GAME 1 BOX SCORE     GAME 2 BOX SCORE

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Nicole Arpin (Cheshire, CT) belted three home runs as Southern New Hampshire University posted a softball sweep of Molloy College Saturday afternoon.  The Penmen, who improved to 16-20 overall, posted a 13-5, five-inning win in game one, then completed the sweep with a 7-2 victory.  Molloy is now 15-23 overall.

In the opener, SNHU jumped out to a 6-0 lead after one inning, with Melissa Vitagliano (Bedford, NH) belting a three-run home run as part of a four-hit attack in the first frame.  The Penmen would score six more times in the third, with Arpin delivering a grand slam to give the Penmen a 12-4 lead.  Molloy would score in the top of the fifth to make it 12-5, but Karissa Bettencourt (Norton, MA) ended the game in the bottom of the fifth with her solo home run to center.

Bettencourt, Arpin, Vitagliano, Ashley Bernstein (Stoughton, MA) and Elena Anderson (Salem, WI) all finished with two hits apiece as the Penmen outhit the Lions 12-5.  Jen Garloff (Lebanon, PA) earned her first collegiate victory for Southern New Hampshire, allowing five hits and three earned runs in five innings of work.

Molloy jumped out to a 2-0 lead in game two in the top of the third on a two-run homer by Tiffany D'Allessandro, but Southern New Hampshire would tie the game in the bottom of the inning on a two-run shot by Arpin.  The Penmen would tack on five runs in the fifth, with another two-run blast by Arpin making it 4-2.  The Penmen would also get an RBI single from Melissa Pessotti (Burlington, MA) and a sacrifice fly by Kelsey Griffin (Scarborough, ME) that plated Vitagliano.

Arpin, Bernstein, Anderson and Vitagliano all had two hits apiece in the nightcap as SNHU outhit Molloy 10-5.  Josette Cavallaro led the Lions with a pair of hits.  Amanda Barton (Franklin, NH) also picked up her first collegiate victory for the Penmen, scattering five hits while recording five strikeouts in a complete-game effort.

Southern New Hampshire returns to Northeast-10 play Tuesday when it hosts Assumption College in a 3:00 doubleheader.