Wilmington University’s pitching dominates in the sweep over Chestnut Hill

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The Wilmington University softball team earned a pair of wins on Wednesday to pull their record to 19-9 on the season. Wilmington beat the Chestnut Hill College Griffins 8-0 in their first game and 9-1 in the second one.

SB Final GM1 | #WilmUSoftball 8 – Chestnut Hill 0. WU now 18-9, 8-1 CACC. WP – Koehler (1-2). Haley Downin goes 3-for-3 with a double. Bella Eleazar with 2-for-3 with a double, 2 RBI. Taylor Gillis 2-or-3 with 3 RBI. Koehler 8 K, 2 walks, 2 H for CG shutout.

— Wilmington Wildcats (@WilmUAthletics) March 29, 2023

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Let’s start with the 8-0 win!

Game Leaders:

RBIs: Taylor Gillis would lead the team in RBIs, with three in the win.

Runs: Lexi Moore and Taylor Gillis also led the team in runs, with two in the game.

Hits: Haley Downin would lead the team in hits with three in the win

Stolen bases: Moore, Gillis, Coyle, and Downin each had one stolen base in the win.

Game one Recap:

Wilmington would get the scoring in this game started right away as the team scored two runs on three hits and left two players on base in the first inning.

Sophomore outfielder Taylor Gillis would knock in the first run of the game as she hit an RBI single up the middle of the field to give WilmU a 1-0 lead.

Three batters later, junior pitcher/second baseman Haley Downin would hit a two-out RBI single to the shortstop to extend her team’s advantage to 2-0.

Hitting was not WilmU’s only weapon in the bottom of the first inning, as the team stole four bases and was issued a walk once.

In the next inning, the Wildcats’ lineup would continue to be on fire, as the team would score five runs on seven hits.

Just like in the first inning, Gillis would get the scoring started in the second by hitting a two-run single up the middle to push her team’s edge to 4-0.

Two batters later, junior infielder Bri Coyle would slap a two-out, two-run single up the middle of the field to expand Wilmington’s lead to 6-0 in the bottom of the second inning.

The final scoring play of the inning came when junior outfielder Isabella Eleazar hit a two-out RBI single to the right side of the field to give her team a 7-0 advantage.

Fast forward to the fourth inning, where Eleazar would still have a hot bat, as she hit an RBI double to right center field to push WilmU’s lead to 8-0.

The Wildcats’ pitching would do the rest to seal an 8-0 victory over Chestnut Hill.

Pitching recap:

Freshman pitcher Brooke Koehler was in the zone in this outing, as she went five innings, gave up two hits, zero runs, zero earned runs, two walks, eight strikeouts, and earned the win.

Let’s get into game two!

Click below for the game two recap!