GAME 1 BOX SCORE     GAME 2 BOX SCORE

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mary Bradford (Big Bear, CA) threw a complete-game two hit shutout in the nightcap of a Northeast-10 softball doubleheader between Southern New Hampshire University and American International College to give the Penmen a 3-0 victory.  The Yellow Jackets earned an 8-2 win in the first game.  SNHU is now 7-10 overall and 4-6 in NE-10 play, while the Yellow Jackets are 14-17 and 5-11 in the league.

Bradford allowed just two hits, a bloop single in the first to Kayla Donnelly and a double down the line by Tara Demontier in the seventh.  She fanned five batters and walked just two.  All nine Penmen batters had exactly one hit as the hosts outhit AIC 9-2.

Southern New Hampshire got on the board with two runs in the bottom of the third.  Karissa Bettencourt (Norton, MA) led off with a walk and scored on a sac fly by Ashley Bernstein (Stoughton, MA).  Andrea Clausi (Kingston, NY) drove in the second run when her single plated Laurie Boland (Worcester, MA).  The Penmen scored their other run in the fourth when Casey Stoodley (Salem, NH) led off the inning with a double and scored when Ashley Guertin (Manchester, NH) reached on an error.

In the opener, American International scored three times in the third and added two runs apiece in  the fifth and sixth before adding one more in the seventh.  The Yellow Jackets also took advantage of four SNHU fielding errors.  Demontier led AIC with three hits, while Michelle Franey had two hits.

The Penmen scored their only two runs in the bottom of the seventh when a single by Michelle Maranto (East Hampstead, NH) scored Valerie Martins (Somerset, MA) and Guertin.  Maranto had a pair of hits in the opener.

Bernstein took the loss on the hill, surrendering nine hits and striking out three while walking five.

SNHU returns to action Sunday when it travels to Southern Connecticut for a 1:00 doubleheader.