When and Where: March 7, 2020 – Winter Haven, Fla.
Game 1 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 5, Wayne State (Mich.) 1
Game 2 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 4, University of Bridgeport 2
Records: SNHU 3-1, Wayne State 4-2, Bridgeport 2-4

SNHU had a successful Saturday in Florida with a pair of wins. The Penmen won 5-1 over Wayne State (Mich.) in the morning, and then defeated the University of Bridgeport 4-2 in the afternoon.

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 1

• Senior Maddy Barone (Halifax, Mass.) went the distance in this one, allowing only one run on seven hits.  She walked one and struck out four Wayne State batters.
• Junior Shay Sauvageau (Griswold, Conn.) drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly, and added a two-run homer in the fifth inning.
• Sophomore Emily Carbonneau (Lowell, Mass.) also knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly in the first as the Penmen built a 3-0 lead over the Warriors.

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 2

• Carbonneau knocked in three of the four runs for the Penmen in the win over Bridgeport.
• Carbonneau had an RBI single in the first inning to score Sauvageau, who had singled and advanced on a fielders choice.
• Barone added a sacrifice fly in the third inning for a 2-0 lead.
• The Purple Knights would come back to tie the game in the top of the fifth inning, with Barone relieving starting pitcher, junior Olivia Strasser (Rutland, Mass.).
• Strasser worked 4.1 innings, allowing four hits and two runs.  Only one of the runs was earned.  She walked two and struck out five.
• Barone (3-0) would finish the game on the mound, earning the win when Carbonneau doubled home two runs in the bottom of the fifth.

NOTES

• SNHU is now 3-1 on the Florida trip.   They will play doubleheaders six of the next eight days through next Sunday, March 15.
• Sauvageau's home run was the first by the Penmen this season.  She finished Saturday 4-for-7 with the home run and two doubles, driving in three runs.
• Carbonneau drove in four runs on Saturday.  

UP NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Sunday, March 8.  SNHU will take on Minnesota-Duluth at 10:00 a.m. and follow that with contest against Ashland (Ohio) in Winter Haven, Fla.

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