GAME 1 BOX SCORE     GAME 2 BOX SCORE

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Southern New Hampshire University softball team swept a doubleheader from Stonehill College by scores of 4-1 and 5-2 Saturday afternoon.  The Penmen improved to 6-8 overall and 3-1 in the NE-10, while the Skyhawks are now 6-8-1 overall and 1-3 in the league.

In the opener, SNHU would get on the board in the bottom of the fourth when Kelsea Cheney (Abington, Mass.) worked a leadoff walk and scored on a double down the right field line by Kelsey Griffin (Scarborough, Maine).  The Penmen would then plate three runs in the fifth.  Cristy Jenkins (Hudson, Mass.) reached on a one-out double and scored on a single by Cheney.  The next batter, Melissa Vitagliano (Bedford, N.H.), belted a two-run home run to make it 4-0.

Stonehill would get a run in the seventh when Nicole Eisenmann worked a leadoff walk and pinch runner Casey Remick would score on a single by Kellie Reardon.  The game would end when Sarah Stumper tried to score on the same single, only to be gunned down at the plate by SNHU center fielder Kate Stanley (Kingston, Mass.).

Griffin earned the win for the Penmen, working 6.1 innings and allowing just two hits while fanning five without a walk.  She also had two hits along with Cheney as the Penmen outhit the Skyhawks 9-2.  Samantha Krantz took the loss for Stonehill, surrendering seven hits and four runs in her 4.2 innings of work.

In the nightcap, Stonehill would take a 1-0 lead in the first when Courtney Marchand worked a two-out walk and scored on a double by Eisenmann.  Katy Abarr would make it 2-0 in the top of the second when she singled to lead off the frame and scored on a double by Stumper.

The Penmen would score four times in the bottom of the second to take a 4-2 lead.  SNHU collected four hits in the frame, including RBI doubles by Elena Anderson (Salem, Wis.) and Melissa Pessotti (Burlington, Mass.), but also took advantage of a pair of Skyhawk errors and a hit by pitch.

SNHU would score its fifth run in the fourth when Jenkins singled down the left field line with one out and came home on a double by Cheney.

Griffin earned her second win of the afternoon, surrendering just four hits in a complete-game effort while striking out two.  Pessotti led Southern New Hampshire with a pair of hits as the hosts outhit Stonehill 8-4.  Eisenmann had two hits for the Skyhawks.  Kait Mendall took the loss for Stonehill, allowing six hits and four runs (one earned) in her 2.2 innings of work.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Tuesday afternoon when it hosts Bentley in a 3:00 doubleheader at Penmen Field.