SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The University of New Haven softball team got a complete game shutout pitching performance from both Nicole King (Front Royal, Va./Warren County) and Victoria Cabral (New Britain, Conn./Miss Porter's School / Hofstra) as the Chargers swept a doubleheader from the Le Moyne Dolphins, winning the first game 7-0 before claiming a 1-0 final in the second.
 
With the wins, New Haven is now 13-14-1 overall, 9-7 in the Northeast-10 Conference and 7-7 in the NE-10 Southwest Division. Le Moyne is 16-11 overall with a 9-8 mark in conference and is 8-6 in divisional play.
 
In the opener, New Haven scored a run in the third as Erika Williams (Oneida, N.Y./Oneida) walked with one out and moved to third on a double by Jen Palase (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville). After an infield single by Tori Schiebe (Monroe, Conn./Masuk) loaded the bases, Gilly Childs (Los Angeles, Calif./Notre Dame Academy) drove home Williams on a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0 Chargers.
 
New Haven scored again in the fifth as Palase tripled in front of a Schiebe sac fly to make it 2-0. In the sixth Julie Devlin (Baldwin, N.Y./Northwood School) and Gabby DeLeo (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) hit back-to-back doubles, extending the lead to 3-0. The Chargers broke the game open in the seventh as singles by Williams, Palase and Schiebe loaded the bases for Childs, who delivered a two-run single. Three batters later, DeLeo doubled down the leftfield line to plate Schiebe and Childs, pushing the lead to 7-0 New Haven.
 
The run support was plenty enough for King (6-6) who allowed just four hits and struck out nine in completing her third shutout of the season.
 
Game two was a much different contest as Cabral and Alexis Eastman held their respective opponent's offenses down for six innings. The Chargers broke through in the seventh as Marissa Colby (Carlton, Mass./Shepherd Hill) led off with a single and moved to second on a DeLeo sacrifice bunt. Kristine Liptack (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull) followed with a single to put runners on the corners. After a pop-out, Nicole D'Andrea (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) grounded a ball back to the circle. The throw to first was wide allowing Colby to score the only run of the game.
 
Cabral (7-6) picked up her third shutout of the season, allowing two hits and striking out seven.
 
Offensively in the doubleheader, Palase had four hits, while DeLeo and Childs each drove in three runs.
 
Next up for the New Haven is a trip to Briarcliff, N.Y. to take on Pace on Tuesday, April 21 at 4:00 p.m.