GAME 1
BOX SCORE GAME 2
BOX SCORE
WATERBURY, Conn.
– The Southern New Hampshire University softball
team swept Post University, needing eight innings to down the
Eagles 4-2 in the opener before completing the sweep with a 8-5 win
in the nightcap. SNHU is now 3-3, while Post is 3-13 overall.
Jessica Douillette
(Concord, N.H.) delivered the game-winning hit in the top of the
eighth of game one, a two-run single to center that plated
Kate Stanley (Kingston, Mass.) and Melissa
Vitagliano (Bedford, N.H.). Stanley had reached on a
one-out single, while Vitagliano reached on an error by the Eagle
left fielder.
Post took a 2-0 lead in the bottom
of the second, but the Penmen would get a run back in the fourth
when Kelsea Cheney (Abington, Mass.) led off the
frame with a single and scored when Vitagliano reached on an
error. Southern New Hampshire would tie the game in the top
of the sixth when Elena Anderson (Salem, Wisc.)
delivered a two-out double and scored on a single by Vitagliano.
Stanley, Douillette and Vitagliano
had two hits apiece as the Penmen outhit the Eagles 9-4.
Kelsey Griffin (Scarborough, Maine) went the
distance in the circle for the Penmen, allowing only four hits and
no earned runs while fanning four.
In the nightcap, the Penmen plated
six runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 8-3 lead.
Southern New Hampshire took advantage of three Post errors and
received a three-run home run off the bat of Nikki
Newell (Abington, Mass.).
Post took a 2-0 lead in the bottom
of the first, but the guests would tie the game in the second when
Newell delivered a two-run single to score Anderson and
Vitagliano. The Eagles reclaimed the lead in the bottom half
of the fourth on a Sam Canning home run.
Newell finished 2-3 at the plate
with five runs driven in, while Doillette and Cristy Jenkins
(Hudson, Mass.) also finished with two hits apiece.
Jen Garloff (Lebanon, Pa.) earned the win for
Southern New Hampshire, working six innings and scattering five
hits while fanning five. Amanda Barton (Franklin, N.H.)
worked a 1-2-3 seventh to pick up the save.
Southern New Hampshire returns to
action Friday when it travels to the University of Bridgeport for a
3:00 twinbill.
