GAME 1 BOX SCORE     GAME 2 BOX SCORE

COLCHESTER, Vt. - Senior Val Martins (Somerset, MA) batted a combined 5-8 and drove in four runs as Southern New Hampshire University swept Saint Michael's College in a Northeast-10 softball doubleheader by scores of 5-3 and 4-2 Tuesday afternoon.  The Penmen improved to 4-10 overall and 2-0 in the NE-10 with the wins, while the Purple Knights are now 4-14 and 0-8 in the league.

In the opener, SNHU trailed 3-2 entering the sixth inning but tied the game in the sixth then scored two more times in the seventh.  In the sixth, Ashley Bernstein (Stoughton, MA) worked a leadoff walk.  Pinch runner Megan Renning (Enosburg Falls, VT) replaced Bernstein and would score on a groundout by Melissa Vitagliano (Bedford, NH).  In the seventh, Martins would deliver the winning runs with a two-run homer that also scored Nicole Arpin (Cheshire, CT).  Arpin led off the seventh with a double.

Saint Michael's scored in the first, but Vitagliano would tie the score with a solo home run in the second.  SNHU's other run came in the fourth when a single by Arpin plated Michelle Maranto (Hampstead, NH).

Martins was 3-4 at the plate in the opener while Arpin was 2-3 as SNHU outhit Saint Michael's 9-5.  Kelsey Griffin (Scarborough, ME) earned the win on the mound for the Penmen, working five innings of scoreless relief and allowing just two hits while striking out seven.

In the nightcap, the Penmen rallied from a 2-1 deficit with three runs in the top of the seventh.  Griffin led off the inning with a single, then the next batter, Arpin, reached on an error.  The pair would come home on a two-run double off the bat of Martins.  Martins would later score on a single by Maranto.

SNHU's other run came in the second to give the Penmen a 1-0 lead.  Bernstein led off with a single and would come home on a base hit  by Vitagliano.  The Purple Knights would take the lead with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings.

Martins, Bernstein and Melissa Pessotti (Burlington, MA) each had two hits apiece for SNHU as it outhit Saint Michael's 10-4.  Bernstein also earned the pitching victory with a complete-game effort, striking out four.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Thursday when it entertains New Haven in a 3:00 doubleheader at Penmen Field.