Posted: Apr 01, 2026
Brandywine Completes Mid-Week Sweep Of Abington
Game 2
Game 2
Penn St.-Abington
(8-10, 0-4)
0
Penn State Brandywine
(11-7, 4-0)
4
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Penn St.-Abington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
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Penn State Brandywine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
MEDIA, Pa. -- The Penn State Brandywine softball team improved to 4-0 in United East Conference play following a pair of victories over Penn State Abington on Wednesday. The Lions won 9-1 in six innings to open the day before blanking the visitors 4-0 in game two.
Game One: Penn State Brandywine 9, Penn State Abington 1 (6 innings)
Brandywine was limited to just one hit through three innings, but the Lions exploded for nine runs on 10 knocks during the final three frames to win the opener by run rule.
The Lions manufactured a pair of fourth inning runs, needing just one hit. Ava Craddock (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) reached via error to start the inning and later scored on a wild pitch. Shelby Decillis (Iselin, N.J./Colonia) followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Ava Rodgers (Gloucester City, N.J./Gloucester City).
Abington got a run back in the fifth inning, but Brandywine answered with four more markers during the bottom of the stanza. Craddock delivered a two-run double and Rodgers and Madie Culbertson (Havertown, Pa./Haverford) added run-scoring singles.
Three more runs came around to score during the sixth inning as Brandywine put the game out of reach. Jordan DuBois (Southampton, N.J./Seneca) started the inning with a RBI double, while Culbertson and Kaylee Mushinski (Allentown, N.J./Allentown) tacked on run-scoring singles.
Mushinski, Culbertson and Lexi Bussenger (Bangor, Pa./Bangor) all recorded two hits. Culbertson and Craddock both drove in two runs, while Mushinski, Craddock and Rodgers all crossed home twice.
April Lewandowski (Atco, N.J./Hammonton) carried a perfect game into the fourth inning and limited Abington to one run on four hits overall. She struck out eight in a complete-game effort to move to 5-2 on the spring.
Game Two: Penn State Brandywine 4, Penn State Abington 0
Olivia Bowers (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) and Isabella Hurta (Colts Neck, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) combined on the Lions' second shutout of the season as Brandywine completed the sweep with a 4-0 victory during the nightcap.
Bowers pitched the game's first six innings as she improved to 2-0 on the season. She struck out four and scattered five hits. Hurta struck out the side on 17 pitches in the seventh inning.
Culbertson opened the scoring with a triple that plated Craddock, who singled to lead off, during the second inning. DeCillis followed with a two-base hit, scoring Culbertson, to make the count 2-0.
After a pair of errors allowed another Brandywine run to cross home in the fourth, DeCillis added an insurance run, scoring Craddock with a base hit during the sixth inning.
DeCillis recorded two of Brandywine's six hits, while Craddock scored three of the Lions' four runs.
Brandywine (11-7, 4-0 UEC) has an eight-day break before visiting Gwynedd Mercy for a non-conference doubleheader on Thursday, April 9 beginning at 3:00 PM.
