Box Score When and Where: May 6, 2022 – Garden City, N.Y. (Janet L. Ficke Field)
Score: #1 Adelphi University 1, #4 Southern New Hampshire University 0
Records: SNHU 23-20-1, Adelphi 40-11
(Garden City N.Y.) - The fourth-seeded SNHU softball team advanced to the Northeast-10 Championship semifinals, but saw its run end with a 2-0 loss to top-seed Adelphi University on Friday morning in Garden City, N.Y.
TOP PERFORMERS
- McKechnie - complete game - 6 IP- 7 hits - 2 ER - 2 BB - 3 K
- Sophomore Alyssa DiMauro (Chester, N.H.) - only Penmen hit
- Adelphi starter Lindsey Hobbs - 7 IP - 1 hit - 2 BB - 13 K
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sophomore Shannon Gifford (Goffstown, N.H.) reached with a one-out walk in the top of the first inning.
- Adelphi's Faith Camilleri homered to left center leading off the second inning to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead.
- DiMauro singled with one out in the top of the fourth inning, but the Penmen failed to cash in on the opportunity.
- Adelphi added an insurance run in the fifth inning. Pinch-hitter Lauren O'Neill walked, advanced on a passed ball, and scored on a single by Alexa Sacripante.
- Junior Abi Gray (Litchfield, N.H.) drew a walk to lead off the sixth inning, SNHU's only other base-runner.
NOTES
- Adelphi was ranked 22nd nationally in the latest poll. The Panthers won all three games with SNHU this season, and lead the all-time series 16-6.
- SNHU finished fourth in the NE10, receiving a first-round tournament bye. The Penmen advanced with a 1-0 win over Southern Connecticut State on Friday.
- Sophomore Bella Dickinson (Scarborough, Maine) hit .314 for the Penmen with six homers and 27 RBI.
- Senior Emily Carbonneau (Lowell, Mass.) hit seven homers and drove in 32 runs.
UP NEXT
- Adelphi advances to a fifth straight Northeast-10 Championship to play second-seed Saint Anselm. The Hawks edged Assumption 5-4 in the other semifinal Friday morning.
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