DePaul University Athletics
DePaul University
UNLV
Seven-Run Fourth Inning Lifts UNLV Over DePaul
2/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | SOFTBALL
LAS VEGAS - Despite leading for the first three innings, the DePaul softball team surrendered seven runs in the bottom of the fourth to drop a 12-4 decision to UNLV on Friday evening.
The Blue Demons (6-9) got on the board first with four runs in the top of the second inning. Marsha' Pendilton slugged a solo shot - her third of the season - to open the scoring. Singles by Mary Connolly and Dylan Christensen plated three more runs and gave DePaul a 4-0 lead.
UNLV (8-8) scored all of its runs across the next three innings. The Rebels put two on the score line in the third, followed by a seven-run outburst in the fourth on only four hits.
The home team then held DePaul without a run in the fifth and came to the dish looking for more. UNLV got just that when it scored three runs from a wild pitch and a home run over centerfield to end the game by run rule.
The Blue Demons tallied nine hits as a club and were led by Ali Lenti and Christensen with two each.
DePaul also was flawless on the field as the team did not commit an error for the third time this season.
Connolly earned the start on the mound and went four innings, striking out three.
DePaul returns to the diamond tomorrow when it faces New Mexico State at 1:15 p.m., followed by a duel with Idaho State at 5:15 p.m.
Notes: This was the 12th meeting between the programs all-time… DePaul leads the series 9-3, despite dropping the last two… Mary Connolly extended her streak to 11-straight games reaching base safely… Connolly also moved into a tie with Staci Bonezek for the longest hitting streak of the season with six… Dylan Christensen notched her seventh game of at least two hits this season… after scoring four runs in the second inning, DePaul is outscoring its opponents 13-3 in the second frame in 2015… Dylan Christensen played in the 70th game of her career… Connolly earned her 180th start.
