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Head Coach Deb Robitaille of softball watches the action from the third base coaching box
Jim Stankiewicz
3
Winner Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 11-6
1
Pace PACE 11-6
Winner
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN
11-6
3
Final
1
Pace PACE
11-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 2
Pace PACE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1

W: Colbert, Julianna (6-2) L: Alyssa Smart (3-3)

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Winner Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 12-6
0
Pace PACE 11-7
Winner
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN
12-6
12
Final
0
Pace PACE
11-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 0 0 0 3 9 12 10 0
Pace PACE 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1

L: Priscilla Del Toro (4-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Head Coach Deb Robitaille Earns 500th Career Win as Softball Sweeps Pace

Lineman Goes 5-for-7 with home run, five RBIs in 3-1 and 12-0 wins

When and Where: March 28, 2026 — Pace Softball Field, Pleasantville, N.Y.
Game 1: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Pace University 1
Game 2: Southern New Hampshire University 12, Pace University 0 (5 innings)
Records: SNHU 12-6 (5-1 Northeast 10), Pace 11-7 (4-2 Northeast 10)

Southern New Hampshire University softball opened its weekend series with a Northeast 10 doubleheader sweep at Pace University on Saturday afternoon, highlighted by Head Coach Deb Robitaille's 500th career victory and the snapping of the Setters' 24-game conference regular-season winning streak.

The Penmen rallied with three runs in the seventh inning to win the opener before erupting for nine runs in the fifth inning of Game 2 to complete the sweep.

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
  • SNHU scored three times in the top of the seventh inning to rally for a 3-1 victory in the opener.
  • Senior Abby Lineman (Doylestown, Pa.) delivered the tying RBI single before sophomore Julia Parise (East Meadow, N.Y.) and sophomore Alyssa Abbott (Hudson, N.H.) each drove in runs to give the Penmen the lead.
  • Junior Julianna Colbert (Burrillville, R.I.) was outstanding in the circle, allowing just two hits and one unearned run while striking out eight in a complete-game effort.
  • The victory marked Robitaille's 500th career win and ended Pace's conference regular-season winning streak, which dated back to a 2-1 loss at SNHU on April 27, 2024 — a game also won by Colbert.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Penmen completed the sweep in dominant fashion with a 12-0, five-inning victory in Game 2.
  • SNHU broke through with three runs in the fourth inning on a three-run home run by Lineman before putting the game away with a nine-run fifth inning.
  • Lineman finished with three hits and four RBIs, while junior Charlotte Donovan (Biddeford, Maine) drove in three runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the fifth inning.
  • Junior Mikaya Alto (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Parise each added an RBI as part of a balanced offensive effort.
  • Donovan earned the win in the circle, tossing a five-inning shutout while striking out five.
NOTES
  • The Penmen have won eight of their last 10 games overall.
  • SNHU snapped Pace's 24-game Northeast 10 regular-season winning streak.  The Penmen lead the all-time series 25-21.
  • Robitaille's 500th career wins comes in her 21st season as head coach and she boasts a .587 all-time winning percentage (501-353-1).  
  • Colbert improved to 6-2 on the season with her complete-game effort in Game 1 and her ERA drops to 2.15.  
  • Donovan now has three shutouts this season, including two in conference play after recording one last weekend at Southern Connecticut State.
  • Lineman has hit all three of SNHU's home runs this season - and she now has 16 for her career.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen and Setters will conclude the series with a doubleheader beginning at noon on Sunday.   
  • SNHU will also play a doubleheader at Saint Anselm College on Tuesday (3/31) ahead of the home opener next Friday against Adelphi University.
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