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Winner New Haven UNH 25-9, 14-4 NE10
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Southern Conn. State SCS 6-21, 2-8 NE10
Winner
New Haven UNH
25-9, 14-4 NE10
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Final
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Southern Conn. State SCS
6-21, 2-8 NE10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
New Haven UNH 0 1 2 0 4 5 12 12 1
Southern Conn. State SCS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

W: Butts, Megan (13-5) L: Y. Evaristo (3-10)

Game Recap: Softball |

Chargers Blank Owls in Game One of DH Before Rain Halts Nightcap

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The University of New Haven softball team blanked the Southern Connecticut State University Owls 12-0 in six innings to open a Northeast-10 Conference Southwest Division doubleheader before rain suspended the nightcap with the Chargers leading 5-1 heading to the third inning. The game will be continued at the New Haven Softball Field as part of a doubleheader on April 25.

In the opener, the Chargers jumped on the board with a run in the second and extended the lead on a two-run Taylor Luzzi (Fishkill, N.Y./John Jay) homer in the third. New Haven broke open the game in the fifth, scoring four times to take a 7-0 lead. In the sixth, five more runs crossed the plate, helping the Blue and Gold to the shutout win. Luzzi had three hits and three RBI in the game and Megan Butts (West Chester, Pa./Henderson) picked up her league leading 13th win of the season, her 14th complete game and fourth shutout of the year.

The nightcap saw New Haven take an early lead with two runs in the first. SCSU battled back with a run in the bottom of the inning before the Blue and Gold tallied three more times in the second. The two teams saw play halted as the rain intensified, not allowing the game to continue.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

  • After both teams went down in order in the first, New Haven scored the opening run of the contest in the second when Julie Devlin (Baldwin, N.Y./Northwood School) singled, stole second and scored on a fielding error.
  • In the third, Sierra Whitlock (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge) walked to lead off the frame before Luzzi hit her fourth homer of the year, extending the advantage to 3-0.
  • Both teams were held off the board in the fourth before the Chargers plated four in the fifth. Five straight batters reached to open the stanza as Vaughan doubled, Whitlock tripled and Luzzi doubled in front of Marissa Colby (Charlton, Mass./Shepherd Hill) and Devlin who each singled as the Blue and Gold pushed the lead to 6-0. One more run came across later in the inning two batters after Devlin's single, Alycia Marsello (North Kingstown, R.I/Prout) walked and Gabby DeLeo (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) reached on a fielder's choice, plating Madison Derosia (Brattleboro, Vt./Brattleboro Union), who was pinch-running for Colby.
  • In the sixth, New Haven put the game away, scoring five more runs. Keying the rally were RBI hits by Whitlock and Colby and sacrifice flies from Marsello and DeLeo.
  • Butts allowed just three hits and did not walk a batter, striking out three in her fourth shutout of the season.
  • Luzzi had three hits and three RBI while Whitlock and Colby had two hits and two RBI each. Vaughan and Devlin also delivered two hits and scored two runs apiece.

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

  • Carrying over the offense from the opener, the Chargers jumped out with a pair of runs in the first inning. Vaughan led off with a single and stole second before coming in to score when Whitlock reached on a two-base error. Whitlock then stole third and scored two batters later when Colby lifted a sac fly to center.
  • After the Owls scored a run in the bottom of the frame, New Haven extended the lead in the second. Tori Schiebe (Monroe, Conn./Masuk) was hit by a pitch and Gabby DeLeo (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) walked in front of Samantha Errera (Sweetwater, N.J./Cedar Creek) who singled home both runners and advanced to second on an error. Vaughan followed with a single, bringing in Errera to make it 5-1.
  • Following a scoreless bottom of the second, the game was suspended due to rain. It will be picked up in the top of the third inning as part of a doubleheader at the New Haven Softball Field on Tuesday, April 25.

NOTABLE

  • In the opener, the top four batters in the Chargers lineup, Vaughan, Whitlock, Luzzi and Colby combined to go 9-for-15 with seven RBI and nine runs scored.
  • The 13 wins for Butts are the most in a season for a New Haven freshman since Nicole King (Front Royal, Va./Warren County) won 14 in 2013.
  • Luzzi is second in the NE10 with 34 RBI, eclipsing her total from last year.
  • The 12 runs scored by the Blue and Gold were a season high.

UP NEXT
New Haven returns home to host an NE10 series against Saint Rose beginning on Saturday, April 22 at noon. It is Senior Day for the Chargers as prior to the doubleheader, Julie Devlin (Baldwin, N.Y./Northwood School) and Gabby DeLeo (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) will be honored for their four years of service to the team.

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