DePaul University Athletics
Friday, February 12
Rosemont, Ill.
1:30 P.M. CT
DePaul University
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Valparaiso
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Valparaiso
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DePaul
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Softball Opens Season with 8-0 Win Over Valparaiso
2/12/2021 4:01:00 PM | SOFTBALL
Blue Demons top Valparaiso in five inning victory
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The DePaul softball team started the game quick and never looked back in an 8-0 rout of Valparaiso on Friday afternoon.
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The bats were hot early when Gabby O'Riley launched her first home run of the season over the left field wall in the bottom of the first.
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After a three-up three-down second by senior pitcher Natalie Halvorson, Brooke Johnson reached base on a double to right field before a Tori Meyer double drove her home.
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A five-run fourth inning opened up the game for DePaul. Pearl Barroso launched a three-run homer, scoring Johnson and Meyer for the first of homerun of her career.
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Maranda Gutierrez put the Blue Demons over the top in the fifth inning with a solo homerun to right.
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Halvorson pitched a complete game shutout and tallied seven strikeouts as the Blue Demons moved to 1-0 on the season.
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DePaul (1-0) is back in action on Friday afternoon with a matchup against Western Michigan.
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The bats were hot early when Gabby O'Riley launched her first home run of the season over the left field wall in the bottom of the first.
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After a three-up three-down second by senior pitcher Natalie Halvorson, Brooke Johnson reached base on a double to right field before a Tori Meyer double drove her home.
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A five-run fourth inning opened up the game for DePaul. Pearl Barroso launched a three-run homer, scoring Johnson and Meyer for the first of homerun of her career.
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Maranda Gutierrez put the Blue Demons over the top in the fifth inning with a solo homerun to right.
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Halvorson pitched a complete game shutout and tallied seven strikeouts as the Blue Demons moved to 1-0 on the season.
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DePaul (1-0) is back in action on Friday afternoon with a matchup against Western Michigan.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Halvorson, Natalie (1-0)
L: Seib, Easton (0-1)
Batting:
3B: Moeder, Peyton 1
Base Running:
CS: Johnson, Alexis 1
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Brooke 1 ; Meyer, Tori 1
HR: O'Riley, Gabby 1 ; Gutierrez, Maranda 1 ; Barroso, Pearl 1
RBI: Scalzitti, Angela 1 ; O'Riley, Gabby 1 ; Gutierrez, Maranda 1 ; Meyer, Tori 2 ; Barroso, Pearl 3
Base Running:
RUNS: O'Riley, Gabby 1 ; Gutierrez, Maranda 2 ; Johnson, Brooke 2 ; Meyer, Tori 1 ; Barroso, Pearl 1 ; Hilger, Skylor 1
SB: Scalzitti, Angela 1
HBP: Gutierrez, Maranda 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
2
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
AB
2
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
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RHP/ 1B
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C/ 3B
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