DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - The Arcadia University softball program outscored Delaware Valley 26-1 in its doubleheader sweep of the Aggies Tuesday afternoon, as Megan Sooy, Alexa Vardiman, and Alexis Burge all hit three-run home runs to power the Knights' offense. Kylee Schwind struck out 12 in a one-hit shutout of the Aggies in game one before Juliana Presto struck out ten in five innings of relief in the MAC Freedom sweep.

ARCADIA 15, DELAWARE VALLEY 0 (FINAL/5)
HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Knights' offense started the doubleheader in a big way with four runs in the top of the first as Megan Sooy belted her fourth home run of the season - a three-run shot - to give Arcadia the only lead it would need in Tuesday's opener. Arcadia went on to plate six more in the top of the fourth, as Alex DeStafano and Sooy produced run-scoring singles before Alexa Vardiman delivered the highlight of the inning with a three-run shot to left - her first of the season - vaulting the Knights to an even ten-run lead.

-Kylee Schwind was dominant in the circle for the Knights in a five-inning, one-hit shutout while striking out a season-high 12. Schwind kept the Aggies hitless for the first three innings and struck out five of the last six batters she faced to pick up her sixth win of the season.

-Arcadia capped the game one win with five more runs in the top of the fifth on five hits, as Alexis Burge, Kayla Pscolka, and Shannon Shea all recorded RBI singles in the final frame to finish off the 15-0 win.

KNIGHTS OFFENSIVE LEADERS
-Sooy: 2-3, 3-Run HR, 4 RBI, 3 R
-Vardiman: 1-3, 3-Run HR, 2 R
-Shea: 2-4, RBI

KNIGHTS PITCHING LEADERS
-Schwind: W (6-2), 5 IP, 1 H, 12 K
 

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ARCADIA 11, DELAWARE VALLEY 1
HOW IT HAPPENED
-After an unearned run in the first gave the Aggies their first lead of the day, the Knights answered right back in the top of the second to even the game at one via an Allison LaRochelle sac fly. The Knights took their first lead of game two when Madi Costigan scored on a wild pitch in the fourth before striking for four runs in the fifth to take commanding lead. Three straight singles to start the inning loaded the bases for Brooke Ward, who plated Sooy from third with a sac fly to left before Xanthe Jamanis lined a single to left-center to plate the second run of the frame. Following a run-scoring groundout off the bat of Pscolka, Costigan capped the inning with an infield hit to extend the Knight lead to five.

-Brenna Dolan and Juliana Presto combined to limit the Aggies to an unearned run and two hits in the circle, as Presto came on in relief to toss the final five innings while striking out a season-high ten to earn the win. Presto retired 12 of the first 13 batters she faced and did not allow a hit until her final inning of work, but responded by striking out the final three hitters in the seventh.

-Burge delivered the Knights' third three-run home run of the day in the top of the seventh before Ward plated Arcadia's 26th and final run of the afternoon with an RBI single to put the final touches on the 11-1 win and doubleheader sweep.

KNIGHTS OFFENSIVE LEADERS
-Burge: 1-2, 3-Run HR, 3 R
-Ward: 2-3, 3 RBI
-Costigan: 2-3, 2 R, RBI

KNIGHTS PITCHING LEADERS
-Dolan: 2 IP, H, R (0 ER), 2 K
-Presto: W (5-2), H, 10 K

UP NEXT
Arcadia (12-4,  9-3 MAC Freedom) hosts Delaware Valley Wednesday for the final two games of the series beginning at 6 p.m.