When and Where: April 29, 2023 – Hooksett, N.H. (SNHU Softball Field)
Game 1:  University of New Haven 3, Southern New Hampshire University 2
Game 2:  Southern New Hampshire University 9, University of New Haven 1 (6 inn.)
Records: SNHU 19-21 (12-12 NE10),  New Haven 17-30 (12-12 NE10)
 
Junior Leine McKechnie (Passadumkeag, Maine) delivered when the Penmen needed it most, pitching a complete game three-hitter in a 9-1 win over New Haven Saturday.   New Haven won the opener 3-2.  

TOP PERFORMERS

• McKechnie – 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (also pitched in relief in first game)
• Sophomore Gwyn Hammond (Los Angeles, Calif.) – 6.0 IP – 6 H – 3 ER – 3 BB
• Junior Ari Ferrier (Middleboro, Mass.) – 3-for-6, 2B, R
• Freshman Abby Lineman (Doylestown, Pa.) – 3-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, BB
• Sophomore Jordyn Resetar (Hanover, Pa.) – 2-for-7, HR, 2 RBI
• Sophomore Shannon Gifford (Goffstown, N.H.) – 3-for-8,  2 RBI

KEY MOMENTS -GAME 1

• The Penmen took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
• Junior Bella Dickinson (Scarborough, Maine) singled, advancing to third when senior Bryn Garczynski (Norwood, Mass.) reached on an error.  Sophomore Alyssa DiMauro (Chester, N.H.) drove in the run with a ground out.
• New Haven took a 2-1 lead in the top of the second when Selena Aponte homered after a single by Ashley Veillette.
• Aponte also drove in a run with a single in the fourth inning to make it 3-1.
• Dickinson drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Penmen could not get closer than 3-2.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE – GAME 1          
 

• Aponte pitched a complete game for the Chargers, allowing six hits and one earned run.  She walked four and struck out three.
• Hammond went the first six innings in the circle for SNHU, falling to 6-8.

KEY MOMENTS -GAME 2

• McKechnie walked the first two batters in the game, but did not give up a hit until the fourth inning. 
• The Penmen scored three in the first inning on an RBI single by DiMauro, a single by Gifford, and another run scored on an error on a single by Resetar.
• DiMauro reached on an error in the second inning, allowing senior Abi Gray (Litchfield, N.H.), who had walked, to score to make it 4-1.
• Resetar and Lineman homered in the sixth to extend the lead to 7-1.
• The Penmen earned the walk-off in the sixth with a pair of runs.  Gifford delivered the game clincher with her second single of the contest.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE – GAME 2
 

• McKechnie improved to 9-10, allowing three hits and one run.  She walked two and struck out two.
• Resetar's home run was the first of her career.
• Lineman's two-run shot give her three homers on the season.

 
NOTES 

• The Penmen, at 12-12, finish in a tie for seventh place in the Northeast 10 with Le Moyne and New Haven. 
• SNHU is 17-33 all-time against New Haven but have won six of the last 8.
• The Penmen went 7-3 over the final ten games of the season.  Each of the losses was by one run.
• Southern New Hampshire hit two homers in a game for the third time this season.
• The Penmen did not commit an error in the doubleheader.
• An SNHU appearance in the Northeast-10 Championship would be a 12th straight for the program

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen, the eighth-seed, will visit #5 Pace University in the NE10 Championship Tuesday (5/2) at 2:00 p.m.

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