ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – The Drew University softball team brought out the bats on Saturday, using a big offensive showing to sweep host Elizabethtown College in a Landmark Conference doubleheader.
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The Rangers (18-16, 6-8 LC) banged out 25 hits and scored 21 runs in each just 10 innings, winning 13-1 and 8-0 in a pair of games that were each shortened to five innings due to the eighth-run mercy rule.
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Juniors
Fran O'Kleasky and
MacKenzie Pisani led the way at the plate for the Rangers, combining to go 10-for-13 on the day. O'Kleasky went 5-for-8 with four runs, seven RBIs, two doubles, and a home run while Pisani finished 5-for-5 with two runs, two RBIs, and a pair of doubles.
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Junior
Teagan Bradley pitched both games for Drew, firing a four-hit complete game in the opener and a three-hit shutout in the nightcap.
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In the opener, it was a 1-0 game heading into the third inning before the Rangers settled any doubt with 11 runs over the next two frames. O'Kleasky and sophomore
Olivia Magliacano each blasted a three-run homer to account for a six-run third that made it 7-0 before Magliacano capped a five-run fourth with a two-run single, pushing Drew's advantage to 12-0.
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O'Kleasky collected her fifth RBI of the day with a double in the fifth.
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Bradley blanked the Blue Jays through four innings before the hosts scored in the bottom of the fifth.
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O'Kleasky drove in five runs in the opener, finishing 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored in addition to her long ball. Magliacano also knocked in five runs and finished 2-for-3 at the plate. Sophomore
Haley Meierhofer, junior
Delaney O'Donoghue, Pisani, and sophomore
Zoey Shimp all collected two hits as well.
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Bradley struck out four and walked just two in Game One.
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The Rangers jumped on top early in the second game, scoring three times on four hits in the top of the first. Drew added a run in the third on an RBI-double from senior
Madi Baldwin before O'Kleasky and Pisani each drove in a run in the fourth as Drew pushed its lead to 7-0. Senior
Molly O'Brien singled to bring home the eighth run of the game in the fifth.
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Pisani finished 3-for-3 with two RBIs in Game Two while O'Kleasky was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs. O'Brien and sophomore
Josie Di Troia also smacked two hits apiece in the nightcap, when Bradley (8-7) struck out three and did not walk a batter.
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The Rangers play their final non-conference games of the regular season on Tuesday, when they visit DeSales University in a doubleheader starting at 4 p.m.
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