GAME ONE BOX SCORE
GAME TWO BOX SCORE 

When and Where: March 14, 2017 – Clermont, Fla. (Legacy Way)
Scores: Game One: No. 25 Southern New Hampshire University 2, Dominican (N.Y.) College 1 | Game Two: No. 25 Southern New Hampshire University 5, Dominican (N.Y.) 4 (8 innings)
Records: SNHU 10-4, Dominican 3-4

Junior Sarah Lavallee (Candia, N.H.) drove in what proved to be the game-winning run in Tuesday's opener with a solo shot, and sophomore Erin Garczynski (Norwood, Mass.) blasted a grand slam in game two, as No. 25 Southern New Hampshire University swept Dominican (N.Y.) College in a non-conference softball doubleheader in Clermont, Florida. The Penmen edged the Chargers in game one, 2-1, before taking Tuesday's eight-inning finale by a score of 5-4.

Garczynski turned in a 4-for-7 performance at the plate in the twin-bill with a home run, five RBI, and a run scored. Lavallee was 2-for-3 in the opener with a homer, two runs scored, a stolen base, and an RBI.

Freshman Gabriella Vachon (Newton, Mass.) upped her record to 3-0 in the circle with a complete-game effort in game one. Vachon struck out a career-high 10 batters, surrendered just one run, and scattered seven hits in seven innings of work.

After Vachon held Dominican hitless through the first two frames, Southern New Hampshire pushed across the game's first run in the bottom of the second. Lavallee led off the inning with a base hit, and after advancing to second with a walk to senior Devan Rabidou (Ashland, Mass.), she swiped third with two away. Senior Erin Morrissey (Commack, N.Y.) stepped in next and delivered a run-scoring single to right that drove in Lavallee and gave the Penmen a 1-0 lead.

The score remained unchanged until the home half of the fourth when Lavallee drilled a 1-1 pitch up and out of the yard to extend the SNHU advantage to a pair.

The remainder of the contest belonged to Vachon and the Penmen defense, as they kept the lead intact for the final three innings. Emily Luzetsky led off the top of the fifth with an infield single before Vachon fanned the ensuing hitter. Taylor Daniels followed with a base hit to center and when Luzetsky attempted to advance to third, Southern New Hampshire executed a perfect relay to cut down the runner at third. Vachon extinguished the threat by punching out the final batter of the inning to keep the Chargers off the board.

Dominican scratched across its lone run of the ballgame in the sixth on a two-out double by Samantha Fitzgerald. After a leadoff single by Alexandria Ledgerwood, Taylor Gilligan connected on a double to put two runners in scoring position with nobody out. Southern New Hampshire thwarted the Chargers' attempt to steal home to record the inning's first out before Vachon struck out the following hitter. Fitzgerald doubled home Gilligan to trim the Penmen lead in half, but Vachon prevented the tying run from coming in with her eighth strikeout of the day.

Game two saw the Penmen once again score first, as hung four runs on the Chargers with two out in the top of the third inning. Rabidou started the rally with a double before junior Brittany Perdigao (Stoughton, Mass.) dropped a bunt single to put runners on the corners. Junior Katie Horiuchi (Livingston, N.J.) worked a walk to load the bases for Garczynski, and she crushed a 2-1 offering out of the Legacy Way field to make it 4-0.

The lead would not last for long, however, as Dominican plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the third before it added single runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to draw even. Jillian Regan drove in a pair of unearned runs with a two-out single in the third, and Fitzgerald knocked in Gilligan with one out in the fourth. The Chargers complete the comeback in fifth when Daniels singled home Elontay Collins to make it four-all.

After neither side was able to generate any offense during the final two innings of play, Garczynski came up clutch again for Southern New Hampshire in extras. The inning began with Perdigao being placed on second by virtue of the international tiebreaker. After Horiuchi moved her to third with a sacrifice bunt, Garczynski drove in her fifth of the game with a base hit to provide the Penmen with what proved to be the game-winning run.

Freshman Maddy Barone (Halifax, Mass.) earned the win in the circle for Southern New Hampshire after providing 4.2 innings of relief. Barone struck out three and allowed one run on four hits after entering for senior Nicole Gubellini (Salem, N.H.), who fanned five and surrendered just one earned run in 3.1 innings of work.

Notes:
- The Penmen were outhit, 14-11, in Friday's doubleheader, and also committed three errors while the Chargers played flawless defense.
- Southern New Hampshire is unbeaten in three extra-inning games thus far in 2017. SNHU is 9-3 in its last 12 extra-inning affairs dating back to the start of the 2015 season and has won 14 of its last 20.
- Garczynski is riding a seven-game hitting streak that has raised her batting average from .273 to .391. She is hitting .500 (12-for-24) during that stretch and has four extra-base hits, 11 RBI, and four runs scored. Garczynski currently leads the Penmen in hits (18), home runs (3), RBI (18), on-base percentage (.388), slugging percentage (.630), and batting average.

What's Next:
Southern New Hampshire wraps up its Florida swing Wednesday (March 15) when it heads to Rollins College for a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

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