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MANCHESTER, N.H. - Visiting C.W. Post swept a softball
doubleheader from Southern New Hampshire University by scores of
6-2 and 5-2 Saturday afternoon at Penmen Field. The Pioneers
improved to 23-11 overall with the wins, while the Penmen are now
10-18 overall.
In the opener, the Pioneers took a
1-0 lead in the second then scored two more times in the third on a
two-run home run by Christie Softy. Softy would homer again
in the fifth and C.W. Post also had single runs in the sixth and
seventh. The Penmen got their two runs in the bottom of the
sixth. A single by Karissa
Bettencourt (Norton, MA) drove in Amanda Barton
(Franklin, NH), while Elena Anderson
(Salem, WI) drove in pinch-runner Rachel Dobinski
(Hopkinton, MA) with a single. Dobinski was running for
Melissa
Vitagliano (Bedford, NH), who singled.
Christina Berardi earned the win
for C.W. Post, allowing six hits while fanning four.
Ashley
Bernstein (Stoughton, MA) surrendered 12 hits and
struck out for in a complete-game effort for the Penmen.
C.W. Post jumped out to a 1-0 lead
in the top of the first of the nightcap, but a solo home run by
Vitagliano in the bottom of the frame tied the game. The
Pioneers reclaimed the lead in the second when Katie Fisher scored
on a passed ball, but the Penmen would tie the game in the fourth
when Andrea
Clausi (Kingston, NY) scored on a single by Valerie
Martins (Somerset, MA).
Softy would homer two more times,
delivering a two-run blast in the fifth and a solo shot in the
seventh to give the guests a 5-2 lead. The Penmen would mount
a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh, with Barton reaching
on an infield single and Nicole Arpin
(Cheshire, CT) singling to left. Vitagliano would then lift a
shot to center that had a chance to tie the game, but the ball was
brought back over the fence by Pioneer center fielder Melissa
Medina.
Arpin and Martins each had two hits
for SNHU in the nightcap as the Penmen outhit the Pioneers
10-9. Kyla
Puccini (North Dighton, MA) took the loss for SNHU,
allowing nine hits and registering a pair of strikeouts in a
complete-game effort.
Southern New Hampshire returns to
Northeast-10 play Monday when it travels to Franklin Pierce for a
3:00 twinbill.
