When and Where: April 20, 2021, Hooksett, N.H. (SNHU Softball Field)
Game 1 Score: Assumption 8, SNHU 2
Game 2 Score: SNHU 6, Assumption 3
Records: SNHU 7-7 (7-7 NE10),  Assumption 10-8 (10-8 NE10)

(Hooksett, N.H.) - Senior Chloe Griffin (Scarborough, Maine) tossed a complete game, scored twice, and drove in a run as Southern New Hampshire topped Assumption University 6-3 to earn a split of Tuesday's doubleheader.

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 1

• SNHU opened a 2-0 in the bottom of the first inning when senior Emily Critch (Halifax, Mass.) cracked her third homer of the season after a walk to freshman Alyssa Dimauro (Chester, N.H.) 
• The Penmen were held to just one other hit in the game, a single by Dimauro in the fifth inning.
• Assumption's Mia Nowicki improved to 5-4 with the win, while senior Olivia Strasser (Rutland, Mass.) took the loss.
• The game was 3-2 entering the seventh inning when the Greyhounds erupted for five runs, including a three-run homer by Alyssa Bialakis.

KEY MOMENTS - GAME 2

• Griffin picked up her sixth consecutive winning decision since a loss March 25 to Assumption.
• Griffin allowed eight hits and three runs (two earned) while the defense behind her played tremendous.
• The Penmen opened a 2-0 lead in the first inning.  Griffin singled and stole second, scoring on a base hit by Critch.  A single by senior Jackie Gavin (East Bridgewater, Mass.) moved Critch to third, and senior Shay Sauvageau (Griswold, Conn.) then followed an RBI single.
• Assumption managed to score single runs in the top of the third and fourth innings to tie the game, but both innings ended on spectacular defense plays.  With the bases loaded, freshman Shannon Gifford (Goffstown, N.H.) started an inning-ending 5-2-3 double play after fielding a grounder off the bat of Bialakis.
• Sophomore Bryn Garczynski (Norwood, Mass.) laid out to catch a fly to centerfield to end the Greyhound threat in the fourth with the bases loaded.
• The Penmen reclaimed the lead in the fourth inning.  Sauvageau reached on an error and senior Coralie Mathieu (Methuen, Mass.) doubled her home.  Griffin's sacrifice fly plated Mathieu for a 4-2 lead.
• SNHU's final runs, in the sixth, came with the bases loaded.  Gifford flew out to deep center, but both freshman Bella Dickinson (Scarborough, Maine) and Griffin scored on the play.

NOTES

• Assumption won the season series from the Penmen 3-games-to-1, and the Greyhounds have a 41-33 edge all-time against SNHU.
• With two more hits, Mathieu is hitting .500 on 8-for-16.  Gavin is at .417 after a pair of hits in the second game.

UP NEXT

• SNHU is scheduled to play its final two regular-season home games Thursday at 3:30 p.m. against Stonehill College.  

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(Hooksett, N.H.) - Senior Chloe Griffin (Scarborough, Maine) tossed a complete game, scored twice, and drove in a run as Southern New Hampshire topped Assumption University 6-3 to earn a split of Tuesday's doubleheader.