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HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 17, 2014) – Junior Jamie DeGennaro drove-in all four of the team's runs on Thursday, as the Stevens Institute of Technology softball team split a doubleheader with Stockton with a 3-0 win in game one before a 3-1 loss in game two.
 
The split moves the Ducks record to 23-7 while Stockton is now 18-10.
                                                                                                                                                                                               
Stevens 3, Stockton 0
 
Stockton threatened immediately against senior starter Kayla Berardi with back-to-back singles to start the game. Berardi settled though, inducing a ground-ball double play before inducing a ground-out to short to end the inning. The Ospreys threatened again in the second with runners at second and third and one out, but Klewicki caught a fly-ball and gunned-out the runner trying to tag at home to preserve the scoreless game.
 
Stockton senior starter Michelle Pietrocola struck-out the side in the second and retired the side in order in the third, but Berardi matched-her with zeroes of her own through the first four innings, stranding five runners in the process.
 
The Ducks finally broke-through in the fourth when after sophomore Gavriella Risman-Jones singled to lead-off, DeGennaro ripped an RBI double to left-center. Berardi made the lead stand with a one-two-three inning in the fifth, allowing Stevens to add to it in the bottom of the inning.
 
With junior Noelle Mulligan on second after a walk, and senior Danielle DeFeo on first, DeGennaro lined a double to right-center to score both and give the Ducks a 3-0 lead. The runs were enough for Berardi, who retired the side in order in the sixth and seventh to seal the win.
 
Berardi struck-out two to earn her thirteenth win of the season, while DeGennaro drove in all three runs off two doubles. DeFeo, Risman-Jones and Mulligan each scored a run.
 
Stockton 3, Stevens 1
 
Stockton mounted a rally in the first with the bases loaded and nobody out, but junior starter Megan Lorenz induced a fielder's choice ground-ball-out before freshman Jessica Rees nailed a tagging-up runner at the plate for a double-play to keep the game scoreless.
 
The Ospreys did break through in the second when sophomore Gianna Cuffari hit an RBI single to right, but Lorenz escaped further trouble by inducing a ground-ball-out at third. After a scoreless third, Stockton added two more in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead, but a diving catch at short from DeFeo minimized the damage.
 
Both teams traded zeroes in the fifth before Stevens scored in the sixth. After Risman-Jones tripled to lead-off, DeGennaro hit a sacrifice fly to left to get her across to cut the deficit to two. Junior starter Brittany Ksiezopolski held the lead though, inducing a ground-ball double play to end the inning.
 
Stevens started a rally in the seventh after sophomore Sydney Spitz singled to lead-off, but Ksiezopolsk worked around it, retiring the next three batters to end the game.
 
Lorenz pitched well in her second start of the year, stranding eight base runners over seven strong innings. DeGennaro had the Ducks lone RBI along with a hit.
 
Coming Up
 
Stevens will return to Empire 8 play this weekend when they head to Ithaca College for a crucial doubleheader on April 19. Games start at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
 
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