Kerwood Shuts Out Monmouth to Secure Softball's Series Sweep

Sunday, April 27

West Long Branch, NJ

12 PM

University of Delaware

34-14, 20-4

Monmouth

11-38, 7-17

Delaware

MONMOUTH

Photo by: Michael Riccio

Kerwood Shuts Out Monmouth to Secure Softball's Series Sweep

4/27/2025 3:04:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. - University of Delaware softball defeated Monmouth, 4-0, to win its ninth consecutive road game to set a new program record. Delaware has also won 10-straight conference games to tie a program record. The Blue Hens sit alone in first place in the CAA with a record of 20-4, and improved its record to 34-14 overall. UD becomes the first team in CAA history to win 20 conference games in back-to-back seasons.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Billie Kerwood pitched a four-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts.
Sydney Shaffer and Mary Beth Cahalan went 2-for-4.
Veronica Diomede went 2-for-3 with a run scored and stolen base.
Katie Scheivert went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Chloe Blantz had a hit and RBI.
Sorella Gallucci had a hit, run scored, and RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Kerwood struck out two batters in the first.
Delaware scored a run in the second on an error to take a 1-0 lead.
In the third inning, Blantz threw out the potential tying run at home to end the inning. Kerwood picked up two more strikeouts.
UD scored three runs in the fourth. Kristen Luzon had a pinch-hit sacrifice fly to score Ryleigh Thomas, and Scheivert hit a sacrifice fly to score Gallucci. Blantz then scored Diomede with a single.
Kerwood struck out three in the fifth inning, then threw a perfect sixth.
In the seventh, Kerwood had two strikeouts to finish off the shutout.

GAME NOTES

Delaware has won nine consecutive road games to set a new program record that was previously set in 1986.
Delaware has won 10 consecutive conference games, tying its program record done in 2024 and 2023.
Delaware has 16 shutouts this season, second most in program history only behind the 2000 season that had 19 shutouts.
Of Delaware's 57 outs recorded in the series, 32 were via the strikeout.
Kerwood won her 21st game of the season, one shy of tying Emily Winburn (22, 2024) for the single-season program record.
Kerwood threw her fourth shutout of the season.
Kerwood struck out at least 10 hitters in back-to-back games for the first time in her career.
For the weekend, Kerwood had 26 strikeouts in 14 innings with just one run and seven hits allowed
Blantz has a hit in eight-consecutive games, tying a season-high for a Delaware player and the longest hitting streak of her career.
Shaffer recorded her 20th multi-hit game of the season, the most since Mariah Kondravy in 2016.
Delaware went 14-2 in the month of April, outscoring opponents 158-30. The Blue Hens hit .367/.412/.559 in April and pitched to a 1.46 ERA with nine shutouts.
Delaware currently is in first place in the CAA standings with one weekend of play remaining. Elon sits in second place at 19-5 with Delaware holding the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Phoenix. Campbell is in third at 18-6, Charleston and Stony Brook are fourth at 17-7, and Hofstra is sixth at 12-12 with UNCW and Towson trailing behind at 11-13.

UP NEXT

Delaware plays Towson at home to wrap up the regular season starting on Thursday.

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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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