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BRIARCLIFF, N.Y. - Host Pace University swept a
Northeast-10 softball doubleheader from Southern New Hampshire
University by scores of 7-3 and 3-1 Saturday afternoon. The
Setters improve to 26-18 and 14-12 in the NE-10, while the Penmen
are now 15-20 and 11-13 in the league.
In the opener, both teams would
score single runs in the first before SNHU took a 3-1 lead with two
runs in the top of the fourth. Andrea Clausi
(Kingston, NY) would lead off the inning with a solo home run, with
the Penmen scoring the second run when Ashley
Guertin (Manchester, NH) and Elena
Anderson (Salem, WI) recorded back-to-back doubles.
In the bottom of the inning, Pace would score five times, utilizing
three hits, two walks, an error and a wild pitch to take a 6-3
lead. The Setters would add an insurance run in the bottom of
the sixth.
SNHU took a 1-0 lead in the top of
the first when Valerie Martins (Somerset, MA)
worked a bases-loaded walk to score Casey Stoodley
(Salem, NH). Clausi had two of SNHU's eight hits in the
opener. Ashley Bernstein (Stoughton, MA)
worked three-plus innings on the mound for the Penmen and took the
loss.
Pace took a 1-0 lead in the bottom
of the first of game two, but the Penmen would tie the score in the
top of the second. Clausi worked a leadoff walk and
eventually scored on a two-out single to left by Martins. The
Setters would manufacture solo runs in the third and fifth innings
to secure the sweep.
Laurie Boland
(Worcester, MA) finished with two hits in the nightcap for Southern
New Hampshire. Mary Bradford (Big Bear, CA)
allowed seven hits in six innings of work to take the loss.
Bernstein had one hit in each game to extend her hit streak to
eight games.
Southern New Hampshire hosts its
final home doubleheader of the season Sunday when it entertains
Stonehill College in a 1:00 doubleheader.
