PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Senior Janelle Lukens (Williamsport, Pa.) went
2-for-2 with a home run, double and two walks to lead the Delaware State
University softball team to a 10-0 win over the University of Maryland Eastern
Shore Sunday afternoon at Lady Hawks Field.
Freshman Ashlyn Campbell (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) picked up her eighth win
of the season as she gave up just two hits, one walk and no runs with three
strikeouts in four innings.
The Lady Hornets and Lady Hawks
held each other scoreless through the first three innings before DSU cranked
out four runs in the top of the fourth.
Lukens started the scoring as she
reached with a one-out walk.
Fellow senior Allison Ruben
(Glen Burnie, Md.) came in to pinch run for Lukens and immediately advanced to
second on a passed ball from Carmen Gurrola.
Next, freshman Ashley Davis (Seattle, Wash.) also
reached on a walk and junior Leslie
Pleasanton (Smyrna, Del.) bunted to load the bases. Rubin scored on a sacrifice fly from
Campbell before junior Chelsea Stern
(Wings, Md.) knocked a two RBI double to left center.
Another junior, Jordan Reid (Accokeek, Md.), reached on
a fielding error by shortstop Jasmine James that scored Stern to give the Lady
Hornets a 4-0 advantage.
DSU capitalized on two UMES
errors in the top of the sixth inning as the Lady Hornets scored three unearned
runs on one hit to go up, 7-0.
Lukens, Davis and Pleasanton led
off the seventh with a homer to right center, double to left center and single
to left field, respectively. Reid
continued the combat with a two-out double to center to score Pleasanton and
take the 10-0 lead.
Freshman Stephanie Sarris (Rohnert Park, Calif.) pitched a perfect final two
and one-thirds innings for DSU.
With the weekend sweep, the Lady
Hornets improve to 22-10 on the season and 5-1 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference while the Lady Hawks fall to 6-28 overall and 2-6 in the conference.
With the pair of wins, the Lady
Hornets move to 21-10 on the season and 4-1 in the conference while the Lady Hawks
fall to 6-27 overall and 1-5 in the MEAC.
DSU continues road play as they
travel to Charlottesville, Va. on Wednesday to take on Virginia at 4 p.m.
