WINCHESTER, Va. – No. 22 Shenandoah University recorded its second doubleheader sweep of the season Saturday by taking a non-league pair from Lebanon Valley.
Shenandoah (5-1) was a 6-5 winner in the opener before completing the sweep of the Dutchmen (0-2) with a 7-0 victory in the nightcap.
GAME ONE RECAP
LVC jumped all over SU starter
Tad Dean for four runs on five hits and a walk in the top of the first, but the Hornets turned an inning-ending double play and then answered with four runs of their own in the bottom half of the frame.
Designated hitter
Anthony Ward had a two-run double to left center that knotted the game at 4-4.
Three scoreless innings followed before Shenandoah took the lead for good with two runs on two hits in the fifth.
Haden Madagan plated both of those runs with a double to left center that brought in both
Kyle Lisa and
Ryan Clawson.
Lisa led off the inning by being hit by a pitch and Clawson followed with an infield single deep in the whole at short.
The offense was enough for reliever
Jacob Faivre (2-0). He allowed one unearned run in four innings of work and turned it over to
Matt House one batter into the ninth.
House gave up a pair of hits but recorded his third save of the season.
The three Shenandoah pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts – four from Dean, five from Faivre, and one from House.
GAME TWO RECAP
The Hornets recorded their first shutout of the season in the nightcap with the 11-0 win.
Reilly Owen,
Mike Verzaleno (1-0), and
Tristan Everett combined on a three-hitter. Owen tossed the initial four innings, Verzaleno innings four through eight and Everett the ninth.
Owen struck out eight and allowed two hits while Verzaleno had two strikeouts against one hit allowed.
Everett allowed a batter to reach base on a wild pitch on strike three but shut the door with two groundouts and a lineout.
A single run in the first was enough offense but Shenandoah turned it into a rout with six runs in the fourth and five more in the eighth.
Frankie Ritter and
Pearce Bucher split six of the squad's 11 hits.
Henry Delavergne and Bucher had two RBI each.
UP NEXT
Shenandoah continues this weekend homestand with a 2 p.m. non-league game Sunday versus Susquehanna.
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