Hartford softball opened its 2021 season by sweeping Seton Hall in a doubleheader this afternoon. The Hawks would use seventh-inning heroics in game one, winning 7-6, before cruising to a dominating 8-0 victory in six innings in the second game. The Hawks used four runs in the bottom half of the seventh to earn the victory in game one, while Caylee English pitched a complete game shutout to earn the sweep for the Hawks in game two. With the wins, Hartford improves to 2-0 on the year while Seton Hall drops to 5-12.
12
Winner HARTFORD HARTFORD 0
1
Delaware State DSU 0-3
Winner
HARTFORD HARTFORD
0
12
Final
1
Delaware State DSU
0-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
HARTFORD HARTFORD 0 1 4 2 5 12 12 1
Delaware State DSU 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 4

W: Kocenski, Julianna (0-0) L: McINTOSH,Mayanah (0-1)

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Softball Completes the Three-Game Sweep Over Delaware State

DOVER, Del. – The Hartford softball team finished off a three-game sweep against Delaware State this afternoon. The Hawks took down the Hornets, 12-1, in five innings. Led by another stellar pitching performance from senior Julianna Kocenski and some milestone achievements at the plate for freshman Olivia Wolk, launching her first career collegiate homerun and recording a team-high four RBI game. The Hawks move to an even record at, 4-4, on the early season. Delaware States falls to, 0-3, after their opening weekend of the campaign. 
 
HARTFORD 12, DELAWARE STATE 1 (5)
Hartford wasted little time getting on the board as senior Emma Curry launched a first pitch lead-off solo homerun in the top of the second inning. Leaving one runner on base, Kocenski shut down the Hornets offense, not allowing them to answer Curry's solo shot. After three doubles in a row from seniors Haley Cassidy and Kelsey Galevich as well as freshman Olivia Wolk, the Hawks moved ahead, 3-0. Senior Milena Wilton and junior Samantha Nagel kept the run parade going, crossing the plate after a fielding error by the Hornets' shortstop. The front three batters in the Hawks lineup, Cassidy, Wolk and Galevich accounted for two more runs in the fourth inning, growing the lead to, 7-0. With an RBI triple from Hornets' Sandrea Hord, Delaware State would not be shutout, as the lead for Hartford stood at 7-1 going into the fifth. Freshman Samantha Ganaden laced a triple into left center field and later scored on a passed ball to bring the Hawks lead to, 8-1. Wolk capped off her outstanding day at the plate launching a three-run shot over the left field fence to increase the lead to 11-1. Freshman Isabella Therrien scored the Hawks final run of the game off of another fielding error made by the Hornets defense. The Hawks lead would be too large for the Hornets to overcome as Hartford finished off the sweep in five innings with a final score of, 12-1.
 
NEWS AND NOTES
  • Kocenski (3-2) got the start for the Hawks in game three of the series 
  • She pitched five innings, allowing one unearned run on five hits while tallying three strikeouts
  • Curry launched her first homerun of the season with a solo blast in the second inning
  • Wolk blasted her first collegiate homerun, launching a three-run shot over the left field fence in the top of the fifth
  • Cassidy went 2-3 in the batter's box, crossing the plate on three occasions
  • Galevich strong day at the plate, going 2-3 with one double and one RBI
  • Ganaden recorded her first collegiate extra base hit, lining a tripling into the right center field gap
 
NEXT ON TAP
The Hartford softball team will go on a two-week hiatus and return to the diamond, Thursday, March 3, to face off in a road doubleheader against the Manhattan Jaspers.
 
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