Softball Completes Sweep of Drexel, Wins Program Record Fourth-Straight Game by Run Rule

Sunday, March 9

Philadelphia, PA

3 PM

University of Delaware

11-8, 3-0

Drexel

0-18, 0-3

Delaware

Drexel

Photo by: Michael Riccio

Softball Completes Sweep of Drexel, Wins Program Record Fourth-Straight Game by Run Rule

3/9/2025 7:08:00 PM | Softball

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PHILADELPHIA, Penn. - Playing for the fourth consecutive day for the first time in program history, University of Delaware softball defeated Drexel 17-3 to complete a weekend sweep of the Dragons and go to 3-0 in CAA play. With the win, Delaware has won four consecutive games by run rule for the first time in program history.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Mary Beth Cahalan had her best game as a Blue Hen, hitting a grand slam and driving in six runs while going 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two doubles.
Morgan Hess hit a pair of home runs, had five RBIs, and scored three runs.
Gianna Costaro went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and two RBIs.
Sorella Gallucci went 3-for-3 with three doubles and two RBIs.
Sydney Shaffer went 3-for-4 with three runs scored.
Katie Scheivert had two hits and an RBI.
Ellie Talley, Ellie Mulligan, and Veronica Diomede also recorded hits.
Billie Kerwood earned the win by pitching all five innings with eight strikeouts and zero walks.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Delaware scored four in the second, started by a two-run home run by Hess. Gallucci had an RBI double and Scheivert had an RBI single.
Kerwood completed her second perfect inning to start the game and had two strikeouts through two.
Four more runs scored in the third for Delaware as Shaffer and Costaro both had RBI singles and Cahalan had a two-run double.
UD blew the game open with a five-run fourth, highlighted by a two-out grand slam by Cahalan. Mulligan also had an RBI single to make it 13-3.
Kerwood ended the fourth inning by starting a 1-6-3 double play.
In the top of the fifth Hausamann scored on a single by Costaro and Hess hit a three-run home run to give Delaware a 17-3 lead. Kerwood ended the game with a strikeout.

GAME NOTES

Delaware has won a program record four-straight games by run rule, with all four games ending in five innings. UD has outscored opponents 54-7 over that span.
This was Delaware's sixth run-rule victory this season. It had five all of last year.
Delaware has scored double-digit runs in three consecutive games for the first time since April 1976.
Delaware has started 3-0 in the CAA for the first time since 2013, when it started 9-0.
Delaware has won eight straight against Drexel dating back to 2023. The Blue Hens have outscored the Dragons 66-10 in those eight games.
Delaware's 17 runs were its most scored in a game since putting up 20 against Lehigh on April 6, 2022.
Delaware's six doubles were one shy of tying its single-game record of seven done on April 11, 2018 against Delaware State.
Delaware has hit three home runs in consecutive games for the first time since Feb. 20 and 25, 2022 against Boston University and Bowling Green.
Delaware has double-digit hits in four consecutive games for the first time since April 2021.
Costaro's four runs scored tied a single-game program record, done 11 other times (last by Hanna Garber against Boston University on Feb. 20, 2022).
Costaro's four hits were a career-best and the most by a Blue Hen since March 17, 2024 against N.C. A&T.
Gallucci's three doubles tied a program record, done only by Carolyn Szymanski on April 2, 2014 against Maryland Eastern Shore and Audie Kujala against Glassboro on April 20, 1977.
Cahalan's grand slam was her first home run as a Blue Hen and the 10th home run of her career. She became the first player to hit a grand slam since Costaro last year on March 17 against N.C. A&T.
Cahalan's six RBIs were also tied for third most in a game in program history, and most since Costaro in the March 17 game against N.C. A&T last year.
Hess had her seventh career-multi-home run game, and second as a Blue Hen. She hit two against N.C. A&T last year on March 16.
Shaffer has multiple hits in four-straight games. Costaro has multiple hits and at least one RBI in four-straight games.
Hess is 11-for-28 (.392) over her last 10 games and 8-for-16 in her last four games.
Gallucci is 6-for-11 in her last five games with five RBIs.
Mulligan has hits in three straight games.
Talley has pinch hit singles in her last two opportunities.

UP NEXT

Delaware plays a non-conference game against Saint Joseph's Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Kerwood, Billie (6-4)

L: Marta, Violet (0-6)

Delaware

Batting:

2B: Shaffer, Sydney 1 ; Cahalan, Mary Beth 2 ; Gallucci, Sorella 3

HR: Hess, Morgan 2 ; Cahalan, Mary Beth 1

RBI: Scheivert, Katie 1 ; Costaro, Gianna 2 ; Hess, Morgan 5 ; Cahalan, Mary Beth 6 ; Gallucci, Sorella 2 ; Mulligan, Ellie 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Hausamann, Grace 1 ; Blantz, Chloe 1 ; Shaffer, Sydney 3 ; Costaro, Gianna 4 ; Hess, Morgan 3 ; Cahalan, Mary Beth 3 ; Gallucci, Sorella 1 ; Diomede, Veronica 1