TOP PERFORMERS

• Feldman – 5-for-7, 3 R, 2B, BB
• McKechnie – 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 4 BB
• Donovan – 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 K, 1 BB (game 1 win)
• Freitas – 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 2 BB (game 2 win)
• Senior Shannon Gifford (Goffstown, N.H.) – 3-for-8, 2 R, 3 RBI
• Senior Bella Dickinson (Scarborough, Maine) – 3-for-8, 2 R
• Junior Mackenzie Bruggeman (Trumbull, Conn.) – 1-for-7, R, 3 RBI, HR

GAME 1:  SNHU 3-2 (9 INN.)

• Gifford put the Penmen on top, 1-0, on an RBI single to right-center in the top of the first inning.
• That run stood up all the way into the bottom of the seventh, when Holy Family forced extra innings with a one-out, run-scoring single.
• SNHU went back in front in the eighth when a two-out error allowed an unearned run to score, but a two-out base knock by Holy Family in the home half brought in a run to tie the game, 2-2.
• The Penmen finally won it in the ninth on a sacrifice fly to center off the bat of senior Alyssa DiMauro (Chester, N.H.), with Donovan nailing down the victory with a 1-2-3 home half.

NOTES:

• McKechnie received a no-decision, but lowered her ERA to 1.98.
• The win for Donovan (1-0) was the first of her career in what is the longest of her five outings.
• Feldman finished 3-for-4 and scored a run.
• Gifford (RBI, run), Dickinson, Donovan and sophomore Abby Lineman (Doylestown, Pa.) were all 1-for-4.
• Lineman and DiMauro had their on-base streaks ended at eight games.

GAME 2: SNHU 9-2

• Gifford again propelled Southern New Hampshire to an early lead with a two-run single to center in the top of the first. SNHU doubled its lead to 4-0 with a pair in the third that included a Lineman sac fly.
• Two more in the sixth, with a sac fly by senior Ari Ferrier (Middleboro, Mass.) bringing in the second run, made it 6-0.
• Holy Family would answer with two in the bottom of the sixth, but a three-run homer to left from Bruggeman in the seventh put the game out of reach.

NOTES:

• Southern New Hampshire has captured eight of its last 10 and seven of its last eight, including three straight.
• SNHU leads the all-time series with Holy Family, 3-1.
• Freitas (3-3) retired 12-in-a-row from the second to the sixth inning, with 1-2-3 frames in the third, fourth and fifth.
• The Penmen racked up 13 hits, with five batters collecting two.
• Feldman (two runs, walk) and junior Jordyn Resetar (Hanover, Pa.) were both 2-for-3.
• Gifford (two RBI, run), Dickinson (two runs) and DiMauro (run) were all 2-for-4.
• Ferrier was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
• Bruggeman (three RBI, run, home run) and Donovan (run) finished 1-for-4.
• Lineman went 0-for-3 with an RBI to see her hit streak snapped at nine games.
• Feldman ran her on-base streak to 10 games.
• The team batting average is at .302 with 120 hits in 398 at-bats. The Penmen have hit 10 home runs with Lineman (4) and Bruggeman (4) leading the way.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen play another doubleheader at East Stroudsburg University on Saturday (March 16) beginning at noon.
• The first scheduled home game at the SNHU Softball Field is against Mercy University on Saturday, March 23 at Noon.