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A closeup of Lily Hoban preparing for a pitching from the right-handed batter's box
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Wilmington (Del.) WILMINGT 22-14, 12-3 CACC
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Winner Holy Family HOLY FAM 15-16, 8-5 CACC
Wilmington (Del.) WILMINGT
22-14, 12-3 CACC
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Final
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Holy Family HOLY FAM
15-16, 8-5 CACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Wilmington (Del.) WILMINGT 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 1
Holy Family HOLY FAM 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 3

W: Moore, Molly (7-4) L: K. Gunkel (10-6)

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Wilmington (Del.) WILMINGT 23-15, 12-4 CACC
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Winner Holy Family HOLY FAM 16-16, 9-5 CACC
Wilmington (Del.) WILMINGT
23-15, 12-4 CACC
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Final
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Holy Family HOLY FAM
16-16, 9-5 CACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wilmington (Del.) WILMINGT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Holy Family HOLY FAM 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0

W: Hall, Kinsley (6-5) L: D. Sheehan (8-7)

Game Recap: Softball |

Hoban’s Walk-Off Home Run Highlights Softball’s First Sweep of Defending CACC Champion Wilmington Since 2017

BENSALEM, Pa. – Having not defeated Wilmington since 2018, the HFU softball team did one better, sweeping the defending Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) champion Wildcats, 4-2 and 2-0, on Wednesday afternoon at Bensalem High School. 
 
Lily Hoban's (Millsboro, Del./Indian River) walked off game one with an eighth inning home run, before Kinsley Hall (Frankford, Del./Indian River) tossed a complete game shutout in the nightcap. 
 
Individual Highlights
  • Hall surrendered just five hits, including retiring the final eight she faced as she allowed just two runners to reach scoring position
  • Game one starter Molly Moore (Conshohocken, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh) also did not give up an earned run in a complete game effort as she improved to 7-4
  • Rylee Hobel (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) reached base multiple times in both games, finishing the doubleheader 3-for-6 with two doubles, two RBI, two walks and a run
 
How it Happened
Game One
  • Hobel's leadoff double led to quick 1-0 lead in the first, following a Madison Grubb (Swedesboro, N.J./Kingsway) sacrifice bunt and Emma Clayborne (Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon) single
  • Kylee Jones' (Hulmeville, Pa./Neshaminy (Rider)) leadoff triple then led to a 2-0 scoreline in the third, as Hobel drove her in on a single
  • Both teams stranded runners in scoring position in the fourth, but Wilmington finally got on the board with two unearned runs in the fifth 
  • The Wildcats advanced runners into scoring position in both the sixth and seventh, before catcher Alexis Letizia (Toms River, N.J./Donovan Catholic) threw out a baserunner at second in the eighth 
  • A one-out error set the stage for Hoban's first homer of the season.   
Game Two
  • Holy Family again jumped out to a 1-0 advantage in the first, as Grubb singled, Erin Stilton (Jackson, N.J./Jackson Liberty) walked and Hoban doubled
  • That was all the run support Hall would need, but the Tigers would make it 2-0 in the second on back-to-back two out hits by Jones and Hobel, the latter of which was a double
 
Up Next
Holy Family begins its weekend with a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Franklin Pierce on Saturday. 
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