malizzia got out of the jam in the sixth, Linley Eberhart led off the top of the seventh with a bomb over the left field fence for her first home run of the season. Eberhart went 2-for-3 in the game.

Kirstyn Ruhling took the loss for the Aggies in the opener, despite allowing just three runs (two earned) and five hits in seven innings of action. Pavlik had the remaining hit in the game for Delaware Valley as she went 1-for-3.