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Box Score 2 WEEHAWKEN, N.J. (April 27, 2014) – Senior pitcher
Kayla Berardi struck-out 15 in back-to-back complete games to the lead the Stevens Institute of Technology softball team to a Sunday sweep over Nazareth College (8-20), 2-1 and 4-0.
With the wins, Stevens moved their overall record to 27-9 as they wrapped-up their Empire 8 schedule at 8-4. The eight conference wins are the most ever in program history.
Stevens 2, Nazareth 1 Kayla Berardi started the Ducks on the right foot by striking-out five of the first six batters before retiring the side in order in the third, allowing Stevens to take a lead in the bottom of the third.
With senior
Danielle DeFeo on first after a two-out single, sophomore
Gavriella Risman-Jones ripped an RBI triple to right-center to give Stevens a 1-0 lead. Nazareth tried to answer in the fourth with a runner at second and one out, but Berardi struck-out sophomore Maureen Rorgers for the second out before Stevens threw out the stealing runner at third to end the threat.
The Ducks added to their lead with a two-out RBI single from senior
Stephanie Senkevich to score freshman
Emily Sellitti in the fourth, but Nazareth came back with one in the fifth off a home run from junior Sophia Rhoades.
Nazareth threatened again in the sixth with runners at second and third and one out, but Berardi struck-out senior Kailey Ritch before getting sophomore Marueen Rogers to pop-up to short. Berardi went-on to retire the side in order in the seventh to seal the 2-1 win.
Berardi struck-out eight to earn her team-leading fifteenth win of the year, while Risman-Jones and Senkevich drove in the two Stevens runs.
Stevens 4, Nazareth 0 Berardi struck-out the side in the first, allowing Stevens to take the lead in the bottom of the inning. With Sellitti on third after a double and a wild-pitch, freshman
Kelly Klewicki lined an RBI single up the middle to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead.
After Berardi retired the side in order in the second, Stevens added to its lead when DeFeo hit a sacrifice fly to left to score junior
Noelle Mulligan who had doubled to lead-off. Berardi held the lead with a scoreless third and fourth before Nazareth threatened in the fifth.
Walks put runners at first and second with one out, but Berardi worked out of trouble with back-to-back fly-outs to right. Sellitti extended the Stevens lead to 3-0 with a one-out home run to left center in the bottom of the inning before sophomore
Sydney Spitz's RBI single made it 4-0.
The runs were plenty for Berardi for worked around a two-out single in the sixth before retiring the side in order in the seventh to end the game.
Berardi struck-out seven to move her record to 16-6, while DeFeo, Sellitti, Klewicki, and Spitz each added an RBI. Sellitti led all batters with two hits.
Coming up The Ducks will conclude their regular season on April 30 when they host The College at Old Westbury in a doubleheader starting at 7 p.m. Live stats will be available on stevensducks.com.
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