MADISON, N.J. (April 23, 2015) – Thirteen scoreless innings of starting pitching and two crooked numbers were all the Drew University softball team needed to sweep a doubleheader with New Jersey City University, as the Rangers outscored them 15-0 in the twin bill.
 
Sophomore starting pitcher Emma Agostini provided a solid foundation for the Drew offense to work off of. The right-handed hurler, after allowing a single to begin the third, proceeded to retire the next 12 Gothic Knights, striking out a total of five in the process and ending the game.
 
Not to be outdone, senior Game 2 starter Laura D'Ornellas went seven scoreless in her effort, also allowing just two singles.
 
The two-hit outing in Game 1 was Agostini's best of the year, and lowered her earned run average for the season to a team-best 4.58. D'Ornellas, meanwhile, notched her team-best fourth win of the season with her sparkling Game 2 performance in the circle.
 
Senior catcher Kate McNamara was one of many productive Rangers, going a combined 4-for-5 at the dish with two runs scored and an RBI. Freshman second baseman Danielle Martinez went a combined 3-for-6 with both an RBI and a run scored. As if D'Ornellas' stellar work in the circle wasn't enough, the Game 1 first baseman also took a 3-for-6 day pitching in two ribbies and touching home with a run. 
 
Up until the final frame, the non-conference contest cruised along innocently enough. The starters were dealing and the only run of the game came off of Drew's bat. After McNamara laced a double to left, D'Ornellas knocked her in with a single up the middle in the very next at-bat. Drew's 1-0 lead after four would hold until the bottom of the sixth, when Drew erupted.
 
Just like the Rangers' most recent conversion, McNamara kicked the home half of the sixth off by reaching base, this time with a walk. D'Ornellas reached again before Martinez, presumably to sacrifice, laid down a beauty of a bunt that allowed her, and everyone else, to reach. The bases were loaded with no one out. A couple of RBI singles from sophomore shortstop Meghan McGuire and the day's designated player, freshman Kira Scarangella, lifted the score to 3-0. The RBI was the first of Scarangella's young career.
 
After some defensive miscues, the team's leading hitter, freshman center fielder Heather Ronchi strode to the plate and promptly broke the contest open with a left field double that chased home two. She now boasts an impressive slash line of .340/.393/.427 with 21 RBIs, 5 of which came in the doubleheader.
 
The contest would end in six and take the Rangers to Game 2.
 
The second half of the twin bill featured more of the same. Another game-breaking 2-run double for Ronchi, this one in the fourth, and another Scarangella RBI, which proved to be the final run of the game.
 
Ronchi wouldn't wait to drive home runs though, contributing in the very first inning of Game 2 with a center field single to get the scoring underway.
 
McNamara would pitch in an RBI single in the third before Ronchi's fourth inning, game breaking rip.
 
The shutout was a success and the Rangers will look to transfer some of this positive energy into conference play. They travel to square off against the 4^th place University of Scranton in Landmark play. The doubleheader is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. start on Saturday, April 25^th.