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Winner Stonehill STO 5-3
2
Bellarmine BELL 4-9
Winner
Stonehill STO
5-3
4
Final
2
Bellarmine BELL
4-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Stonehill STO 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 1
Bellarmine BELL 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 2

W: Hospodar, Alexa (2-1) L: Kelsie Houchens (1-3) S: Donovan, Lauren (1)

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Winner Evansville UE 11-9
2
Stonehill STO 5-4
Winner
Evansville UE
11-9
5
Final
2
Stonehill STO
5-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Evansville UE 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 10 2
Stonehill STO 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 1

W: E. Jarrett (4-0) L: Styskal-Ward, Amelia (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Jarod Minassian

Skyhawks Split Day Two of Bellarmine Invitational in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 8, 2025) – The Stonehill College softball team went 1-1 on day two of the Bellarmine Invitational at Knights Field, defeating the host Knights 4-2 before falling to Evansville, 5-2, in non-conference play.
 
GAME 1 – Stonehill 4 (5-3, 0-0 NEC), Bellarmine 2 (4-9, 0-0 ASUN)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Sophomore Alexa Hospodar (Old Bethpage, N.Y.) found herself in a one-out, bases loaded jam in the first inning but forced an infield fly and a groundout to third, escaping with the score still 0-0.
 
Freshman Melanie Snyder (Howard Beach, N.Y.) led off the second inning with a triple and redshirt junior May Dawes (Beacon Falls, Conn.) drove her in with a single in the next at bat. Freshman Jenny Olson (Salem, N.H.) pinch ran for Dawes, advancing to third on a pair of wild pitches before coming home to score on a double steal as the Skyhawks led 2-0.
 
Bellarmine got on the board in the third inning with a trio of singles, but a 5-3-2 double play limited the damage to just one run for the Knights as Stonehill held onto a 2-1 lead.
 
Stonehill tacked on two runs in the top of the fifth, both coming with two outs in the inning. Junior Jessica Brill (Natick, Mass.) ripped a single down the right field line to drive in freshman Kaileigh Mares (Discover Bay, Calif.). The very next at bat, Snyder drove in senior Isabella Therrien (Auburn, Mass.) with an infield single to the shortstop as Stonehill led 4-1 after five.
 
Hospodar gave up three base hits to start the sixth inning, giving up one run, before junior Lauren Donovan (Marblehead, Mass.) came out of the bullpen and limited the damage to just one run, recording three straight outs.
 
Donovan secured the win, tallying her first career save with a 1-2-3 seventh inning as the Skyhawks defeated the Knights, 4-2.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Hospodar earned her team-leading second win of the season, improving to 2-1 as she hurled for five innings, allowing seven hits, two runs, four walks, while striking out one batter.
  • Donovan pitched the final two innings without allowing a single baserunner en route to her first career save, as she's now gone nine straight innings without giving up a hit.
  • Six different Skyhawks recorded base hits with freshman Grace Conaway (St. Paul Park, Minn.) leading the way with three singles in three at bats.
  • Snyder went 2-3 with a triple, a run scored, a run batted in, and a walk.
GAME 2 – Evansville 5 (11-9, 0-0 MVC), Stonehill 2 (5-4, 0-0 NEC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Purple Aces got on the board in the first inning after a pair of wild pitches gave Evansville a 1-0 lead. In the top of the third, the Purple Aces used a string of three straight singles to add on another run, followed by a sacrifice fly, and another base knock as Evansville built a 4-0 advantage.
 
Senior Shannon Conte (Amesbury, Mass.) lined a single up the middle with two outs in the bottom of the third inning to drive home sophomore Harper Sullivan (Glendale, Ariz.) as the Skyhawks trimmed their deficit to three, 4-1.
 
Evansville responded in the next half inning with an RBI single to center field and had runners on second and third with two outs aiming to do more damage, but freshman Amelia Styskal-Ward (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) got out of the jam to limit the Purple Aces to one run.
 
Stonehill added a run in the fifth inning but it was a pitching duel from that point on as the two teams were held scoreless for the remainder of the game. Evansville escaped with the 5-2 win as the Skyhawks threatened in the bottom of the seventh with runners on second and third and the tying run at the plate with one out, but the Purple Aces forced back-to-back line outs to halt the rally.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Styskal-Ward made her first career start and appearance for the Skyhawks, pitching five innings, allowing seven hits and three earned runs with three walks and two strikeouts.
  • Sophomore Alex Sciarretto (Bristol, Conn.) entered the game in relief in the fifth inning, pitching three shutout innings, allowing just three hits and two walks while striking out three.
  • Conte, Dawes, Snyder, and sophomore Piper Hofmann (Windermere, Fla.) all recorded base hits in the game while Conte reached base twice, also drawing a walk.
  • Morgan Adams led the Purple Aces, going 3-4 at the plate while Nike Bode went 2-3 with a pair of RBI.
UP NEXT
  • Stonehill softball closes out the Bellarmine Invitational tomorrow at 10 a.m. against Ball State University at Knights Field.
 
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