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Stonehill STO 14-34
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Massachusetts UMASS
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Score By Periods
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Stonehill STO 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 1
Massachusetts UMASS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1

W: J. Bolton (6-10) L: Sullivan, Harper (6-4)

Game Recap: Softball | | Jarod Minassian

Softball Falls in Extras at UMass, 3-2

AMHERST, Mass. (April 30, 2025) – The Stonehill College softball team fell in a midweek, non-conference matchup against the University of Massachusetts at Sortino Field on Wednesday, 3-2, in an eight-inning pitchers' duel.
 
FINAL/8 UMass 3 (12-32, 4-15), Stonehill 2 (14-34, 5-13 NEC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UMass loaded the bases in the bottom of the first, but Stonehill starter, freshman Amelia Styskal-Ward (Hermosa Beach, Calif.), held the Minutewomen scoreless with a ground out on the infield and a fly out to center.
 
UMass got on the board in the bottom of the second after a two-out triple sparked a string of hits for the Minutewomen as they tacked on two runs. Sophomore Harper Sullivan (Glendale, Ariz.) limited the damage, entering the circle with the bases loaded before forcing a ground out to second base.
 
After three straight scoreless innings, Stonehill began to rally in the top of the sixth as sophomore Piper Hofmann (Windermere, Fla.) led off the inning with a single and got to third base after an error by the pitcher in the next at-bat. Sullivan helped herself in the circle, driving in Hofmann with a sacrifice fly to left to make it 2-1. Junior Jessica Brill (Natick, Mass.) would tie the score at 2-2 with an RBI double to center field later in the inning.
 
Despite the Minutewomen having runners in scoring position in both the sixth and seventh innings, Sullivan continued to pitch around the threats on the basepath, sending the game to extra innings. The Skyhawks had a pair of hard-hit balls into the outfield in the eighth but went down scoreless.
 
UMass led off the bottom of the eighth with a home run over the right field fence, giving the Minutewomen a 3-2 victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Sullivan's streak of 18 consecutive scoreless innings in the circle came to an end on the walk-off home run as she pitched 5.1 innings, allowing three hits and three walks with the one earned run.
  • Sullivan falls to 6-4 and leads the team with a 3.57 ERA and 1.69 WHIP, the fifth-best ERA in the Northeast Conference. She also drove in her team-leading 26th RBI of the season.
  • Brill and redshirt junior May Dawes (Beacon Falls, Conn.) both went 2-3 as Brill recorded her sixth double and 17th RBI of the season. Dawes tallied her third multi-hit game of the season, while Brill had her sixth multi-hit game of the season.
UP NEXT
  • Stonehill softball will play two more non-conference games tomorrow in Kingston, R.I., when the Skyhawks travel to the University of Rhode Island for a doubleheader beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the URI Softball Complex.
 
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