GAME 1
BOX SCORE GAME 2
BOX SCORE
ALBANY, N.Y.
– Southern New Hampshire University and The College
of Saint Rose halved a Northeast-10 softball doubleheader Sunday
afternoon. The Penmen won game one by a 7-1 count, while the
Golden Knights came back to blank SNHU 3-0 in the nightcap.
SNHU is 8-14 overall and 5-7 in the NE-10, while Saint Rose is 4-18
and 2-10 in the league.
Kate Stanley
(Kingston, Mass.) led off the opener with a home run for SNHU, her
fifth of the season. The Penmen would get one other run in
the first when Andrea Clausi (Kingston, N.Y.)
worked a bases-loaded walk to score Cristy Jenkins
(Hudson, Mass.).
Saint Rose would plate its lone run
in the second when a double by Lauren Ruggerio brought home Katie
Ives. The Penmen reclaimed a two-run lead in the third when
Melissa Pessotti (Burlington, Mass.) reached on an
error to lead off the frame and scored on a double down the left
field line by Melissa Vitagliano (Bedford,
N.H.).
The Penmen would tack on four runs
in the sixth, as they collected three hits and also took advantage
of a Saint Rose error. Stanley, Pessotti and Elena Anderson (Salem, Wis.) each had RBI singles, while Jenkins
brought home a run on a sacrifice fly to right.
Stanley and Anderson finished with
three hits apiece as the Penmen outhit the Golden Knights 9-6.
Jen Garloff (Lebanon, Pa.) went the distance
in the circle for Southern New Hampshire, scattering six hits and
fanning three for the win.
In game two, Saint Rose staked
itself to a 1-0 lead in the first when Ashley Anderson hit a solo
home run. The Golden Knights would tack on two more runs in
the sixth. The Penmen would bring the tying run to the plate
with one out in the seventh following back-to-back singles by
Jenkins and Pessotti, but the guests could not get on the
board.
Jenkins had two of three SNHU hits
in the nightcap as the freshman kept her team-high batting average
at .370. Kelsey Griffin (Scarborough, Maine)
took the loss for SNHU, surrendering eight hits while fanning
seven.
Southern New Hampshire returns to
action Tuesday afternoon when it hosts Saint Anselm College in a
3:00 doubleheader.
