Garden City, N.Y. - Head coach
Carla Campagna matched her career high of 32 wins in a season as the Adelphi University softball team swept a doubleheader against Felician Univesity on Janet L. Ficke Field Thursday afternoon, 11-3 and 2-1.
Game 1: Adelphi 11, Felician 3 F/5
Claire Fon was perfect through four innings and the Adelphi (32-10) bats scored early and walked off the Golden Falcons (13-20) in the bottom of the fifth to take Game 1, 11-3.
After three of the first four Adelphi hitters reached to load the bases, Fath Camilleri sent a double into the right field corner to score two. A sac fly by
Sophia Cicchetti followed by a RBI single from
Lauren O'Neill gave Adelphi a 4-0 lead after one frame.
In the bottom of the third, Adelphi capitalized on two Felician errors and a RBI single from
Angela Lignelli to score three runs in the inning and take a 7-0 lead.
One inning later, the offensive onslaught continued, as the Panthers had two more runners cross the plate thanks to RBI hits from
Alexa Sacripante and Camilleri gave Adelphi a 9-0 lead heading into the fifth.
After not having a baserunner against
Claire Fon through the first four innings, the Golden Falcons scored three runs in the top of the fifth to extend the game but the Panthers scored two in the bottom half of the inning to win the game in walk-off fashion.
Claire Fon earned her 17th win of the season inside the circle. Before allowing the three runs in the fifth inning, Fon extended her consecutive scoreless inning streak to 31 innings, spanning across six outings.
Game 2: Adelphi 2, Felician 1
Lindsey Hibbs held the Golden Falcons to 1 run on 2 hits and
Alexa Sacripante had the game winning RBI as the Panthers finished off the sweep in Game 2, 2-1.
Adelphi once again opened the scoring in Game 2. With two outs in the bottom of the second,
Sophia Cicchetti laced a triple into right center, allowing
Kendall Winn to score all the way from first, giving the Panthers a 1-0 lead.
Felician evened the score at one in the top of the third on a sac fly to center.
The teams traded zeros until the bottom of the fifth inning when Sacripante sent a sac fly to deep left field that scored
Courtney Wengryn on the tag up at third, regaining the lead for Adelphi, 2-1
With a one-run lead, Hibbs retired the final six hitters she faced over the last two innings to close out the win. She tossed all seven innings, trying her career high with 14 strikeouts. She now has 210 strikeouts for the season, good for fourth all time in Adelphi softball history.
The Panthers return to Northeast-10 action on Saturday when they take on Pace from Pleasantville. First pitch is at 11 a.m.