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Center Valley, Pa. (May 1, 2012) - The Crusader Softball team set a new program record of 32 wins with their sweep of host DeSales University (15-25) this afternoon in non-conference action.  Alvernia (32-8) took game one 8-1 behind a strong pitching performance from Brittanie Wolfe (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove), and followed that with a 5-1 win in game two.  Deanna Dungee (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) earned the win in game two, scattering just five hits and one run through seven innings.
 
The Crusaders jumped ahead in the first game with two runs in the top of the first.  Miranda Peto (Phoenixville, Pa./ Phoenixville) lead-off with a walk and Samantha Penk (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) followed with a single.  A walk to Shannon Grim (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) loaded the bases.  Peto crossed the plate on a wild pitch, and Penk came across on an RBI-single from Danielle Kitchen. 
 
Alvernia plated three more in the third with three singles, a walk and a fielder's choice.  Felicia McKenna (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) and Jacklyn Torres (Colonia, NJ/Colonia) both had RBI-singles in the third.  Three more came across in the top of the sixth as Torres and Katie Manowski (Grasonville, Md./Kent Island) got things started with back-to-back doubles, and Peto and Grim followed with an RBI-singles.
 
Wolfe scattered seven hits through seven innings, allowing just one earned run in the bottom of the fifth to earn her conference-leading 18th win.
 
Game two saw Alvernia again plate two in the first with an RBI-single from Grim and a fielder's choice from Kitchen.  They added two more for the 4-0 lead in the third as Grim banged her third homerun of the season off the Bulldog scoreboard.  Manowski scored Alvernia's fifth run, in the fifth inning on a fielder's choice from Grim.
 
Alvernia now gears up for the Commonwealth Championships where they will face #2 seed Lebanon Valley Friday at 1:00pm at Messiah College.