Softball Completes Blue Hen Invitational With Wins Over Morgan State and Quinnipiac

Saturday, March 1

Newark, Del.

3 PM

University of Delaware

6-8

Morgan State

2-12

Morgan State

Delaware

Photo by: Michael Riccio

Softball Completes Blue Hen Invitational With Wins Over Morgan State and Quinnipiac

3/1/2025 8:15:00 PM | Softball

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NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware softball wrapped up their home-opening weekend and the Blue Hen Invitational with wins over Morgan State (8-0 in five innings) and Quinnipiac (4-1) on Saturday.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS VS MORGAN STATE

Morgan Hess pitched five shutout innings with four strikeouts and just two hits and a walk allowed. She also had an RBI and run scored.
Sydney Shaffer went 2-for-2 with an RBI and run scored.
Katie Scheivert and Chloe Blantz both went 2-for-3. Blantz scored a pair of runs and Scheivert scored one run.
Gianna Costaro went 1-for-2 with two RBIs and scored a run.
Veronica Diomede made a sensational diving catch in center field to turn a double play and had the game-ending double.
Bridget Chapman recorded a pinch hit single.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS VS QUINNIPIAC

Billie Kerwood shined in the circle for the Blue Hens, throwing a complete game with just one run, two walks, and five hits allowed with seven strikeouts.
Sorella Gallucci had a huge day with three RBIs, including a two-run triple for her first collegiate hit.
Hess had two hits and two runs scored.
Kristen Luzon recorded a pinch hit RBI double.

HOW IT HAPPENED VS MORGAN STATE

Hess pitched a perfect first with two strikeouts.
Scheivert and Blantz led off the bottom of the first with singles. Shaffer brought in Scheivert with a hit and Hess scored Blantz on a groundout to put UD up 2-0.
A double play helped turned by a diving catch by Diomede and a strikeout got Hess through the second. She then pitched a 1-2-3 third with a strikeout.
In the bottom of the third, Delaware loaded the bases on a single by Blantz, a walk by Shaffer, and Hess reached on an error. Costaro brought in two runs with a single, and Mary Beth Cahalan and Gallucci recorded back-to-back sacrifice flies to extend the lead to 6-0.
Another double play in the fifth, turned by Graceyn Frost at first base, got Hess through five scoreless innings.
Delaware scored two runs in the fifth to end the game. Shaffer and Chapman singled and Frost had a sacrifice fly for the seventh run. Diomede then hit a double in the right-center gap to give Delaware a win in five innings.

HOW IT HAPPENED VS QUINNIPIAC

Kerwood struck out two in the first two innings, allowing just one baserunner.
Delaware scored in the bottom half of the second after Gallucci scored Costaro on a groundout.
Quinnipiac tied the game with a triple in the third, but Kerwood stranded the go-ahead run with a strikeout.
Gallucci delivered the big hit in the fourth with two outs. Costaro walked and Hess singled to set up a go-ahead two run triple for the freshman, her first collegiate hit.
Kerwood responded with a perfect fifth inning with a strikeout. In the sixth, Quinnipiac loaded the bases with two outs, but Kerwood coaxed a groundout to end the threat.
A two-out walk in the seventh was all Quinnipiac mustered in the seventh as Kerwood went the distance for the win.

GAME NOTES

Gallucci recorded four RBIs between the two games, including the three against Quinnipiac.
Hess pitched her first shutout of the season and third as a Blue Hen. She has 11 shutouts in her career.
Blantz and Shaffer recorded their fourth multi-hit games of the season.
Luzon is 4-for-7 with three RBIs as a pinch hitter this season, a year after hitting .500/.556/.792 as a pinch hitter.
Chapman has pinch hit singles in two of her last three opportunities.
Kerwood's complete game was her second of the season and 40th of her career.

UP NEXT

Tomorrow's games of the Blue Hen Invitational - Quinnipiac vs Morgan State, Quinnipiac vs Delaware - have been cancelled. Those who purchased tickets will be contacted this week with more information. Delaware will be back in action Wednesday for a doubleheader against Coppin State, starting at noon.

TICKETS
Delaware Softball will celebrate its 50th season as a program during the 2025 season, as presented by Delaware State Parks. Season and single game tickets for the 2025 season are on sale now. The upcoming season will feature cutting-edge renovations, including a state-of-the-art Daktronics videoboard, turf playing surface, LED lighting, and more. Season tickets are now 50% off the single-game rate—just $94 for access to the entire season with general admission seating.

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