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MANCHESTER, N.H. - UMass Lowell swept a Northeast-10
softball doubleheader from Southern New Hampshire University by
scores of 3-0 and 4-1 Tuesday afternoon at Penmen Field. The
River Hawks improved to 20-18 overall and 13-5 in NE-10 play, while
the Penmen are now 10-17 and 6-10 in the league.
In the opener, the River Hawks took
a 1-0 lead in the first when a single by Hilary Hopkins scored
Julie Brodie. UMass Lowell would plate its other two runs in the
fifth. Stephanie Rollo worked a bases-loaded walk to score
Stacey LaJoie, while Brodie would score the third run on a single
by Emily Wolf.
Ashley Guertin
(Manchester, NH) was 3-3 at the plate in the opener for SNHU, while
Casey Stoodley (Salem, NH) recorded a pair of
hits. Lajoie led UMass Lowell with three hits. Lindsay
Farmer earned the win for UML, allowing seven hits in a complete
game effort. Ashley Bernstein (Stoughton,
MA) took the loss, allowing eight hits and striking out four.
UMass Lowell would get all the runs
it needed in the first two innings of the nightcap. Brodie
would score the game's first run when Jachael Guanci reached on an
error. The River Hawks scored two more times in the
second. Hannah May led off the inning by reaching on an error
and scored when Lajoie grounded out to the left side. Heather
Ross would make it 3-0 when she scored on a sacrifice fly by Laurie
Tanguay.
SNHU would score its lone run in
the bottom of the fourth when Stoodley scored on a single up the
middle by Valerie Martins (Somerset, MA).
Nicole Monroe held the Penmen to
just three hits in the nightcap. Mary
Bradford (Big Bear, CA) took the loss, allowing no earned
runs while scattering eight hits and fanning three. Stoodley
was 1-3 in the nightcap and extended her hitting streak to seven
games.
SNHU returns to action Wednesday
when it travels to Merrimack College for a 3:30 twinbill.
