Philadelphia, PA (3/26/11)  The Dominican College softball team improved to 14-8 overall and 4-0 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after sweeping host, Philadelphia University, 4-1 and 7-2 this afternoon in a CACC double-header played at the Philadelphia University Softball Field.  The Lady Chargers collected 21 hits on the day in the victories.

Game One: Dominican jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Deidre Jeppson (Sylmar, CA) led off the game with a walk and moved to second on the single to center field by Julie Plante (Swansea, MA).  A single to right field off the bat of catcher Ashley Corrao (Staten Island, NY) brought in Jeppson and CACC and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Week, Shelby Wassmann (Loudoun, VA) followed with a two-run double to left field for a 3-0 lead.

DC added a run in the fourth inning as Jeppson hit an RBI ground out for a 4-0 lead.  The Rams put a run on the board in the bottom of the seventh for the 4-1 final.

R ight-handed hurler, Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) got the complete game victory to improve to 7-3 on the season, allowing one run on nine hits.

Game Two: The Lady Chargers pounded out 13 hits in the night cap and scored their first run of the game in the first as Jeppson and Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH) got back-to-back doubles and Plante hit a sacrifice fly ball to left field to score Jeppson.

Dominican added two runs in the top half of the third inning as Corrao hit a two-run double to plate Childers and Plante and give DC a 3-0 lead.

The Lady Chargers added four runs on five hits in the fourth inning to go ahead 7-0 as Jeppson hit her first grand slam of the season to clear the bases.  Philadelphia put runs on the board in the fourth and sixth innings for hte 7-2 final.

Childers got the win in game two to improve to 7-3 on the season, allowing two runs on six hits and collecting a season high 13 strikeouts.