The Lady Pirates (9-14, 2-0 MEAC) have won three straight games.
In game one, Danielle Budden and Taylor McCoy each had two hits, while Budden and Jada Fields each drove in two runs.
Freshman Allie Hotetz picked up her third win of the season in the circle, going all seven innings, scattering three hits and striking out four.
In the second game, the Lady Pirates put up three runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 3-0 lead. Milloy drove in two of those runs with a single up the middle, before sophomore Lorena Alvarez doubled to left center to score freshman Ashley Grassini.
Budden and Alvarez each had two hits in the second game, and Milloy drove in two runs.
Fields went all seven innings in the circle, scattering seven hits and striking out four to pick up her third win of the season.
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Hornets Settle for Split with Hawks in Saturday Doubleheader
Princess Anne, Md. - The Delaware State softball team (8-13, 1-1 MEAC) opened Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) play on the road Saturday afternoon with a 4-3 loss to the UMES Hawks (6-14, 1-1 MEAC) for its fifth consecutive defeat, but bounced back later in the day with a 7-4 victory.
In game one, DSU's first loss to UMES featured the Hawks scoring three runs on three hits off reliever Alexis Goldsby (0-2) in the sixth to make it a 4-3 contest. The first two scores came thanks to a pair of RBI-singles by Samantha Casarez and Mackenzie Brown, whereas Sara Jo Whaley scored the go ahead run from third after Goldsby's second-straight wild pitch. Goldsby was then replaced by starter Nicole Brock (3-3), as the inning ended with Vanessa Gomez grounding out to senior Rochelle Sablay at first.
The Hornets finished with 12 hits, led by Oro going 3-for-4. Nicole Gazzola, on the other hand, went 2-for-4 with a run scored and her MEAC-leading 17th stolen base. Rounding out DSU's big game at the plate was Stamps going 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored, while Flournory went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. Pitching wise, junior Tara Tursellino (5-6) allowed four hits, no earned runs, a walk and tallied a season-high seven K's in five innings of work. Her strikeout total was also the most by any Hornet this season.
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Norfolk State Rallies to Sweep Coppin State
NORFOLK, Va. – Junior Hannah Haustein hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh to win game one, and the Norfolk State softball team made it a doubleheader and series sweep of Coppin State with an 8-0 win in game two on Saturday at the NSU Softball Field.
NSU rallied in the first game with a run in the fifth and then two in the seventh to win in walk-off fashion. Sophomore Marissa Marrero allowed just two hits in a five-inning shutout in the second contest to close out the opening weekend of conference play.
Norfolk State swept the series from Coppin State after taking the first game on Friday night. The Spartans improved to 8-10 overall and 3-0 in MEAC play, while the Eagles remained winless on the year at 0-13 and 0-3.
In game one, senior Megan Dunning batted 3-for-3 in the contest with two runs and one RBI. Haustein added two hits and freshman Stephanie Davenport scored a pair of runs.
Freshman Hunter Halford (1-1) allowed four hits and five runs, only one of which was earned. NSU left 10 runners on base.
In game two, Marrero did even better giving up just two hits and striking out four in five innings of work. Sophomore Megan Przeslawski, meanwhile, drove in four runs with a bases loaded double and then a solo home run in the fourth to give NSU an eight-run cushion.
Przeslawski hit 2-for-3 in the second game with four RBI, while Davenport also drove in a pair.
NSU will host Drexel for a doubleheader on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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