NEWARK, Del. – The Saint Joseph's softball team jumped out to a 4-0 lead on Delaware on Wednesday afternoon, but the host Blue Hens rallied for 12 unanswered runs to prevail, 12-4.

How It Happened
• Saint Joseph's took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Kaelin Cash singled home Meghan Sinkus.
• Cash scored on a RBI single by Jessica Gaughan to make it 2-0.
• Payton Baxter made it 3-0 later in the first as she scored on a throwing error by Delaware on a stolen base by Gaughan.
• Madison Fife singled home Gaughan to extend the Hawks' advantage to 4-0.
• The Blue Hens answered back in the bottom of the second as they scored six runs on five hits to take a 6-4 lead.
• After a RBI double in the bottom of the fourth made it 7-4, Delaware took advantage of a Saint Joseph's error in the fifth to score a run and up its lead to 8-4.
• A four-run bottom of the sixth capped the win for the Blue Hens.

Inside The Boxscore
• Cash went 2-for-2 with a RBI and a run scored.
• Gaughan was 1-for-2 with a RBI, a run scored and a stolen base.
• St. Joe's starter Saige Stutz moved to 0-2 on the year as she allowed five earned runs over 1.2 innings.
• Karlee Smith struck out four over 3.1 innings, while allowing two earned runs.
• Taylor Trowbridge tossed 0.2 innings of relief and allowed four runs.

Up Next
The Hawks host George Washington in a three-game series starting Friday with a doubleheader at noon.

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