Garden City, N.Y. - The now No. 4 ranked team in the latest NCAA Division II East Region rankings, the top-seeded Adelphi University softball team took the Southwest Division semifinal from No. 4 seed Le Moyne in eight innings, 1-0.

The contest remained silent until the seventh inning, when Kendall Winn stretched to grab a leadoff line drive that came off the bat of Jillian Dunn. That catch likely saved the game.

Ally Muller subsequently gave up her first two hits of the game in back-to-back at-bats, but Muller -- with two outs and runners on second and third -- struck out Lindsey Dobbs on three consecutive pitches to keep the Dolphins off the board.

Muller tallied 11 strikeouts in the game, and now has 12 consecutive shutouts, to go along with her 16-2 record. She has not allowed a run since Mar. 27 at Southern Connecticut.

Hannah Pineda pinch hit to start the eighth and worked a nine-pitch at bat that resulted in her reaching second on a two-base error by the Le Moyne right-fielder.

Amanda Owens then laid down a sacrifice bunt that pushed Pineda to third. With the game on the line, Emily Whitman poked a sacrifice fly to deep center field that scored Pineda.

Adelphi had a chance to push one across earlier in the game though. In the fourth, Lauren O'Neill put a ball on the ground to left field, and took second on Daniella Roselli's bunt that landed behind the Dolphin defense. Sophia Cicchetti put both runners in scoring position with a sacrifice bunt, but the Panthers were not able to capitalize.

The Dolphins were retired in order in six of the game's eight innings of play. After a leadoff error in the third gave Le Moyne its first runner of the game, Muller went on to sit down 12 straight.

Adelphi will host the Southwest Division's No. 2 seed -- University of New Haven -- on Sunday (May 9), in the Southwest Division final. This is a best-of-three series, that will start with a doubleheader on Sunday at noon.