DePaul's Lenti notches 1,000th softball victory

Posted March 29, 2009 11:00 pm

Daily Herald News Services

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - DePaul head softball coach Eugene Lenti recorded his 1,000th career victory on Monday when the No. 21/23 Blue Demons topped Providence 8-0 in the first game of a Big East Conference doubleheader.

Lenti, who has been directing the DePaul program for 28 years, becomes the 12th NCAA Division I softball coach to eclipse the 1,000 win mark. The National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Famer has taken four teams to the Women's College World Series and tutored 22 All-Americans.

Lenti's career record stands at 1,000-487-6.

The Blue Demons (17-7, 5-0) got on the board early Monday when Amber Patton knocked a two-run home run in the third inning. DePaul added three more runs in the sixth frame. DePaul starter Becca Heteniak helped her own cause with a solo home run to left center in the seventh. The Blue Demons final two runs were scored a fielding error at third base.

Game two of the doubleheader was canceled in the top of the second due to heavy rain.

DePaul head coach Eugene Lenti collected his 1,000th softball win with the Blue Demons on Monday. Steve Woltmann | DePaul Athletics

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