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Abby Lineman Waits her turn at bat for softball
Jim Stankiewicz
13
Winner New Hampshire SNH 2-5
2
Minnesota Crookston UMCSB 3-15
Winner
New Hampshire SNH
2-5
13
Final
2
Minnesota Crookston UMCSB
3-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
New Hampshire SNH 2 0 0 6 5 13 14 1
Minnesota Crookston UMCSB 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 2

W: McKechnie, Leine (2-2) L: Stuck, Evie (1-4)

3
Bemidji St. BSU 6-8
11
Winner Southern N.H. SNHU 3-5
Bemidji St. BSU
6-8
3
Final
11
Southern N.H. SNHU
3-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Bemidji St. BSU 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 1
Southern N.H. SNHU 4 2 0 1 1 3 11 11 0

W: Freitas, Amelia (1-3) L: D. Sarff (1-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Lineman Hits Grand Slams In Consecutive Innings, Penmen Win Pair

Sophomore Has 3 HR, 11 RBI day - Bruggeman Adds Pair of Homers

When and Where: March 6, 2024  - Jan Phyl Village, Fla. (The Spring Games)
Game 1:  Southern New Hampshire University 13, University of Minnesota Crookston 2 (5 inn.)
Game 2:  Southern New Hampshire University 11, Bemidji State University 3 (6 inn.)
Records: SNHU 3-5, Minnesota Crookston 3-15, Bemidji State 6-9

Sophomore Abby Lineman (Doylestown, Pa.) hit two grand slams, driving in nine runs, as SNHU softball handled Minnesota Crookston 13-2 Wednesday.  Junior Mackenzie Bruggeman (Trumbull, Conn.) hit a pair of homers in the nightcap as the Penmen topped Bemidji State 11-3.

TOP PERFORMERS
  • Lineman – 4-for-6, 4 R, 3 HR, 11 RBI, BB, HP
  • Bruggeman – 4-for-8, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI
  • Senior Shannon Gifford (Goffstown, N.H.) – 4-for-7, R, 2 RBI
  • Sophomore Peyton Feldman (Foxboro, Mass.) – 4-for-7, 4 R, 2 RBI, BB
  • Senior Bella Dickinson (Scarborough, Maine) – 3-for-8, 4 R, 2B
  • Junior Ari Ferrier (Middleboro, Mass.) – 3-for-5, 2 R, 3 2B 2 RBI, 2 BB
  • Senior Leine McKechnie (Passadumkeag, Maine) – Win Game 1 – 3 IP – 1 ER, 3 K
  • Junior Ameila Freitas (Plymouth, Mass.) – Win Game 2- 6.0 IP – 7 H – 3 ER – 2 K

GAME 1:  SNHU 13-2 (5 inn.)
  • SNHU put two runs on the board in the top of the first inning.  Lineman knocked in a run with a fielder's choice and Gifford had a sacrifice fly.
  • A six-run top of the fourth included a grand slam by Lineman to make it 8-0.
  • Lineman hit another grand slam in the top of the fifth inning for a 13-2 lead.
NOTES:
  • The Penmen improve to 2-0 against Minnesota Crookston. The teams had previously met in Orlando in March of 2002.
  • McKechnie improves to 2-2 on the season with a 3.11 ERA. 
  • The Penmen recorded a season-high with 13 runs and 14 hits.
GAME 2: SNHU 11-3 (6 inn.)
  • The Penmen gave up a pair of runs in the top of the first inning against Bemidji State but responded with four in the bottom of the first.
  • A two-run double by Ferrier gave SNHU a 4-2 lead.
  • Lineman homered to center field in the bottom of the fourth to make it 7-2.
  • Bruggeman led off the bottom of the fifth with a solo homer, and her three-run shot completed the run-rule win in the last of the sixth inning.
NOTES:
  • This was the first meeting between SNHU and Bemidji State.
  • Freitas earned his first win in a Penmen uniform, tossing a complete game in the nightcap.
  • Lineman leads the Northeast-10 with four homers and 13 RBI.
     
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen will take Thursday off. 
  • The Friday schedule finds SNHU back in Winter Haven to play Edinboro University at 9:00 a.m. and St. Thomas Aquinas College at 11:15 a.m.
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