Freshman Nicole Eisenmann posted four hits on the afternoon, including a walkoff RBI double in the 11th inning to lift Stonehill to victory in game one. She also picked up the relief win in the circle.

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Eisenmann smacks walk-off RBI double in 11^th to lead Skyhawks to 5-4 win in game one
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EASTON, Mass. (May 1, 2010) – Stonehill College's postseason fate will come down to the final day of the regular season as it settled for a fourth-straight doubleheader split in Northeast-10 Conference softball action against The College of Saint Rose at Fr. William Gartland Field this afternoon. Stonehill posted a 5-4 victory in 11-innings in game one, before Saint Rose rebounded for an 11-8 triumph in game two.

Freshman Nicole Eisenmann (East Bridgewater, Mass./East Bridgewater) hit a combined 4-for-9 for Stonehill on the afternoon with a double, home run and six RBI. Her walk off RBI double in the bottom of the 11^th gave the Skyhawks the game one win. She also pitched a combined five innings of relief on the afternoon, allowing just an unearned run on three hits with two walks and a strikeout, picking up the game one win.

Sophomore Sarah Stumper (Saint James, N.Y./Smithtown East) was a combined 4-for-5 for the Skyhawks, while classmate Chelsea Stryker (Baldwin, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) batted 4-for-10 with two runs scored and two RBI.

Senior Ashley Anderson (Portland, Maine/Portland) led Saint Rose by hitting a combined 7-for-11 with three runs scored, a double, three home runs (including a pair of grand slams) and nine RBI on the afternoon. Junior Katie Ives (Gansevoort, N.Y./Schuylerville) was 5-for-9 with an RBI and two runs scored.

Stonehill 5, Saint Rose 4 (11 innings) – Game One

Nicole Eisenmann smacked a walk off RBI double with one out in the bottom of the 11^th inning to lift Stonehill to the 5-4 extra-innings victory in game one.

Eisenmann finished 2-for-5 with the double, a home run and four RBI in the contest. She also picked up the win (1-0) in relief, allowing just an unearned run on a hit and a walk over 3.1 innings in the circle. Sophomore Kaitlin Andrews (Hudson, Mass./Hudson) started in the circle for the Skyhawks and allowed three runs, two earned, on seven hits with two strikeouts and no walks over 5.1 innings. Classmate Samantha Krantz (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays) added 2.1 scoreless innings of relief, scattering four hits and two walks.

Chelsea Stryker had two hits and a run scored in game one.

Chelsea Stryker was 2-for-5 with a run scored for Stonehill, while freshman Courtney Marchand (Danville, N.H./Timberlane) hit 1-for-5 with two runs scored.

Ashley Anderson paced Saint Rose's 12-hit attack by going 3-for-6 with a double, while Katie Ives hit 2-for-5 with a run scored. Sophomore Courtney Galuski (Cohoes, N.Y./Cohoes) batted 3-for-5 with a double, RBI and run scored.

Sophomore Sarah Arbogast (Newark, N.Y./Newark) took the loss (5-10), surrendering just two unearned runs on three hits with two strikeouts and no walks in 3.1 innings of relief. Junior Nicole Traylor (Syracuse, N.Y./Henninger) started in the circle for the Golden Knights and yielded three earned runs on six hits with five strikeouts and no walks in seven-plus innings.

Traylor was perfect through the first three, before Stonehill broke things up with back-to-back bunt singles to lead off the fourth by Stryker and Marchand. The two were sacrificed to second and third before Eisenmann brought them home with a three-run home run to right center.

Saint Rose got two of those runs right back in the top of the fifth as Galuski doubled with one out and scored on a single to center from junior Meg Rios (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston). Rios later scored on the front end of a double-steal with sophomore Kayla Kuilema (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie). The Golden Knights knotted the score in the sixth when Ives singled and later scored on a pinch-hit single through the right side by junior Nikki Woodard (Clintonville, Pa./Franklin Area).

