Softball Sweeps Doubleheader From Penn; Winburn Sets Career Saves Program Record

Wednesday, March 20

Newark, Del.

3:00 P.M.

University of Delaware

17-7

Pennsylvania

5-10

Penn

Delaware

Photo by: Michael Riccio

Softball Sweeps Doubleheader From Penn; Winburn Sets Career Saves Program Record

3/20/2024 8:41:00 PM | Softball

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NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware softball swept a doubleheader from Penn, 1-0 and 7-1, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 to earn their seventh straight win. During game one, Emily Winburn became Delaware's all-time career saves leader with her ninth.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS, GAME ONE

Julz Garber drove in the game's only run with an RBI triple as part of a 1-for-3 day.
Ryleigh Thomas went 1-for-2 with a double and scored the only run.
Julia Boyet went 1-for-3.
Morgan Hess earned the win by pitching 5.1 innings and not allowing a run.
Winburn picked up the save by recording the final four outs and not allowing a base runner.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS, GAME TWO

Gianna Costaro went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and four RBIs.
Chloe Blantz went 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored, and a walk.
Sydney Shaffer went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two doubles.
Hess went 1-for-2 with a run scored.
Katie Scheivert went 1-for-3 with a run scored.
Winburn earned the win by allowing no runs, two hits, and striking out three in four innings.
Kendall Shank pitched 2.1 innings and allowed just a run with a strikeout.
Graceyn Frost recorded the final two outs.

HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME ONE

Hess faced the minimum through three innings, with 1-2-3 innings in the first and second and a double play helping her through the third.
A one-out double by Thomas in the bottom half set up Garber's RBI triple, driving home the game's only run.
Hess pitched a 1-2-3 fourth inning as well.
In the fifth, Hess escaped a one-out, bases-loaded jam by coaxing two groundouts.
Winburn came on in the top of the sixth after Penn put runners on second and third with one out. Another double play helped Winburn out of the inning.
Two groundouts and a flyout finished off Pen in the seventh and secured Delaware's win.

HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME TWO

Winburn escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first inning.
In the bottom half, Blantz walked and Costaro hit a two-run home run to get Delaware's offense going.
Winburn pitched a perfect second inning with a strikeout in the second.
Hess doubled with one out in the bottom of the second and came around to score on a fielder's choice and throwing error.
Winburn pitched another hitless third inning. Blanrz led off the bottom half with an opposite-field home run to put Delaware up 4-0.
Two strikeouts in a perfect fourth for Winburn kept Penn off the scoreboard.
Shaffer doubled off the top of the wall to score Scheivert in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Penn scored their only run of the day in the fifth.
Shank pitched a hitless sixth inning with a strikeout.
Delaware scored two runs in the sixth to ice the game. A Shaffer double, Giattino walk, and Garber bunt single loaded the bases. Costaro scored Garber and Giattino with a single to put the Hens up 7-1.
Shank got the first out of the inning before giving way to Frost. An outfield assist by Mulligan in right field cut down a run at home before Frost recorded the final out on a flyball to center.

GAME NOTES

Winburn passed Chenxio Jiao and Kristi O'Connell to become Delaware's all-time saves leader at nine. She also earned her 60th career win during game two with her fifth scoreless start of the season.
Costaro hit her seventh home run of the season, the most by a Delaware freshman since Brooke Glanden in 2019. She also had her third four-RBI game of the season and second in her last three games.
Blantz hit her second home run of the season and of her career, having also homered during Delaware's game against Akron on Feb. 17.
Garber has hit in six straight games, tying her season-best. Her triple was her second this season and fourth of her career.
Delaware's seven straight wins is their longest win streak of the season.

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