When and Where: April 18, 2021, Hooksett, N.H. (SNHU Softball Field)
Game 1 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 10, Saint Michael's College 1 (5 innings)
Game 2 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 9, Saint Michael's College 1 (6 innings)
Records: Saint Michael's 5-11 (5-11 NE10), SNHU 6-6 (6-6 NE10)

(Hooksett, N.H.) - Freshman Shannon Gifford (Goffstown, N.H.) and senior Emily Critch (Halifax, Mass.) hit grand slams on Sunday as SNHU swept Saint Michael's in a doubleheader by scores of 10-1 and 9-1.

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 1

• Senior Olivia Strasser (Rutland, Mass.) went the distance to pick up her first win of the season, and 15th of her career, with a complete-game three-hitter. 
• The Penmen opened a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning, taking advantage of two errors by the Purple Knights.
• A single by Critch and a walk to senior Shay Sauvageau (Griswold, Conn.) started the bottom of the third inning.  Senior Coralie Mathieu (Methuen, Mass.) made it 5-0 with an RBI single, and Sauvageau scored on a wild pitch.
• Saint Michael's scored its run in the top of the fourth inning on an RBI single by Angelica Johns.
• In the final at bat for SNHU, senior Jackie Gavin (East Bridgewater, Mass.) singled, and senior Chloe Griffin (Scarborough, Maine) followed with a single.  Freshman Alyssa Dimauro (Chester, N.H.) reached on an error to load the bases ahead of Gifford's grand slam.

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 2

• Griffin improved her record to 5-1 and finished the weekend with three wins over the Purple Knights.  She allowed one run in 13 innings in the series.
• Griffin started the game with a base hit, scoring on a double by Gifford. 
• Critch, who entered the game with one RBI, had five in this contest, including a groundout to score Gifford to make it 2-0.
• Mathieu had an RBI single in the bottom of the second inning.
• Saint Michael's cut the lead to 3-1 in the top of the sixth inning when Grace Trautman homered.
• SNHU finished the game in the bottom of the sixth inning with an RBI single by Griffin, an RBI single by Dimauro, and the grand slam by Critch.

NOTES

• The offense came alive this weekend for Southern New Hampshire with the team hitting .417 for the series (43-for-103) and outscoring the Purple Knights 33-7.
• The Penmen have won the last ten meetings with Saint Michael's College.
• Gifford's home run was her second of the season.  Critch has the other two home runs for the Penmen in 2021.
• SNHU Head Softball Coach Deb Robitaille recognized those are playing a final season with the Penmen, including grad student Corinne Coults (Beverly, Mass.), Mathieu, Sauvageau, Critch, Gavin, and Strasser.

UP NEXT

• SNHU will make up a doubleheader with Assumption University on Tuesday at the SNHU Softball Field.  The action starts at 4:00 p.m.

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