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Woman in Delaware Baseball Player's Rape Trial Testifies

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GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) - A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a former University of Delaware baseball player accused of multiple rapes says she was surprised that he agreed to connect with her on an online dating site.

The 21-year-old testified Tuesday that she thought 23-year-old Clay Conaway seemed somewhat out of her league, and that she couldn't imagine that he would want to get to know her.

She also testified that the day after the two connected on the meeting site Bumble, Conaway sent her a nude photo of himself on Snapchat.

Three weeks later, the woman drove over to Conaway's house, where she claims he raped her.

The alleged victim is one of six women Conaway is accused of sexually assaulting between 2013 and 2018.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.