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HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 8, 2014) – The Stevens Institute of Technology softball team outscored St. Joseph's College 20-3 in a windy, Tuesday doubleheader sweep. Stevens took game one 9-0 before finished the evening with an 11-3 win in game two.
 
The Ducks have now won 14 of 15 as their record jumped to 19-5. The losses dropped St. Joseph's to 16-10.
 
Stevens 9, St. Joseph's 0
 
The Ducks scored early against St. Joseph's freshman starter Amanda Eremita with four runs in the first. Senior Danielle DeFeo and sophomore Gavriella Risman-Jones hit back-to-back singles to lead-off the game before junior Jamie DeGennaro singled-home DeFeo to give Stevens an early 1-0 lead.
 
After DeGennaro stole second, freshman Jessica Rees singled to score Risman-Jones to add one more, followed by freshman Emily Sellitti reaching on an error at first to score DeGennaro. Sophomore Sydney Spitz capped the rally with an RBI groundout to third.
 
Senior pitcher Kayla Berardi worked around a one-out single in the second, allowing Stevens to add to its lead in the bottom of the inning when DeFeo singled to score freshman Kelly Klewicki. Both teams traded zeroes in the third, but Stevens broke the game open in the fourth.
 
With one run already in, DeGennaro singled to right to score DeFeo before Rees smashed a line-drive home run to center to add two more, and give Stevens a 9-0 lead. The blast was the first of Rees' career.
 
Berardi put an exclamation point on the victory by striking out the side in the fifth to end the game, the first of which was No. 400 of her career. With the win, Berardi moved to 9-3 and lowered her ERA 1.16. Rees led the Ducks offensively with three hits and three RBIs, while DeGennaro also made her presence known with two hits and two RBIs.
 
Stevens 11, St. Joseph's 3
 
Stevens wasted no time in getting its offense started, scoring six runs off seven hits in the first. With DeFeo and Risman-Jones in scoring position to start the game, DeGennaro singled up the middle to score DeFeo. Rees continued the rally with a triple to right to score two more, followed by Sellitti's first career home run to extend the lead to five.
 
Senior Stephanie Senkevich singled to right to give Stevens its sixth run of the inning.
 
St Joseph's came back though in the second, cutting the lead to four with RBI singles from sophomores Mallory McClafferty and Lindsey Corriss.
 
Stevens would answer in the bottom of the inning when Rees' sacrifice fly scored Risman-Jones, before adding another in the fourth off a Sellitti RBI single to score DeGennaro.
 
St. Joseph's put up one more run in the fifth off junior Julianne Tierney's home run, but Stevens would end the game with three in the seventh. With the bases-loaded and nobody out, DeGennaro singled to short for the ninth run of the game. Rees ended it for good with a sacrifice fly, scoring both Risman-Jones and DeFeo, giving Stevens a five inning, run-rule shortened win.
 
With the win, junior pitcher Brianna Sandone moved to 9-3. Offensively, Rees led all hitters with five RBIs while Sellitti added 3 and DeGennaro two. DeFeo and Risman-Jones set the table at the top of the order with three hits a-piece and five total runs scored.
 
Coming Up
 
Stevens will host a pair of Empire 8 doubleheaders this weekend with Elmira College on April 12, followed by Utica College on April 13. Games on both days will start at 1 p.m. Be sure to check stevensducks.com after every game for box scores and recaps.
 
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