GAME ONE BOX SCORE
GAME TWO BOX SCORE 

Reading, Pa. (April 13, 2010) – Junior pitcher Michelle Jensen (Holland, NJ/Delaware Valley) allowed just three hits and one unearned run in the second game of the day to give Alvernia (16-8) the 2-1 victory and the sweep of Delaware Valley (9-11). In the first game of the day the Crusaders came from behind twice to down the Aggies by a score of 9-5 behind a bases clearing triple from freshman Miranda Peto (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville). 

Game one got off to a rocky start for Alvernia starter Deanna Dungee (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) as she surrendered a walk to the lead-off batter, and after recording two outs game up a homerun to Aggie slugger Bethany Pavlik to give Del-Val the early 2-0 lead. Thankfully, the Crusader bats came to life for two runs of their own in the bottom of the first inning. Janelle Lynch (Macungie, Pa./Brandywine) led off the inning with a well-earned walk and Peto followed with a single. After a double steal to put runners on second and third Rhiannon Sorrentino (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) ripped a double to the fence to score two runs. 

In the second inning Alvernia took the 3-2 lead with a single from Dungee, a passed ball, a sacrifice bunt and an infield groundout. But the Aggies would come right back to tie the game at three after a one-out walk came around to score one a single and a Crusader error. The Aggies did not stop there as they tagged on two more runs for the 5-3 lead in the top of the fifth inning. After a fly out, Dungee gave Aggie batter Becky Furman a free pass before inducing a ground out for the second out of the inning. Pavlik stepped up and hit a high fly ball that was misplayed by Alvernia allowing the fourth run to score, and Pavlik would score herself on another single. 

Down 5-3 the Crusaders tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning with a sacrifice fly from Michelle Hermanns (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill) and an RBI-double from Dina Chiappelli (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg). They would finally plate the go-ahead runs in the sixth inning with a bases loaded triple from Peto. 

In the second game of the day Jensen was lights out, with the only Aggie run coming in the top of the first inning on a passed ball. In the second through seventh innings Jensen allowed just two hits. Alvernia tied the game in the bottom of the second inning as Jensen earned a two-out walk and scored on a triple from Danielle Kitchen (Saylorsburg, Pa./Pleasant Valley). They managed to push across the game winner in the bottom of the sixth inning after Peto led off with a bunt single and eventually scored on a double from Hermanns. 

Peto was 4-for-6 with four runs scored and three RBIs while Sorrentino was 4-for-7 with a run scored and three RBIs.

Alvernia will face PSU-Berks at home on Thursday April 15th at 3:00pm. 

Alvernia 9, Delaware Valley 6
Alvernia 2, Delaware Valley 1