Neither team could push across a run until the tenth as both were able to push across the placed runners after the international tiebreaker was instituted. Galuski put Saint Rose in front in the tenth with an RBI single through the left side with two out. Freshman Kaitlin Miller (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy) kept Stonehill alive in the home half of the tenth with a two-out RBI single to left.

Saint Rose was unable to get Rios in from second in the 11^th and Eisenmann delivered the decisive RBI double with one out in the bottom of the frame.

Saint Rose 11, Stonehill 8

Ashley Anderson powered Saint Rose to the 11-8 win in game two with three home runs, including a pair of grand slams, as the Golden Knights held off a seventh-inning Stonehill rally in the end to collect the split.

Anderson finished 4-for-5 with the three homers and nine RBI for Saint Rose, while Katie Ives hit 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored. Nikki Woodard batted 2-for-4 with a run scored, while Nicole Traylor went 2-for-4.

Arbogast picked up the win in game two (6-10), allowing eight earned runs on 13 hits with five strikeouts and three walks over 6.2 innings. Traylor picked up her second save of the year with a strikeout to end the game.

Sarah Stumper had three hits in game two for the Skyhawks.

Nicole Eisenmann was 2-for-4 with two RBI to lead Stonehill. Sarah Stumper was 3-for-4, while junior Katy Abarr (Richmond, R.I./The Prout School) hit 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs scored. Chelsea Stryker batted 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored, while senior Kristen Clark (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) finished 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Sophomore Kellie Reardon (Burlington, Mass./Arlington Catholic) took the loss (2-4), allowing seven runs, four earned, on seven hits over 3.2 innings. Eisenmann added 1.2 scoreless innings of relief, allowing two hits and a walk with one strikeout.

Stonehill struck first with a pair in the bottom of the first. Stryker led off with a bunt single and later scored on a one-out single up the middle from Abarr. Eisenmann drove in Abarr with a single to right.

Saint Rose took the lead for good with a six-run third fueled by Anderson's first grand slam of the contest. Ives added an RBI single and senior Lauren Ruggerio (New Windsor, N.Y./Cornwall) drove in a run on a ground out as the Golden Knights sent ten batters to the plate in the frame. Stonehill got a run back in the bottom of the third after back-to-back walks to lead off the inning and freshman Casey Remick (Norton, Mass./Norton) drove the run in on a ground out. The Golden Knights regained its four-run lead in the fourth on Anderson's solo homer with two out that chased Reardon.

Saint Rose appeared to break the game open in the seventh with Anderson's second grand slam of the game (seventh homer of the year). The blast would prove valuable as the teams combined to score nine runs in the final inning with Stonehill mounting one last run at the victory, getting the tying run to the plate before Traylor closed the game out by fanning the only batter she faced.

Abarr led off the seventh with a double and scored on a single up the middle from Eisenmann. The Skyhawks loaded the bases with one out, with junior Ashley Langlois (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) getting a run home when she reached on a fielder's choice to make it 11-5 with two out. Kaitlin Miller posted an RBI double to left center and Stryker drew Stonehill within 11-8 with a two-run single to right center. She moved to second on a wild pitch and Courtney Marchand walked to bring Abarr up again, representing the tying run, but Traylor came in to strikeout the Skyhawks' home run co-leader (4) looking to end the game.

Stonehill (20-16-1, 15-11 NE-10) rounds out the regular season tomorrow at Fr. Gartland Field with a key Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader against preseason NE-10 favorites Le Moyne College starting at 1 p.m. The Skyhawks may need to win both to ensure a spot in next week's NE-10 Tournament with the third through ninth place teams separated by just three games entering the final day of the season tomorrow. Stonehill would move up to third place with two wins over Le Moyne tomorrow, but could still finish out of the running with two losses based on the results of the other games. Saint Rose (11-27, 9-19 NE-10) closes out the season tomorrow at Bentley University at noon.