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DePaul University
Stephen F. Austin
DePaul Uses Late-Game Heroics to Defeat Stephen F. Austin
2/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | SOFTBALL
Box Score: DePaul 5, Stephen F. Austin 4 
HOUSTON - Playing in its second game of a double header on Friday, the DePaul softball team saved its best for last against Stephen F. Austin. The Blue Demons pushed across four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat the Ladyjacks, 5-4.
Stephen F. Austin (2-4) notched two runs in the first behind a run-scoring double and a wild pitch to take a 2-0 lead after the opening stanza.
A solo home run by Ladyjacks slugger Brittany Lewis gave the road team a 3-0 advantage heading into the bottom of the second frame.
Staci Bonezek blasted her second solo home run of the season to get DePaul (3-4) on the scoreboard in the second.
Stephen F. Austin responded with another home run, this time by catcher Shalie Day, to put the Ladyjacks back up by three.
The next three innings remained scoreless, setting up a dramatic final frame.
Stephen F. Austin went down in order to begin the seventh before DePaul had its last chance at the dish.
Angela Scalzitti opened the home half with a double in the left-center gap. Back-to-back errors by the Ladyjacks made it a bases-loaded situation with no outs. Morgan Maize knocked in the first run with a sacrifice fly to score Scalzitti.
Marsha' Pendilton then produced one of the biggest hits of her career with a two-run triple to tie the game at 4-4. Mary Connolly singled in Pendilton to complete DePaul's biggest comeback of the season and give the Blue Demons a 5-4 victory.
Ali Lenti and Scalzitti each tallied a pair of hits to lead the offense, while Pendilton's triple raced in a team-best two RBI.
Maxine Rodriguez (2-0) got the win on the mound for DePaul. Rodriguez went seven innings, allowing six hits and four earned runs in her third career start.
The Blue Demons, currently riding a three-game winning streak, return to the field tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 p.m. when they take on host Houston. Following the contest with the Cougars, DePaul battles with UMass at 7 p.m.
Notes: This was the second meeting between the programs all-time… DePaul has won both games… the four-run comeback was the largest victory of its sort since Feb. 22, 2014 against College of Charleston… Ali Lenti produced her second multi-hit game in as many days… head coach Eugene Lenti has moved into sole possession of sixth on the all-time wins list with 1,217… Marsha' Pendilton's triple in the seventh was the second of her career… Pendilton's two RBI were a career-high… Mary Connolly reached base safely for the third game in a row.
