PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania softball team used a string of four consecutive base hits in the fourth inning to take a 3-2 lead over the Drexel Dragons. The lead would hold as Penn ended its five-game losing streak on Wednesday at Penn Park. Penn pitching stranded 11 Dragons on base en route to its tenth win of the season.

Penn 3, Drexel 2
Bella Fiorentino made the start in the circle for the Quakers. She pitched four innings of two run ball allowing seven hits and stranding five runners on base. Fiorentino was effective in keeping the Dragons from taking an early lead as she worked around a one-out triple in the top of the first and stranded another pair of runners in the second inning.

The Dragons pushed their only runs across the plate on a two-out double to right center in the top of the fourth inning.

Penn responded in the bottom of the fourth as it pushed across three runs all with two outs. Laurel McKelvey drove in the first run on a base hit to right field to score Sarah Schneider from third.

BOT 4 | DREXEL 2, PENN 1

Laurel gets a base hit and we're on the board! #Dominate x #FightOnPenn?????? pic.twitter.com/fMW10yofyR

— Penn Softball (@Penn_Softball) April 20, 2022

Emma Nedley tied the game as she followed McKelvey's lead with a base hit up the middle to score Dana Anderson from second.

BOT 4 | PENN 2, DREXEL 2

Back-to-back base hits as Emma hit up the middle ties it up at 2-2#Dominate x #FightOnPenn?????? pic.twitter.com/NrfMqPPlFm

— Penn Softball (@Penn_Softball) April 20, 2022

Sammy Fenton joined the hit parade as she sent a ball through the middle infield that scored a McKelvey from third. This RBI base hit proved to be the game-winning hit.

BOT 4 | PENN 3 DREXEL 2

Sammy joins the base hit parade and we take a 3-2 lead! #Dominate x #FightOnPenn?????? pic.twitter.com/94gSRnQQk1

— Penn Softball (@Penn_Softball) April 20, 2022

Payton Bean took over in the circle for the Red and Blue and pitched three shutout innings allowing a single hit as she earned her first save.

Drexel loaded the bases on a one-out walk in the top of the fifth, but Bean was able to get a strikeout and a fly out to end the Dragons threat. The visitors got a runner on third in the top of the sixth but once again Bean was able to eliminate the threat with a fly out to center.

Quaker Notemeal

• Penn ended its five-game losing streak on Wednesday afternoon.
• The Quakers had five hits in the game as all five hits came from five different players.
• Bean earned her first career save. She joins Julia Longo as the only Quaker with a save this season.

Up Next
Penn hits the road this weekend for a three-game series at Princeton. The Quakers and Tigers will play a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday. First pitch for both days is set for 12:30 p.m.