FREDERICK, Md. (Apr. 8, 2017) – Junior Katie Rabuck (Hegins, Pa.) hurled her second straight shutout in the opener and classmate Lauren DelRomano (Broomall, Pa.) blasted a three-run homer in the nightcap to help the Widener University softball team sweep a twinbill on the road against Hood on Saturday afternoon. The Pride won by scores of 1-0 and 7-3.

Widener scored the only run it needed during the opener in the top of the fourth inning. Freshman Jamie Gosselin (Abington, Pa.) singled to begin the frame and was sacrificed over to second by DelRomano. The designated player then came home two plays later on a single to right field by sophomore Liv Rogers (West Chester, Pa.).
 
Rabuck, who only allowed two Blazers to reach base safely while pitching with the lead, picked up her second straight shutout victory for Widener and improved her record to 7-3. She allowed five hits, struck out six and walked only one and ended the game having pitched 18 straight scoreless frames. Hood's Kayli Paugh took the loss and dropped to 6-4 after giving up seven hits and one run, which was earned, and registering two strikeouts.
 
Hood (13-10, MAC Commonwealth 4-6) opened the scoring by plating two runs in the bottom of the second in the nightcap, as Roo Saglimbeni hit a leadoff homer and Jasmine Webster belted an RBI single up the middle. Widener, however, quickly answered by scoring three times in the top of the third. Rogers most notably singled in Gosselin for the go-ahead run.
 
After tacking on another run in the fifth, the Pride broke the game open by tacking on three more runs in the seventh. Seniors Nicole Burt (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Ally Horvath (Chalfont, Pa.) hit back-to-back bunt singles and were plated when DelRomano went yard to left which made it 7-2. Hood's Shelby Alcorn was able to blast a solo shot in the bottom of the seventh, but Horvath was able to keep the Blazers off the board the rest of the way and induced a groundout to end the game.
 
Horvath earned the win in the circle and moved ahead to 8-2 this season in the circle for Widener. She yielded seven hits and three runs, which were all earned, while striking out five and issuing only one walk. Hood's Sophia Leaman suffered the loss and fell to 5-3 for allowing 12 hits and seven runs, including six earned, while recording five strikeouts.
 
Widener (17-7, MAC Commonwealth 6-2), which has won four of its last five conference games, returns to action when it hosts Albright on Thursday, Apr. 13 for a twinbill beginning at 4:00 p.m.