Garden City, N.Y. - The No. 15 Adelphi University softball team was able to withstand a couple of late surges Thursday in a sweep of nearby rival Molloy University at Janet L. Ficke Field in Garden City.

Although Molloy (23-14) got the go-ahead run to the plate in both contests, the Panthers (35-6) still won by scores of 5-1 and 3-1 in the two games.

Game 1: #15 Adelphi 5, Molloy 1
Entering the game batting just .119, Tierney Fitzgerald found the gap in left-center with two outs in the second to break the ice.

With the bases loaded at the time, Carla Campagna got aggressive and sent all three runners home. While Kendall Winn and Jaden Farhat scored safely, Angelina Kellogg was caught in a rundown between third and home and tagged out.

Molloy joined the list of teams that could not seem to figure out Adelphi star pitcher Lindsey Hibbs, who retired the first eleven batters via strikeout and struck out the side in four of the game's first five innings.

The Lions were being three-hit through five, until three errors on the Adelphi infield loaded the bases with none out for Molloy. Hibbs surrendered her first run on a sacrifice fly, but ultimately stranded the tying run on second.

In search of her 20th win of the season, Hibbs retired the side in order in Molloy's final turn at-bat. She nears a milestone of 300 strikeouts following today's outing that added 16 strikeouts to her now-season total of 292.

Game 2: #15 Adelphi 3, Molloy 1
The latter game again saw Adelphi jump out to the early lead, with Courtney Wengryn driving home Jordyn Pasqueralli on a first-inning RBI single.

As Claire Fon kept Molloy at bay and worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the third, Brianna Fischer found her favorite part of the field -- dead central -- in the bottom half for an RBI double that padded Adelphi's lead to 2-0.

Molloy put runners in scoring position against Fon in three consecutive innings, and only had the one run to show for it.

Clinging now to a slim 2-1 lead, Zee Zee Shreter lined a one-out triple to center in the sixth and scored on a Wengryn RBI groundout to re-claim a key insurance run for the 'Cats.

A pair of singles led off the Molloy seventh, before Campagna turned to her bullpen. Tierney Fitzgerald came on for the save and produced a strikeout of her first batter, before inducing back-to-back groundouts to end it.

The Panthers close out non-conference play this Sunday (Apr. 23) in Caldwell, N.J. at 12 noon, when they meet Caldwell University in a re-match of last year's NCAA East Regional showdown.