DOVER,  Del. – Junior Christina Bascara had four hits and classmate Michelle Hagarty singled twice, homered and drove in three runs but the La Salle softball team fell in a doubleheader at Delaware State, 2-1 and 10-7 in eight innings, on Tuesday afternoon. For the Hornets, it was their 11^th straight victory.

Game one

The Explorers couldn't get much offense going early on, with just two hits off the bat of Bascara and no runs in the first six innings. DSU held a 1-0 lead heading into the seventh when junior Suzanne Swanicke tied the game with a pinch-hit, two-out single.

Sophomore Valerie Pineiro led off the frame with a walk. Angelina Refice pinch ran and moved to second on junior Lindsay Gaines' bunt. After a strikeout, Swanicke pinch hit single tied the game.

Unfortuantely for the Blue and Gold, the lead was short lived. Delaware State (25-16) plated an unearned run in the bottom of the frame to capture the win.

Freshman Marlo Roadcap started and threw four scoreless innings, scattering three hits and striking out four. Sophomore Mackenzie Peace suffered the loss after allowing two runs (one earned) in 2.2 innings of relief. She struck out three.

Nicole Brock gave up just one earned run in the complete-game victory. She walked four and fanned six.

Game two

Offense was much easier to come by in the night cap. Hagarty led off the game with her eighth home run of the season and a sacrifice fly by senior Kendra Heyer made it 2-0, Explorers.

For Hagarty, the eight home runs are the fifth most in a single season in program history. Her 23 career home runs are second all-time.

The Hornets responded with three runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 3-2 lead. La Salle quickly answered with two in the second. Singles by Refice and Hagarty set up a sacrifice bunt by Mackenzie Obert to put two runners in scoring position. A sacrifice fly by Bascara tied the game and Swanicke reached on a throwing error to plate Hagarty to give the visitors a 4-3 advantage.

La Salle (13-28) held the lead until the fifth when two DSU runs made it 5-4. An RBI single by Hagarty in the top of the six tied it up, which is how the score remained through regulation.
In extras, La Salle took a 7-5 lead. Hagarty reached on an error which plated freshman Emma Schweigert. Hagarty then swiped second and scored on another error after a groundball by Obert.

The Hornets answered with a five unearned runs in the eighth on a pair of errors to win the game. A three-run walk-off homer by Mika Lumdsen broke the 7-7 tie and ended the contest.
Junior Val Buehler started, surrendering two earned runs in 4.1 innings. Peace was saddled with the loss after allowing five runs (none earned) in 3.1 innings.

The Explorers visit Rider on Thursday in their final non-conference game.