Softball Ties Program Record For Consecutive Run-Rule Victories After 14-0 Win Over Drexel

Saturday, March 8

Philadelphia, PA

3 PM

University of Delaware

10-8, 2-0

Drexel

0-17, 0-2

Delaware

Drexel

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Softball Ties Program Record For Consecutive Run-Rule Victories After 14-0 Win Over Drexel

3/8/2025 6:09:00 PM | Softball

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PHILADELPHIA, Penn. - University of Delaware softball defeated Drexel, 14-0, for its fifth consecutive win and third-straight victory by run rule - tying a program record. The Blue Hens are now 2-0 in CAA play and improved its record to 10-8.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Sydney Shaffer hit a two-run home run and had four RBIs.
Gianna Costaro went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and two RBIs.
Morgan Hess hit a three-run home run and pitched four shutout innings with four strikeouts.
Katie Scheivert went 1-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored.
Chloe Blantz drove in two runs and scored two runs.
Marlayna Capaldi hit a two-run double.
Ryleigh Thomas had an RBI single.
Sorella Gallucci walked two times.
Lillie Scheivert, Ellie Mulligan, Ellie Talley, and Graceyn Frost had hits off the bench.
Emma Denison pitched a scoreless inning.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Delaware struck in the first inning with four runs, highlighted by back-to-back home runs by Shaffer (two-run) and Costaro. Thomas capped off the inning with an RBI single. Hess struck out one in a hitless bottom half of the inning.
Costaro had an RBI double in the second to put Delaware up 6-0. In the bottom half, Diomede and Katie Scheivert teamed up to throw a runner out at the plate to keep Drexel off the board.
In the third, the Blue Hens pushed six runs across to take a 12-0 lead. Shaffer had a two-run single and Hess hit a three-run home run. Hess then pitched a scoreless bottom half with a strikeout.
UD added two more runs in the fifth. Lillie Scheivert and Frost singled and Capaldi hit a two-run double to put Delaware up 14.
Denison pitched the final frame to close out the win.

GAME NOTES

Delaware has won three consecutive games by run rule for the second time in program history. It was last done in March 2000 when they defeated Lafayette 10-0 and 8-0 on March 9 and Mount St. Mary's 10-0 on March 15.
Delaware has started 2-0 in CAA play for the first time since 2021, also against Drexel. UD last started 3-0 in CAA play in 2013, once again Drexel.
Delaware's 14-0 win was its largest shutout victory since winning 18-0 in the 2021 season opener against UMass.
Delaware has won seven consecutive games against Drexel dating back to 2023, outscoring the Dragons 47-7.
Delaware has scored at least 14 runs in back-to-back games for the first time since April 1976. UD also had a streak of five consecutive games scoring at least 14 runs earlier that season.
Delaware's three home runs were a season-high and their most since hitting three against N.C. A&T last year on March 17. Delaware also hit back-to-back home runs for the first time this season and first time since Feb. 24, 2024 against Iowa State (Costaro, Julia Boyet).
Shaffer and Costaro each have three-straight multiple hit games. Shaffer's four RBIs were a season-high.
Costaro's home run was the 10th of her career, becoming the 13th Delaware player to reach 10 career home runs. Shaffer's home run was the eighth of her career.
Hess' home run was the 35th of her career and seventh as a Blue Hen. She has thrown 12 consecutive scoreless innings in the circle.
Blantz has multiple RBIs in three-straight games.
Of Capaldi's four hits this season, three of them have been run-scoring doubles.
Frost's hit was the first of her career.

UP NEXT

Delaware plays the series finale against Drexel tomorrow at 3:00 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Hess, Morgan (2-3)

L: Taylor, Madison (0-9)

Delaware

Batting:

2B: Blantz, Chloe 1 ; Costaro, Gianna 1 ; Capaldi, Marlayna 1

HR: Shaffer, Sydney 1 ; Costaro, Gianna 1 ; Hess, Morgan 1

RBI: Blantz, Chloe 2 ; Shaffer, Sydney 4 ; Costaro, Gianna 2 ; Hess, Morgan 3 ; Capaldi, Marlayna 2 ; Thomas, Ryleigh 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Scheivert, Katie 2 ; Blantz, Chloe 2 ; Shaffer, Sydney 2 ; Costaro, Gianna 2 ; Hess, Morgan 1 ; Frost, Graceyn 1 ; Cahalan, Mary Beth 1 ; Gallucci, Sorella 1 ; Diomede, Veronica 1 ; Scheivert, Lillie 1