Box Score 1 |
Box Score 2 When and Where: March 31, 2025 - Worcester, Mass. (Normand R. Marois '57 Field)
Game 1: Southern New Hampshire University 5, Assumption University 0
Game 2: Assumption University 2, Southern New Hampshire University 1
Records: SNHU 14-8 (1-1 NE10), Assumption 8-16 (1-1 NE10)
Senior
Mackenzie Bruggeman (Trumbull, Conn.) collected four hits and drove in a team-high three runs as Southern New Hampshire University softball opened the Northeast-10 Conference with a doubleheader split Monday afternoon at Assumption University. Senior
Amelia Freitas (Plymouth, Mass.) tossed a shutout in a 5-0 win in the first game and the Greyhounds took the night cap 2-1.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Bruggeman - 4-for-7, 2B, 3 RBI
- Senior Jordyn Resetar (Hanover, Pa.) - 2-for-7, R, 2B
- Freshman Alyssa Abbott (Hudson, N.H.) - 2-for-5, RBI, HBP
- Freitas - Win Game 1 - 7.0 IP - 3 H - 0 ER - 0 BB - 4 K
- Sophomore Julianna Colbert (Burrillville, R.I.) - Loss Game 2 - 6.1 IP - 5 H - 2 ER - 2 BB - 4 K
GAME 1: SNHU 5, Assumption 0
- The Penmen, playing for the first time in nine days after wet weather and conditions forced schedule changes, took a 1-0 lead in the first.
- Junior Peyton Feldman (Foxboro, Mass.) walked and Bruggeman doubled her home.
- In the third, Resetar doubled, Feldman singled and Bruggemen delivered a two-run single to make it 3-0.
- The Penmen scored a pair of runs in the fifth with an RBI single by sophomore Charlotte Donovan (Biddeford, Maine) and a double by junior Abby Lineman (Doylestown, Pa.).
- Freitas allowed only three hits.
GAME 2: Assumption 2, SNHU 1
- The Penmen rallied with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to tie the game, only to fall in the bottom of the inning.
- Assumption took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Molly Green.
- In the seventh, sophomore Grace Jenkins (Groton, Conn.) doubled to left field, and then scored on a single by Abbott to make it 1-1.
- A walk, a sacrifice bunt, and a triple won it for the Greyhounds. Pinch-hitter Grace Heim delivered the game-winning hit.
NOTES
- Freitas improves to 4-0 over her last five starts, pitching her third shutout of the season.
- Bruggeman's 29 hits and .372 average are tops on the team.
- SNHU's team batting average at .309 is second among NE10 teams - Southern Connecticut is first at .316.
- Assumption had won six games in a row before the SNHU win in the opener.
- The Greyhounds lead the all-time series 46-38 and have won three of the last four games.
- The teams have also scheduled a non-conference doubleheader at the SNHU Softball Field on April 22 (3 p.m.)
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen will make-up a doubleheader on Wednesday (April 2) at 2:30 p.m. at Bentley University
- The first home games of the season are scheduled for Friday (April 4) at 3:00 p.m. against Saint Michael's College.
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