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HOBOKEN, N.J. (March 22, 2014) – The Stevens Institute of Technology softball team powered their way to a sweep over New Jersey City University (2-12) on Saturday with 12-0 and 6-0 wins.
 
The sweep makes three wins in-a-row for Stevens as they extended their record to 8-4.
 
Stevens 12, NJCU 0
 
After a scoreless top of the first, the Ducks jumped all over NJCU junior pitcher Ashley Latushko in the bottom of the inning. Senior Danielle DeFeo walked to lead-off before freshman Jessica Rees singled with one out to put two on. Up came freshman Kelly Klewicki who blasted her first career home run to center to give the Ducks the early 3-0 lead.
 
Both teams traded zeroes in the second before Stevens padded its lead in the third. With the bases loaded and one out, senior Kayla Berardi singled to left to score junior Jamie DeGennaro. Then after DeFeo reached on a fielder's choice, sophomore Gavriella Risman-Jones singled to score two more, extending the Ducks lead to 6-0.
 
After a scoreless top of the fourth, Stevens would put the game out of reach in the bottom of the inning.

Klewicki singled to lead-off, then scored off a DeGennaro double to right. Sophomore Sydney Spitz followed it up with an RBI single to score DeGennaro before junior Noelle Mulligan singled to score two more. Mulligan later scored on a fielder's choice to make it 11-0 before freshman Amanda DiLeo ended the scoring with a sacrifice fly to score Berardi.
 
In the inning, the Ducks scored six times off five hits and sent 10 batters to the plate.
 
Junior Meagan Lorenz relieved Berardi in the fifth and retired the side in order to give the Ducks the win. Berardi picked up her third win of the year and saw her ERA drop to 0.80. Risman-Jones, Klewicki, DeGennaro, and Spiz each added two hits, while Risman-Jones and Klewicki also led the team with three RBIs each.
 
Stevens 6, NJCU 0
 
Pitching was the story early on as juniors Brianna Sandone and Taylor Setar traded zeroes through the first three innings before the Ducks finally broke through in the fourth.
 
After Spitz reached with one out, Senkevich crushed a home run to left to give the Ducks a 2-0 lead. With the RBIs, Senkevich became the school's all-time leader in that category. Sandone then worked-around a leadoff single in the fifth to keep NJCU scoreless, allowing Stevens to extend its lead in the fifth.
 
With the bases-loaded and one out, Mulligan popped-up a pitch to second. With the second baseman's back to home, freshman Gina Schnecker alertly tagged-up and scored easily to extend the lead to 3-0. DeGennaro kept the rally going in the next at-bat with a single to left to score DeFeo.
 
The runs were plenty for Sandone who retired the side in the sixth. In the bottom of the inning, the Ducks added one more when sophomore Oriana DeFeo-Peterson singled up the middle to score Senkevich, giving Stevens the 6-0 lead they would go-on to win by. 
 
Sandone struck out five in the complete game effort to earn her team leading fifth win of the season. DeFeo, DeGennaro, and Senkevich each added two hits, while DeFeo-Peterson and Senkevich led all run-producers with two RBIs each.
 
The Ducks will be back in action on March 26 when they travel to Ramapo College for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. All week, the team is participating in the Strikeout Cancer Campaign. For more information on how you can get involved, click here.
 
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