BETHELEHEM, Pa. – The Drew University softball team traveled to Moravian University for a Landmark Conference doubleheader on Tuesday, and the Greyhounds captured both ends of the twinbill, winning the opener 4-0 before capturing an 8-2 decision in the second game.
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Junior
Kaitlynne Streets tossed a complete and allowed just one earned run in the opener for the Rangers (16-10, 4-4 LC). She scattered eight hits, walked three and struck out two.
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Moravian (16-8, 5-1 LC) went in front 3-0 with three unearned runs in the first. Streets then allowed just one run over the next five innings and retired eight of the last nine batters she faced.
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Sarah DeStefano retired the first 13 batters she faced for Moravian before freshman
Izzy Wiemer roped a one-out single in the fifth. The Rangers put up their biggest offensive threat in the seventh, when senior
Haley Meierhofer and freshman
Lorelei Lorentzen led off with back-to-back singles before they were bunted over by junior
Karly Severinsen. But DeStefano induced a groundout to end the game.
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The Greyhounds used a big first inning in the second game as well, pushing across six runs on four hits, capped by a three-run homer from Kaley Hoffman.
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Moravian tacked on another run in the third against Drew starting pitcher
Gabby Duran. The Rangers cut the deficit to 7-2 with single runs in the fifth and sixth before Moravian set the final score in the sixth.
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The Rangers finished the game with eight hits, as seven different starters batted safely. Freshman
Sloan Walmsley led the way with a pair of singles. Duran (4-2) pitched all six innings for Drew and struck out two.
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The Blue and Green return to action on Thursday with a non-conference doubleheader at cross-town rival FDU-Florham starting at 3 p.m.
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