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Stonehill Wraps-Up Regular Season With Split Versus Bentley

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Brandemarte is just one of two freshmen to record 100 strikeouts in a season (Photo Courtesy: Steven Conte).

EASTON, Mass. (April 29, 2022)- The Stonehill College wrapped up its regular season with a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader against Bentley University and split against the Falcons Friday afternoon at Father Gartland Field. In game one, the Skyhawks won on a walk-off in 10 innings, and in game two, the purple and white fell 6-0. During both games, Skylar Brandemarte and Kelly Mayette each recorded their 100th career strikeouts. 

Game one: Stonehill 2, Bentley 1

Standout Performances

Key Moments:

  • After a scoreless four and a half innings, the Skyhawks were the ones who struck first in the bottom of the fourth when Brochu sent a single past second that allowed Dawes to score after she led off the inning with a triple to deep right. 
  • For most of the game, Stonehill starter, Skylar Brandemarte kept the Falcons offense at bay as she did not allow a run through the first four innings. During her scoreless stretch, Brandemarte had retired six straight batters in the third and fourth innings which included three of her eight strikeouts. 
  • Bentley ended up tying the contest in the top of the fifth when Katie Welch hit a solo home run to left-center. 
  • For the next five innings, pitching kept both side in the game for their respective teams. Stonehill had a chance in the bottom of the sixth after Paige Wodarski had moved Maeve Proulx to third with one out. Despite having the winning run 90-feet away, Falcons pitcher, Payton Doiron retired the next two batters via lineout and a pop-up. 
  • However, in the 10th inning, Stonehill had timely moments including a sacrifice bunt by Emily Nardelli that moved up Marissa Dwyer to third with just one out. In the next at-bat, Kelly laid down a perfect bunt in which the Bentley fielder could not throw out Dwyer for the Skyhawks' walk-off win. 
  • Overall on the day, Brandemarte finished with eight strikeouts to bring her season total to 102. Brandemarte is now just the fifth pitcher in program history to have 100 strikeouts in a season and the first since 2019 when Katherine Rayner did so. Brandemarte is also just one of two freshmen (Megan Ruonavaara-2013) to earn the achievement. 

Pitching Records:

Win: Stonehill-Skylar Brandemarte (12-9)

Loss: Bentley-Payton Doiron (6-6)

Game two: Stonehill 0, Bentley 6

Standout Performances

Mayette also reached the 100 strikeout plateu for her career Friday (Photo Courtesy: Steven Conte),

Key Moments:

  • Bentley got the scoring started in game two when the Falcons posted their highest-scoring inning of the game when they plated three runs. Two of the three runs came off a two-run RBI double from Dahlia Fink.
  • In the next inning, Bentley added another run courtesy of an RBI single by Welch which made it 4-0 after three. 
  • Stonehill had a chance in the bottom half of the fourth when Conte sent a single back up the middle with two outs. However, Bentley starter, Elise Pereira retired the next batter to end the threat. 
  • The Falcons added two more runs (6-0) in the fourth inning which featured an RBI single from Jordan Krause
  • With already one out in the bottom of the seventh, Stonehill tried again to start a rally when Green sent a hard hit ball to short for the single which marked her first collegiate hit. However, Pereira ended the momentum as she retired the next two Skyhawk batters for the win. 
  • Mayette had gotten the start for the final game of the season and in her seven innings of work, Mayette fanned four batters which brought her career total to 100 strikeouts. Overall on the year, set career bests in strikeouts (60), ERA (4.24), innings pitched (95.2), and complete games (10). 

Pitching Records:

Win: Bentley- Elise Pereira (11-6)

Loss: Stonehill- Kelly Mayette (3-14)

Up Next:

Stonehill sees its season come to an end after today's doubleheader. On the year, the Skyhawks finished with a 15-23 record (11-15, NE10). 

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Players Mentioned

Skylar Brandemarte

#8 Skylar Brandemarte

P
5' 7"
Sophomore
Courtney Brochu

#24 Courtney Brochu

MINF
5' 4"
Senior
Shannon Conte

#23 Shannon Conte

C/3B
5' 3"
Sophomore
May Dawes

#3 May Dawes

INF/OF
5' 1"
Sophomore
Marissa Dwyer

#26 Marissa Dwyer

Inf
5' 5"
Junior
Caroline Green

#19 Caroline Green

1B/3B
5' 5"
Sophomore
Chloe Kelly

#22 Chloe Kelly

MINF/OF
5' 3"
Sophomore
Kelly Mayette

#16 Kelly Mayette

P/INF
5' 10"
Senior
Emily Nardelli

#2 Emily Nardelli

SS
5' 4"
Sophomore
Maeve Proulx

#13 Maeve Proulx

C
5' 1"
Junior
Paige Wodarski

#20 Paige Wodarski

3B/1B
5' 2"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Skylar Brandemarte

#8 Skylar Brandemarte

5' 7"
Sophomore
P
Courtney Brochu

#24 Courtney Brochu

5' 4"
Senior
MINF
Shannon Conte

#23 Shannon Conte

5' 3"
Sophomore
C/3B
May Dawes

#3 May Dawes

5' 1"
Sophomore
INF/OF
Marissa Dwyer

#26 Marissa Dwyer

5' 5"
Junior
Inf
Caroline Green

#19 Caroline Green

5' 5"
Sophomore
1B/3B
Chloe Kelly

#22 Chloe Kelly

5' 3"
Sophomore
MINF/OF
Kelly Mayette

#16 Kelly Mayette

5' 10"
Senior
P/INF
Emily Nardelli

#2 Emily Nardelli

5' 4"
Sophomore
SS
Maeve Proulx

#13 Maeve Proulx

5' 1"
Junior
C
Paige Wodarski

#20 Paige Wodarski

5' 2"
Sophomore
3B/1B