Stonehill Splits NE-10
Opener at Saint Michael's
Purple Knights answer
Skyhawks rally with walkoff win in the seventh
Mendall, Wilcox power Skyhawks to game two victory
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COLCHESTER, Vt. (April 1,
2010) – Stonehill College opened its Northeast-10
Conference schedule with a doubleheader split at Saint
Michael's College in softball action at Doc Jacobs Field this
afternoon. Saint Michael's plated the winning run in the
bottom of the seventh to walk off with a 5-4 victory in game one,
before Stonehill answered with a 4-1 triumph in the nightcap.
Freshman Courtney Marchand
(Raymond, N.H./Timberlane Regional) paced the Stonehill
offense as she hit a combined 5-for-8 with two doubles and two runs
scored. Classmate Nicole Eisenmann (East Bridgewater,
Mass./East Bridgewater) was 4-for-8 with two doubles and
two RBI, while sophomore Lindsay Bock (Amherst,
N.H./Souhegan) was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI on
the afternoon.
Senior Lindsay Bernard
(Scarborough, Maine/Catherine McAuley) led Saint
Michael's by hitting a combined 4-for-5 with a home run,
double, two runs scored and three RBI on the afternoon. Classmate
Katelyn Billings (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint
Albans) batted 3-for-5 with a run scored.
Saint Michael's
5, Stonehill 4 – Game 1
Boxscore
Senior Kelly Egan (Milford,
Mass./Marian) delivered a two-out RBI single with the
bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Saint
Michael's to a 5-4 victory in game one. The run came after
Stonehill knotted the score with two runs in the top of the frame.
Egan finished 2-for-4 with the
game-winning RBI. Bernard batted 2-for-2 with a double, home run
and three RBI, while senior Heather French (Sheldon,
Vt./BFA-Saint Albans) hit 2-for-3 with a stolen base, RBI
and run scored. Billings was 2-for-3 with a run scored.
Freshman Stephanie Frank
(Essex, Vt./Essex) picked up the win (4-3) in the circle
for Saint Michael's, allowing the four earned runs on eight
hits with two strikeouts and two walks in the complete game effort.
She was also 1-for-4 with a stolen base and run scored at the plate
for the Purple Knights.
Eisenmann led Stonehill by batting
3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, and two RBI. Marchand hit 2-for-4
with a double and run scored, while Bock and junior Ashley
Langlois (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) were both 1-for-3
with an RBI.
Sophomore Samantha Krantz
(Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays) took the loss (2-3) for
Stonehill, yielding just the one earned run on four hits with four
strikeouts and two walks in three innings of relief work. Sophomore
Kaitlin Andrews (Hudson, Mass./Hudson) allowed
four earned runs on eight hits with two strikeouts and a walk in
3.2 innings.
Saint Michael's set the table
for Egan in the seventh with a leadoff walk by French before junior
Kelly Rose Losi (Milton, Mass./Milton) put the
pair in scoring position with a one-out double. Krantz got the
second out, before issuing a walk and then Egan stepped to the
plate with the winning single to center.
Stonehill had knotted the score in
the top of the seventh on a two-run single by Eisenmann with two
out. The Skyhawks had another run just prior to the Eisenmann
single thrown out at the plate on a fielder's choice.
Stonehill held a 2-1 lead after
three and a half innings on a second inning home run by Bock and an
RBI single from Langlois in the fourth. Saint Michael's
opened a 4-2 lead with three in the bottom of the fourth. French
notched an RBI single before Bernard poked a two-run double.
Stonehill 4, Saint
Michael's 1 – Game 2
Boxscore
Senior Kait Mendall
(Middleboro, Mass./Coyle & Cassidy) didn't allow
an earned run over seven full innings and Marchand and freshman
Kelsey Wilcox (Canterbury, Conn./Griswold) paced
the offense as Stonehill earned a split with a 4-1 win in the
nightcap.
Mendall earned the win in the
circle (3-1), allowing just the one unearned run on six hits with
three strikeouts and a walk over the seven innings for Stonehill.
Marchand hit 3-for-4 with a double
and run scored to pace the offense, while Wilcox batted 1-for-4
with two RBI and a run scored. Junior Katy Abarr (Richmond,
R.I./The Prout School) was 2-for-4 with a stolen base and
RBI, while sophomore Sarah Stumper (St. James,
N.Y./Smithtown East) belted her first home run of the
season in four at bats.
Bernard hit 2-for-3 with a run
scored for Saint Michael's, while Billings finished 1-for-2.
Egan took the loss (2-3) for the
Purple Knights, surrendering four earned runs on seven hits with
three strikeouts and no walks over four innings.
Saint Michael's struck first
by scoring its lone run in the bottom of the first inning. Bernard
singled up the middle and later scored when Losi reached on a
Stonehill error with two out. Stonehill answered right away with
the tying run in the second on Stumper's two-out home run to
left center.
Stonehill took the lead with three
in the third as Wilcox delivered a two-run single through the left
side with one out. She later scored the fourth and final run on a
single down the leftfield line by Abarr.
Stonehill (6-6-1, 1-1 NE-10) is
back in action on Saturday when it visits Southern New Hampshire
University for an NE-10 doubleheader starting at noon. The Skyhawks
open their home schedule on Monday with a makeup doubleheader
against the University of Massachusetts Lowell at Gartland Field
starting at 3 p.m.