Senior Kayla Berardi, junior Brianna Sandone, and junior Meagan Lorenz combined to give-up just four hits in 12 innings of work. The loss dropped Saint Mary's and Mount Mary to 1-2 and 1-5 respectively, while the Ducks are out to their best start in school history at 3-1.  

Stevens will be back in action tomorrow at 9 a.m. against Bridgewater College, followed by an 11 a.m. game with University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.

Stevens 7, Saint Mary's 0

Stevens jumped out to a lead in the first when senior Danielle DeFeo scored off junior Jamie DeGennaro's ground-out to short, and then one more in the second after senior Stephanie Senkevich ripped a double to score sophomore Sydney Spitz.

Saint Mary's answered in the bottom of the second by loading the bases with no one out, but Spitz snagged a line drive off the bat off Cecily Reyes, then stepped on second for a double-play. Berardi shut the door on the inning by striking out Angela Dainelli, getting out of the jam with no runs.

The Ducks added three more in the third when sophomore Gavriella Risman-Jones scored off a sacrifice fly from Spitz, followed by a two-run double from Senkevich to score freshman Jessica Rees and DeGennaro. Senkevich added another RBI with a bases-loaded walk in the fifth, while senior Noreen Jordan ended their scoring with a sacrifice fly to score Rees.

Berardi retired the final six batters to pick up her first win since 2012, and Senkevich finished with a game-high four RBIs.

Stevens 25, Mount Mary 0

Freshman Amanda DiLeo tripled with two outs in the first to score junior Noelle Mulligan to give Stevens its fifth run of the first inning. The Ducks continued to pound Mount Mary pitcher Katie Edwards with five more in the fifth, before exploding for a 12 run inning in the third.

Stevens capped it's scoring in the fourth with a DiLeo single to score Senkevich, followed by a walk by freshman Gina Schnecker to score Spitz.

Schnecker finished with three hits and five RBIs to lead the team, while Defeo and DiLeo both added four RBIs each. Freshmen Emily Sellitti and Kelly Klewicki also each had three RBI's, while Sandone picked up her second win of the year with three shut-out, no-hit innings. Junior transfer Meagan Lorenz made her Stevens debut with two shut-out innings to close the game.

It was a game of firsts as the 25 runs, 23 hits, and 23 RBIs are all the most in school history, while Schnecker, DiLeo and Klewicki all drove in the first runs of their collegiate careers.

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