Scheivert Records 200th Career Hit as Softball Run-Rules Middle Tennessee, 9-1

Friday, April 10

Newark, Del.

5 PM

University of Delaware

21-19, 9-7

Middle Tennessee

15-22, 4-12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Middle Tenn.	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	1
Delaware	0	0	1	5	0	3	9	9	0

Photo by: Michael Riccio

Scheivert Records 200th Career Hit as Softball Run-Rules Middle Tennessee, 9-1

4/10/2026 7:46:00 PM | Softball

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NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware softball senior Katie Scheivert became the seventh player in program history to reach 200 career hits as UD defeated Middle Tennessee, 9-1 in six innings. Delaware has now won five consecutive games and nine of its last 11.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Ellie Mulligan went 3-for-3 with two home runs, three RBIs, and three runs scored.
Katie Scheivert went 2-for-2 with three RBIs and a walk.
Allie Nankivell was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.
Gianna Costaro, Maddie Diamond, and Kristen Luzon all went 1-for-3. Costaro and Luzon each added RBIs.
Sorella Gallucci walked twice and scored two runs.
Josie Crossman threw all six innings, allowing just five hits, two walks, one run, and struck out two.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Crossman recorded three groundouts in a scoreless first inning. She then worked around a two-out single by recording a strikeout to end the top of the second.
Mulligan singled and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and an error, setting up the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly by Scheivert.
MTSU immediately tied the game in the fourth with a home run.
Delaware responded with a five-spot in the bottom of the fifth to take a 6-1 lead, all with two outs. Luzon gave UD the lead with a run-scoring single to bring home Bridget Chapman, then Mulligan hit a two-run home run. Scheivert's 200th career hit scored both Gallucci and Nankivell to cap off the inning.
Crossman stranded a runner at second in a scoreless fifth and then threw a hitless sixth inning.
Delaware scored three runs in the sixth to clinch the win. Mulligan led off the inning with her second home run of the night, then UD loaded the bases with no outs on walks by Gallucci and Nankivell. Sydney Shaffer and Costaro hit back-to-back sacrifice flies to score Gallucci and Nankivell, sealing a 9-1 win.

GAME NOTES

Scheivert became the seventh player in program history with 200 career hits. She joined Jessica Grisler (239), Mariah Kondravy (237), Hanna Garber (229), Mandy Welch (205), Leanna Gearhart (205), and Anna Steinmetz (201).
Scheivert is also up to 94 career RBIs after recording three today. She now has 16 multi-hit games this season, six in her last nine games, and 58 for her career.
Scheivert's three RBIs tied a career high, done five other times in her career.
Scheivert has stolen at least 10 bases in three of her four seasons. This was her third game this season with two steals and seventh of her career.
Scheivert upped her career stolen base total to 45, passing Julz Garber for fifth-most in program history.
Mulligan recorded the first multi-home run game of her career. It is the fourth multi-home run game by a Delaware player this season, all by different players. Shaffer hit a pair against Stonehill in the season opener on Feb. 6, Gallucci homered twice against Le Moyne on March 1, and Diamond hit two against UTEP on April 3.
It was also Mulligan's first three-hit game of her career.
Nankivell extended her on-base streak to 19 games and hit streak to seven. Diamond extended her on-base streak to 14 games.
Nankivell has scored a run in 10 of her 12 games hitting leadoff.
Costaro now has 97 career hits.
Gallucci has had multiple walks in a game seven times this season. She has seven walks in her last six games.
Crossman threw her sixth complete game of the season and the eighth of her career.
Delaware's six stolen bases equaled it's season-high, last done in it's opener against Stonehill on Feb. 6. It's the most by UD in a conference game since April 10, 2021 against Towson.
Delaware's three sacrifice flies were a season high and most since March 1, 2025 against Morgan State.
Delaware recorded its 50th win via run-rule under head coach Jen Steele. Twenty-three of those have come in conference play. Crossman has been the winning pitcher in five of the total wins.
This was Delaware's fifth run-rule victory of the season, the seventh time in program history it has won five games in a season via run rule.
Delaware is now a season-best two games over .500 after winning won nine of its last 11 games.
Delaware has hit multiple home runs in back-to-back games and in 12 games this season. The 38 home runs on the season are third-most in program history, trailing only 2025 (57) and 2015 (39).

UP NEXT
Delaware plays game two of the series tomorrow at 3:00 p.m.

TICKETS
Softball season ticket deposits are available now. Season ticket packages and individual game tickets will go on sale later this winter.

Individual ticket prices will be $10 per game and $5 for youth (ages 3-12). Season ticket packages will be available at 50 percent off the single-game rate. There will also be group rates, incentives, and additional gameday experience opportunities. All seating will be general admission at Delaware Softball Diamond.

UD students will continue to receive free tickets to all home softball games.

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