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Box Score 2 Brochu went 4-for-7 with 3 RBI and one run scored (PHOTO BY: Saylor Murphy '22)
WORCESTER, Massachusetts (April 11, 2021) – The Stonehill College softball team (2-12, 1-9 NE10) was unable to get past Assumption University (8-4, 8-4 NE10) Sunday afternoon at Marois Field with scores of 7-2 and 6-3 in Northeast-10 Conference play.
Game 1: Stonehill 2 – Assumption 7
Standout Performers:
Key Moments:
After threatening with runners on base in the first two innings, Assumption finally put three runs across in the bottom of the third, as they started with an RBI single from McKenzie Richards, followed by a 2-run single from Corin Mahan, 3-0.
The Skyhawks cut the deficit to one, 3-2, in the top of the fifth with Brochu's two-out two-run double to right field, one of Stonehill's four hits in the game. The Greyhounds recorded five of their 12 hits in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings. Allison Ainley's double down the left field line scored Lauren Geremia, 4-2, and then Assumption expanded their lead even more with a run off an error, 5-2, in the bottom of the fifth.
In the bottom of the sixth, Assumption's Alyssa Bialakis doubled to center field bringing home two more runs to break the game open for a five-run advantage, 7-2. Stonehill stranded one final runner on base in the top of the seventh, as Assumption secured the win, 7-2.
Pitcher Records:
Win: Assumption, Mia Nowicki (4-2)
Loss: Stonehill, Molly Adamo (0-3)
Game 2: Stonehill 3 – Assumption 6
Standout Performers:
- Courtney Brochu: 3-for-4, RBI, run
- Michelle Theilgard: 2-for-3, run, walk, double
- Genna Hartman: 2-for-3, RBI, run, sacrifice bunt
- Marissa Dwyer: 2-for-4, RBI
- Gianna Azzato: 2-for-4, RBI
Azzato went 4-for-7 with an RBI and a run in the two games (PHOTO BY: Saylor Murphy '22) |
Key Moments:
Stonehill saw their first lead of the day, 1-0, as Brochu led off with a single and made her way around the bases scoring on Hartman's RBI single to center field. Assumption didn't let the deficit last long as Bialakis singled to left center bringing home the Greyhounds first run of the game, 1-1.
With two outs in the bottom of the second and runners on second and third, Jordan Dwyer sent a fly ball out to left, as Abigail Duggan tagged, 2-1. Following the sacrifice fly McKenzie Richards singled to center field, easily scoring Lauren Geremia from third, 3-1. Stonehill cut the deficit to one, 3-2, on Dwyer's RBI single to center field in the top of the third, as the Skyhawks kept the Greyhounds off base in the bottom of the frame.
Both teams put up a run in the fourth keeping Assumption's lead at one, 4-3. Bialakis doubled for the second time on the day in the bottom of the sixth with runners in scoring position, extending their lead to 6-3. With one last go-around and two outs, Stonehill's Azzato singled to left field, bringing home Hartman for their fourth run of the game, 6-4.
Pitcher Records:
Win: Assumption, Erin Barry (4-1)
Save: Assumption, Catherine Higgins (1)
Loss: Stonehill, Kelly Mayette (2-4)
Up Next:
Stonehill will host Saint Michael's College this week for their four-game Northeast-10 Conference series, with the first doubleheader scheduled for Tuesday, April 13 with a start time of 3:00 p.m. on Fr. Gartland Field.
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