ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – The D'Youville University softball team used a 3-run fifth and 4-run seventh to hand the Molloy University Lions their first East Coast Conference loss of the season Saturday, 7-3 in game one.

Both teams' bats were quiet in game two as the Lions earned the split by shutting out the Saints, 3-0.

Game One: DYU 7, MOL 3

• MOL struck first in the opening frame with a 1-out RBI infield single, MOL 1-0.
• A pair of Saints' errors allowed the Lions to tack on another run, this one unearned, in the fourth to double the lead to 2-0.
• Hannah Bardeen got DYU on the board in fifth with her seventh long ball of the season, this one a 3-run shot, to put the Saints ahead, 3-2.
• After the first two Saints were retired to start the seventh, four 2-out hits, the big blow coming from a Bryanna Dewey pinch hit 2-RBI single padded on insurance runs at 7-2.
• A solo shot got one back for the Lions in the bottom half but Alexis DelFavero came in to get the last two outs as DYU took game one, 7-3.

Inside the Numbers:

• Bardeen: 1-3, HR (7), 3 RBIs, 2 R
• Dewey: 1-1, 2B, 2 RBIs

Game Two: MOL 3, DYU 0

• A leadoff double to start the third by MOL got them on the board first as a single and a double later in the inning plated two.
• The Lions tacked on another run in the fourth via a solo shot, 3-0, and that was all the Molloy needed as it won the pitcher's duel (combined seven hits).

Inside the Numbers:

• Parzych: L (5-7) 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, K
• Bardeen: 2-3, 2 2B

Up Next:

The Saints return home for six games next week, beginning on Wednesday, April 12^th with a non-conference doubleheader versus Mercyhurst from Dobson Field beginning at 4:30 pm.