Hess Fires Second Career No-Hitter in Softball's 10-0 Win Over Monmouth

Saturday, April 26

West Long Branch, NJ

11 AM

University of Delaware

33-14, 19-4

Monmouth

11-37, 7-16

Delaware

MONMOUTH

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Hess Fires Second Career No-Hitter in Softball's 10-0 Win Over Monmouth

4/26/2025 3:32:00 PM | Softball

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WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. - University of Delaware softball's Morgan Hess threw the 20th no-hitter in program history as the Blue Hens defeated Monmouth 10-0 in five innings on Saturday. The no-hitter was Hess' second of her career and the second thrown by the Blue Hens this season. Chloe Blantz scored her 100th career run during the game, becoming the seventh player in program history to reach the mark. The win improved Delaware's record to 33-14 overall and 19-4 in CAA play. It was the eighth road victory in a row to tie a program record. Also with the win, and Campbell's loss to Charleston and Elon currently trailing UNCW but in a weather delay, Delaware is all alone in first place in the CAA standings.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Hess threw all five innings, striking out six of the 19 batters she faced in the no-hitter. She also went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double and run scored.
Blantz went 4-for-4, falling a home run shy of the cycle.
Katie Scheivert went 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI.
Sorella Gallucci and Veronica Diomede went 2-for-3. Gallucci had a double, two runs scored, and an RBI and Diomede scored two runs and drive in a run.
Ryleigh Thomas and Mary Beth Cahalan but went 1-for-3.
Sydney Shaffer drove in two runs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Blantz came around to score on a groundout after a one-out triple to put Delaware ahead 1-0 in the first. Hess struck out two in the bottom half of the inning, then pitched a perfect second with a strikeout.
Delaware tacked on three runs in the third. Diomede and Scheivert both singled to put runners on the corners with no outs. Scheivert stole second and she and Diomede scored on a throwing error to give UD a 3-0 lead. Shaffer scored Blantz on a sacrifice fly for the Blue Hens' fourth run.
Hess responded with a perfect third inning, picking up another strikeout.
Another three-run inning put Delaware up 7-0. A squeeze bunt from Diomede scored Thomas and two errors scored Gallucci and Diomede.
Hess worked around two walks in the fourth to keep Monmouth off the board.
Delaware scored three-runs for the third straight inning to take a 10-0 lead. Gallucci singled home Hess, then scored on an error, and Scheivert scored pinch runner Grace Hausamann on a single.
Hess picked up another strikeout in the fifth, and secured the no-hitter with a foul popup to Gallucci at third to end it.

GAME NOTES

Hess became the third player in program history with multiple no-hitters in their Delaware career. She joined Kristi O'Connell, who threw five, and Patty Freeman, who threw three.
This is Delaware's second no-hitter this season. Billie Kerwood no-hit Hampton on April 18. This is the first time since 2000 in which Delaware has thrown multiple no-hitters in one season.
Delaware is the only team in the CAA with multiple no-hitters this season.
This is Delaware's 20th no-hitter in program history.
Hess also threw her CAA-leading fifth shutout of the season.
Chloe Blantz scored her 100th run of her career. She joined Hanna Garber (161), Leanna Gearhart (157), Jessica Grisler (135), Brittney Mendoza (126), Mandy Welch (119), and Katie Lee (105) as the only players in program history with 100 runs scored.
Blantz's four-hit game was the first in her career.
Scheivert has scored a run in nine consecutive games and is at 94 for her career.
Delaware has 15 shutouts this season, second most in program history only behind the 2000 season that had 19 shutouts.
Delaware pitchers have 301 strikeouts this season, the second time in program history it has at least 300 strikeouts in a season (330, 2006).
Delaware has won eight consecutive road games, tied for its longest in program history and last done in 1986.
Delaware has won nine consecutive conference games, one shy of tying its program record done in 2024 and 2023.
This was Delaware's 16th run-rule victory of the season.

UP NEXT

Delaware looks for the sweep of Monmouth tomorrow with first pitch scheduled for noon.

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