WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 19, 2017) – Senior Greg McDonough (Ambler, Pa.) drove in three runs and classmate Donovan Davis (Wallingford, Pa.) pitched six more scoreless innings to help lead the Widener University baseball team to an 11-0 victory over Stevenson in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Gallaudet's Hoy Field. The Mustangs rallied to win the opener by a 3-2 score to earn the split.
 
McDonough opened the scoring in the third inning of the nightcap by doubling down the line in left to send home classmate Mike Elfreth (Washington Township, N.J.) and sophomore Nick D'Alessandro (Williamstown, N.J.). Sophomore Stephen DeBellis (Marlton, N.J.) then hit an RBI single through the left side an inning later, and senior Justin Healey (Ocean City, N.J.) hit a sacrifice fly center in the sixth to give the Pride a 4-0 cushion to work with.
 
Widener then put the game away by exploding for seven runs on seven hits in the sixth inning. Batting with the bases loaded and nobody out, Elfreth opened the floodgates by belting a two-run single to left field. The first out was finally recorded on the next play, but a fielder's choice that saw Elfreth get tagged out at third still allowed the Pride to pad their lead. Sophomore Brennan Taylor (Maple Shade, N.J.) then drew a bases-loaded walk to plate senior Nick Enos (Williamstown, N.J.) and make it 10-0, and D'Alessandro hit an RBI single to short to produce the final outcome.
 
Davis earned the win on the mound for Widener to improve his record to a perfect 3-0 this spring. He allowed just three hits, struck out four and issued only one walk over six frames and has now thrown 14 straight scoreless innings. Stevenson's James Wiercinski took the loss and dropped to 1-3 for yielding eight hits and four runs, which were all earned, in four and two-thirds innings of work.
 
Widener also built up a 2-0 lead in the opener by scoring two runs in the fourth inning. Senior Bob Barnett (Glenolden, N.J.) blasted an RBI double to score Healey and then came home on a DeBellis single to left center.
 
Stevenson (6-7, MAC Commonwealth 1-1), however, battled back and evened the score in the bottom of the fifth courtesy of RBI hits coming off the bats of Connor Wasil and John D'Aquan. Barnett gunned down the potential go-ahead run at home for the inning's third out, but the Mustangs were able to take the lead an inning later by capitalizing on two Pride errors in the infield. Kerb reached on a defensive miscue to start the inning and came home with two outs on a bad throw. Widener could not get anything going in the top of the seventh and were dealt their first loss of the season in conference play.
 
Dan Williams earned the win for Stevenson and improved to 2-0 by going the distance on the mound. He surrendered six hits and two runs, which were both earned, and fanned two while not issuing a walk. Freshman Joey Zettlemoyer (Downingtown, Pa.) was tagged with the tough loss for giving up the winning run in the sixth inning.
 
Widener (7-5, MAC Commonwealth 1-1) and Stevenson will play the rubber match of the three-game series at the Maplezone Sports Institute tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m.