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Winner RIDER RID 6-13
2
Delaware DELAWARE 11-13
Winner
RIDER RID
6-13
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Final
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Delaware DELAWARE
11-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
RIDER RID 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 3
Delaware DELAWARE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 1

W: Niegocki, Jessie (2-5) L: Frost, Graceyn (0-6)

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RIDER RID 6-14
2
Winner Delaware DELAWARE 12-13
RIDER RID
6-14
0
Final
2
Delaware DELAWARE
12-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
RIDER RID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Delaware DELAWARE 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2 5 1

W: Wroten, Taylor (2-1) L: Schmierer, Kathryn (1-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Splits Wednesday at Delaware

Wright goes 3-for-3 as Broncs take Game 1

NEWARK, DE – Laneya Wright (Tucson, AZ/Marana) went 3-for-3 with a double, a run scored and an RBI in a Game 1 win as the Rider University softball team split a doubleheader at Delaware Wednesday afternoon. With the split, the Broncs move to 6-14 on the year, while the Blue Hens are now 12-13.

In Game 1, Delaware struck first with a pair of two-out doubles in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead. But after Wright led off the top of the second with a single, the Broncs scored three runs with the aid of three walks, an error and two wild pitches. Wright later delivered a two-out RBI double to plate Jadeyn Merrill (Lamesa, TX/Lamesa) to extend the lead to 4-1 in the top of the fifth. The Blue Hens got a run back in the bottom of the seventh, but Niegocki closed out the 4-2 victory.

Game 2 was scoreless into the fifth inning as the Broncs' Kathryn Schmierer (Racine, WI/Racine Lutheran) and the Blue Hens' Taylor Wroten kept opposing batters off balance. Delaware struck for an unearned run on an error on a double-steal in the bottom of the fifth for what proved to be the winning run. The Blue Hens added a run in the sixth on a double and a single with one out to make it 2-0. The insurance was all Wroten, who carried a no hitter through 4.2 innings and allowed just two hits for the game, would need.  
 
Notes
- Jessie Niegocki (Marana, AZ/Mountain View) earned the win in the circle in Game 1, allowing two runs, one earned, scattering nine hits, two hit-by-pitches and a walk. She struck out seven, matching her season high (Mar. 10 vs. Cleveland State) in the complete-game effort.  
- Schmierer went the full 6.0 innings in Game 2 and took the loss. She limited Delaware to two runs, one earned, on five hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch, while striking out one.

Broncs by the Numbers
- Wright's three hits led the Broncs on the day. She also scored a run and drove in one.
- Olivia Burroughs (Escondido, CA/San Pasqual) added a pair of hits, including a double, in Game 1.
- Niegocki and Merrill both singled, walked and scored a run in Game 1.
- Gianna Epps (Pottstown, PA/Pottstown) and Julia Harsche (Staten Island, NY/St. Joseph-by-the-Sea) both walked in the three-run second inning of Game 1, with Epps scoring a run.
- Maddie Luedtke (Gibbstown, NJ/Gloucester County Institute of Technology) added a walk and an RBI groundout in Game 1. She reached on a hit-by-pitch in Game 2.
- Kristyn Gardner (Perrysville, MD/Perrysville) added a double in Game 2.
- Ysabellah Otero (New Milford, NJ/New Milford) also singled in Game 2 for the Broncs.

Up Next
The Broncs return to action a week from today when they play host to Princeton for their home-opening doubleheader. Game 1 from Herb & Joan Young Field is slated to begin at 3 p.m.   
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