ORLANDO, FLA. - The Drake University softball team topped Central Florida, 5-0, Wednesday night behind a three-hit shutout by junior pitcher Jenna DeLong.

DeLong (Dalton Gardens, Idaho) tossed seven shutout innings and allowed just three hits while striking out three for her eighth win of the year.

Drake plated its first run of the day on a third-inning squeeze bunt by Erin Mollohan (Tinley Park, Ill.) that scored Lindsey Vande Wall (Prairie City, Iowa).

The Bulldogs scored three runs in the third, including two on senior Carrie Hatfield's (Des Moines, Iowa) two-run double that scored Bridget Shields (Iowa City, Iowa) and DeLong.

Shields scored Torey Craddock (Tucson, Ariz.) in the sixth with an RBI single to center.

Junior Molly McClelland (West Des Moines, Iowa) hit her second homer of the season to plate Drake's final run of the game in the seventh.

The Bulldogs improved to a Missouri Valley Conference-best 15-6 overall.

Drake meets Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers, Fla. Thursday at 5 p.m.