HOUGHTON, N.Y. (April 2, 2016) – The Stevens Institute of Technology softball team outscored Houghton College 22-6 Saturday in a sweep comprised of 10-2, and 12-4 wins.
The sweep moved Stevens' record to 12-6 (3-1), while Houghton fell to 5-15 (0-4).
Stevens 10, Houghton 2After a scoreless first inning, Houghton got on the board first with runs in the second and third to grab the 2-0 lead. Sophomore
Olivia Gemma got one back with a lead-off homer in the fourth, before junior
Amanda DiLeo blasted a two-run shot three batters later give the Ducks the 3-2 lead.
Gemma made the lead stick in the circle by retiring the Houghton side in order in the fourth, allowing Stevens to crack the game open with four in the fifth.
Sophomore
Lauren Shirley and junior
Emily Sellitti each singled to put a pair of runners on with one out, and were driven in off a three-run shot from junior
Jessica Rees. Junior
Gina Schnecker capped the rally a few batters later with an RBI single to score DiLeo.
The runs were more than enough for Gemma who retired the side in order again in the fifth before the Ducks put the game away for good with three more in the sixth.
DiLeo led the Ducks offensively with four RBIs and three runs in a 3-for-4 day at the plate. Rees went 1-for-3 with there RBIs and two runs, while Sellitti scored three times.
Gemma earned her second win of the season after allowing just two earned runs and striking out four in six innings of work.
Stevens 12, Houghton 4Stevens grabbed the early lead after a balk in the first scored DiLeo, and answered a Houghton first-inning run with three in the second. Sellitti's two-out double scored freshman
Julia DeCandia for the inning's first run, before a Shirley double two batters later drove-in DiLeo and Selltti.
The Ducks rallied again with five in the third sparked by an RBI double from freshman
Madison Telles to score Rees. DeCandia drove in Schnecker with an RBI groundout, while Sellitti capped the inning with a two-run homer to give Stevens the 10-1 lead.
Houghton got one back in their half of the third, but Stevens answered in the fifth with Sellitti's RBI triple to score DeCandia.
Both teams traded a pair of runs in the fifth, but it's all the scoring Houghton would do as senior starter
Brianna Sandone slammed the door on the game by striking out the side in the sixth.
Sellitti went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs, while DiLeo, Rees and DeCandia each scored twice. Sandone earned her second win of the season after striking out six in six innings of work.
UP NEXTThe Ducks will be back in action Thursday with a road doubleheader at Ramapo College.
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