Davis pitches No. 19 SU to clean sweep against Virginia Wesleyan
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The No. 19 Salisbury University softball team swept a non-conference doubleheader against Virginia Wesleyan College on the road Tuesday as the Sea Gulls increased their winning streak to 28 games.
Senior pitcher Stacy Davis (19-2) earned the victories for the maroon and gold as she pitched a one-hit shutout in the first game where SU (32-4) won 5-0. In the second game, Davis came in to relieve sophomore starting pitcher Kelsey Mills in the fourth inning and held the Marlins (25-15) scoreless and to one hit to close out the 6-1 game.
Davis finished the day with 11 scoreless innings pitched where she allowed two hits, walked two and struck out nine.
In the first game, Salisbury scored a run in the first inning and plated two runs in the third and sixth innings. Four Sea Gulls had two hits against Marlin junior pitcher Brittany Brown (23-8). Catcher Lauren Brenneman (two RBIs), second baseman Stacey Malarkey (two RBIs), first baseman Ali Ritter (one RBI), the 3-4-5 hitters for SU, drove in all five runs for the maroon and gold. Davis helped her own cause with two hits which included one of SU's three doubles.
The second game found Salisbury down 1-0 in the second inning as junior Jackie Jarzynka drove in the Marlins' lone run on the day against Mills (three strikeouts). Salisbury got on the scoreboard in the fifth with two runs and then added four insurance runs in the seventh. Junior catcher Amanda DeMoine had a pinch-hit home run in the seventh. She slammed her second home run of the season, a three-run shot, off VWC pitcher Ally Eates (2-6). Designated player Brittany Lounge had two hits and two RBIs while Ritter added a RBI in the victory.
Salisbury returns home to host Gettysburg College tomorrow (Wednesday, April 22) in a non-conference doubleheader that begins at 3:30 p.m.
