CHESTER, Pa. – The Widener University softball team nabbed two dubs against Cabrini College on Wednesday evening, winning game one in a dramatic fashion, scoring five runs in the seventh to send it to extras, then walking it off in the 10th. The Pride took care of business in game two, securing a 7-4 victory and denying a Cavalier comeback effort.


Highlights

• Malia Calciano and Marissa Camac hit back-to-back homeruns (a career-first for both of them) in the seventh inning of game one, knotting the score at seven.
• Calciano ended the day 4-7 with two RBI, and two runs scored
• Ariel Silva had a 3-7 day at the plate, tallying four RBI and two runs
• Jamie Gosselin hit a walk off single in game one, knocking in Hope DiMario
• Isabella Kostic got her first win of the year in game one
• Kait Jaworski locked up win number six in game two
• The sweep was the Pride's third in its last four series

How it happened in game one

• Widener was held hitless going into the bottom of the fourth inning and trailed 2-0
• An error by the Cabrini right fielder on a Lindsey Cooper fly ball saw Calciano cross the plate first for the Pride
• Cooper was brought home on a single by Hope DiMario
• Solid pitching and fielding forced scoreless softball for the next two innings
• A five-run top of the seventh by the Cavaliers put the Pride in a steep hole
• Widener stepped up the plate (pun intended) and fired back with five runs of its own in the bottom half of the inning
• Gosselin started the rally with a single and Ally McDowell followed with a single of her own
• Carli Benozich advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt
• Silva doubled to make it 7-4
• Calciano smacked an opposite field homerun to left-center, cutting the deficit to one
• Camac's solo homerun on the very next at bat made it 7-7 and forced extra innings
• Cabrini went up one in the top of the 10th
• Camac scored the game-tying run on a Cabrini error after Hope DiMario attempted a sacrifice bunt. DiMario moved to second on the play, then moved to third on a Lovell groundout
• Gosselin singled, driving in DiMario from third and winning game one

How it happened in game two

• Widener put up three in the bottom of the first, two runs coming off the bat of Silva
• Mikaela Lovell provided the fourth run, bringing home Cooper with single down the left field line
• Gosselin and McDowell drove in runs five, six, and seven
• The Cavaliers struggled to find offense against Jaworski until the fifth inning
• Sydney Powell was brought in to replace Jaworski in the sixth
• Cabrini got three runs back, but Pride halted the comeback attempt for its 11th win of the year
   

Up next
Widener travels to Lycoming on Saturday, March 23 for its first MAC Commonwealth matchup of the year. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.