GAME 1
BOX SCORE GAME 2
BOX SCORE
LOWELL, Mass.
– Host UMass Lowell swept a Northeast-10 softball
doubleheader from Southern New Hampshire University by scores of
11-7 and 8-2 Wednesday afternoon at River View Field. The
River Hawks improve to 12-14 and 5-3 in the NE-10, while the Penmen
are 7-11 and 4-4 in the league.
In the opener, Southern New
Hampshire would belt a total of five home runs.
Cristy Jenkins (Hudson, Mass.) staked the Penmen
to a 2-0 lead in the first with her two-run blast to right.
Down 4-2 in the third, Elena Anderson (Salem,
Wis.) delivered a two-run homer to left that tied the game 4-4.
Trailing 5-4 entering the fourth,
the Penmen would deliver three solo shots. Melissa
Vitagliano (Bedford, N.H.) and Andrea
Clausi (Kingston, N.Y.) led off the inning with
back-to-back blasts, then Kate Stanley (Kingston,
Mass.) drilled a two-out round-tripper to make it 7-5.
The River Hawks, however, would
score six times in the bottom of the fourth to take an 11-7
lead. The key hit was a three-run home run by Alyssa Bryan,
her second homer of the contest.
Stanley and Vitagliano each
collected three hits in the opener as the River Hawks outhit the
Penmen 13-10. Jen Garloff (Lebanon, Pa.) and
Kelsey Griffin (Scarborough, Maine) each worked
three innings in the circle for the Penmen, with Griffin working
the final three innings to take the loss.
In the nightcap, SNHU scored twice
in the first to take a 2-0 lead. Anderson reached on a
one-out single and scored on a wild pitch. Jenkins scored the
other run when she came home on a groundout by Melissa
Pessotti (Burlington, Mass.).
UMass Lowell would score in the
bottom of the first then take the lead for good with two runs in
the second. The River Hawks scored at least one run in five
of their six at-bats in game two. UML outhit Southern New
Hampshire 7-4 in the nightcap.
Griffin worked a complete game for
SNHU, surrendering seven hits and five walks.
Southern New Hampshire returns to
action Saturday when it travels to Le Moyne College for a 3:00
doubleheader.
