GAME 1 BOX SCORE     GAME 2 BOX SCORE

COLCHESTER, Vt. - Southern New Hampshire University swept a Northeast-10 softball doubleheader from Saint Michael's College by scores of 2-1 and 5-4 Thursday afternoon.  The Penmen improved to 9-12 and 6-8 in NE-10 play, while the Purple Knights are now 7-16 and 1-13 in the league.

Karissa Bettencourt (Norton, MA) would provide the game-winning run in the top of the fifth of game one when she belted a solo home run to make it 2-1.  The Penmen had tied the game one inning earlier when Ashley Guertin's (Manchester, NH) double scored Ashley Bernstein (Stoughton, MA).

Bernstein earned the win for SNHU on the mound, going the distance and scattering six hits while striking out six and walking no one.  Megan O'Connor was the hard-luck loser for SMC, allowing just three hits.

SNHU jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second game.  Casey Stoodley (Salem, NH) got the Penmen on the board when she belted a two-run home run.  The next batter, Michelle Maranto (East Hampstead, NH), doubled and scored when Bernstein reached on an error.  Bernstein would score the fourth run when she came home on a double by Andrea Clausi (Kingston, NY).

The Penmen would score their other run in the third when Stoodley led off the frame with a single and came home on another Clausi double.  The Purple Knights did not get on the board until the sixth and scored three times in the seventh to cut the lead to 5-4.

Stoodley and Clausi each finished with two hits and two RBI.  Mary Bradford (Big Bear, CA) did not allow a hit for the first 3.2 innings and earned the win while fanning two.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Saturday when it travels to C.W. Post for a noon twinbill.