Blue Hens Split Two Games on First Day of Madeira Beach Invitational

Friday, February 15

Madeira Beach, FL

2:00 PM

University of Delaware

3-1

Butler

2-4

Butler

Delaware

Photo by: Mark Campbell

Blue Hens Split Two Games on First Day of Madeira Beach Invitational

2/15/2019 6:49:00 PM | Softball

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MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – Delaware posted a 9-1 victory over Butler before falling to Murray State, 16-5, as the Blue Hens opened play at the Madeira Beach Invitational on Friday.

In Delaware's first game of the day, Delaware took control by scoring five runs in the bottom of the third inning. Sarah Bessel led off with a single, and one out later she scored when Halle Kisamore laced an RBI single.

Anna Steinmetz then doubled home Kisamore, and following a pitching change Reyna de Jesus singled home Steinmetz to make it a 3-0 game. Chayanna Gallardo capped the rally with a two-run single, chasing home Brooke Glanden and Karolina Flores.

Hanna Garber doubled in the fourth, and after she stole third, she crossed the plate on a throwing error by the Butler catcher. Steinmetz and Glanden then belted back to back homers as the Blue Hens went up by eight runs.

Butler scored its lone run in the top of the fifth, before Delaware tacked on its final run in the bottom of the sixth when de Jesus reached on an error with the bases loaded to end the contest.

Kisamore finished with three hits at the plate, while Steinmetz and de Jesus added two apiece. Sarah Piening earned her second win in the circle after allowing one run on five hits in four innings of work.

Delaware then took the early lead against Murray State by scoring two runs in the top of the first. The Blue Hens quickly loaded the bases on singles by Garber and Kisamore and a walk to Steinmetz, before Glanden delivered an RBI single and Karolina Flores hit a sacrifice fly.

The Racers answered with three runs in the bottom of the first, but Brittney Mendoza cracked a leadoff homer in the second to bring Delaware even at 3-3. However Murray State countered with a run in bottom of the second and added five more in the third to go in front by six.

After Garber singled and Kisamore doubled in the fourth, both runners scored when Steinmetz hit a sacrifice fly and Flores ripped a double. But the Racers scored seven times in the bottom of the frame to pull away.

Garber, Kisamore, Flores and Mendoza had two hits apiece for the Blue Hen attack.