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Winner Stonehill STO 15-34
6
Rhode Island URI 13-32
Winner
Stonehill STO
15-34
8
Final
6
Rhode Island URI
13-32
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Stonehill STO 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 8 11 4
Rhode Island URI 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 11 1

W: Sullivan, Harper (7-4) L: ZAUN (2-9)

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Winner Stonehill STO 16-34
5
Rhode Island URI 13-33
Winner
Stonehill STO
16-34
7
Final
5
Rhode Island URI
13-33
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Stonehill STO 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 7 11 3
Rhode Island URI 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 9 2

W: Sullivan, Harper (8-4) L: GERRY (1-4)

Game Recap: Softball | | Jarod Minassian

Softball Sweeps Rhode Island in High-Scoring Doubleheader

KINGSTON, R.I. (May 1, 2025) – The Stonehill College softball team won both games against the University of Rhode Island at the URI Softball Complex in a non-conference doubleheader on Thursday.
 
GAME 1 – Stonehill 8 (15-34, 5-13 NEC), Rhode Island 6 (13-34, 6-16 A10)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The first three batters of the game reached base for the Skyhawks with sophomore Piper Hofmann (Windermere, Fla.) drawing a walk, freshman Grace Conaway (St. Paul Park, Minn.) ripping a double down the right field line, and sophomore Harper Sullivan (Glendale, Ariz.) driving in Hofmann with an RBI single to shallow left field. Senior Isabella Therrien (Auburn, Mass.) drove in the second Stonehill run of the first inning with a sacrifice bunt to the pitcher.
 
URI responded in the bottom half of the first, reaching base with its first five batters of the game on an error, walk, and three consecutive singles to even up the score at 2-2. A sacrifice fly to center field gave the Rams a 3-2 lead, and a ground out to the pitcher brought in one more run as Rhode Island led 4-2 at the end of the first.
 
Senior Shannon Conte (Amesbury, Mass.) led off the second with a single to center and Emily Nardelli (North Attleboro, Mass.) followed that up with a double down the left field line to drive in pinch runner, freshman Jenny Olson (Salem, N.H.) after she stole second to get into scoring position.
 
Conaway and Sullivan walked and got hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Therrien came through with a single past the third baseman to drive in both Nardelli and Conaway to give the Skyhawks a 5-4 lead. Junior Jessica Brill (Natick, Mass.) added one more in the top of the second with an RBI single to left field that drove in Sullivan.
 
URI rattled off three consecutive singles to start the bottom of the third, and after a lineout to right, the Rams tallied three more singles, scoring two runs in the inning to tie the game at 6-6.
 
Therrien singled with two outs in the fourth, and Brill came through with an RBI double to right field to give Stonehill a 7-6 lead.
 
In the top of the fifth, Conte drew a walk and pinch runner, freshman Taylor Schoonmaker (Averill Park, N.Y.), scored on a single to center field by Hofmann as the Skyhawks increased their lead to 8-6.
 
Sullivan took over in the circle for the Skyhawks, shutting down the Rams for 4.1 innings to secure the 8-6 win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • After giving up just one run in 5.1 innings at UMass yesterday, Sullivan shut out the Rams in 4.1 innings of relief, giving up just two hits and two walks with one strikeout to improve to 7-4 in the circle.
  • Sullivan's ERA drops to a team-best 3.39, the fourth-best earned run average in the Northeast Conference. She also went 1-4 with an RBI single, driving in the team-leading 27th RBI of the season.
  • Therrien went 2-3 with a pair of singles, three runs batted in, and one run scored. This marks her 11th multi-hit game of the season, the most on the Skyhawks. Therrien is tied for second on the team with 21 RBI this year.
  • Conaway, Brill, and Nardelli all recorded doubles, with Brill being tied for the top spot on the squad with seven. Conaway tallied her fourth, and Nardelli had her first of the season.
  • Stonehill drew a season-high six walks as a team, with six different Skyhawks drawing one apiece.
  • Hofmann and Brill each had multi-hit games, with Hofmann matching Therrien for 11 such games this season, while Brill has had seven games with 2+ hits.
  • Olson recorded her team-leading eighth stolen base of the season.
  • Stonehill is now 4-1 all-time against Rhode Island, having won the last four matchups. The Skyhawks' 15 wins this season are now a program-best mark at the Division I level.
GAME 2 – Final/8 Stonehill 7 (16-34, 5-13 NEC), Rhode Island 5 (13-35, 6-16 A10)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Stonehill started the second game in Kingston with a pair of singles before a fielder's choice moved Hofmann over to third before Therrien drove her in on a groundout to first base to put Stonehill in front 1-0.
 
After three consecutive scoreless innings, URI got on the board in the bottom of the fourth after putting runners on the corners, plating the one from third base with a single to left to tie the game at 1-1.
 
Conaway broke the tie in the fifth inning with a single to right centerfield after Hofmann ripped a two-out single down the line and stole second to put herself in scoring position.
 
In the bottom of the fifth, a pair of walks for the Rams put a runner on second base that would be waved in to score on a fielder's choice in the infield.
 
Stonehill tallied a pair of singles with two outs in the top of the sixth before a throwing error allowed junior Natalie Bottiglieri (Massapequa, N.Y.) and Schoonmaker to score and give Stonehill a 4-2 lead.
 
The Rams rallied back in the bottom of the sixth, loading the bases before a single and a sacrifice fly drove in the tying runs to make it 4-4 heading into the seventh.
 
Hofmann led off the top of the seventh with a triple but was unable to score, followed by Sullivan keeping the Rams off the board in the bottom half of the inning to send the game into extra innings.
 
Stonehill loaded the bases in the top of the eighth, and Conaway came to the plate, working the Rhode Island hurler to a full count before ripping a single into the right center field gap to clear the bases and give Stonehill a 7-4 lead.
 
Sullivan gave up a leadoff single in the bottom of the eighth but struck out the next batter, and after one run came across on an obstruction call, the Skyhawks turned a 5-2-3 double play to end the game with a 7-5 victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Sullivan improves to 8-4 in the circle, winning both games on Thursday, throwing 3.2 innings, giving up six hits, three earned runs, and two walks with one strikeout.
  • Stonehill improves to 5-1 all-time against Rhode Island and has now won five straight games against the Rams.
  • Conaway lit it up for the Skyhawks, going 3-5 at the plate with four runs batted in, a new career-high. Her average is now up to a team high of .350, tied for the sixth-best mark in the conference.
  • Stonehill is now 2-3 in extra-inning games this season, winning two of the last three.
  • Hofmann also recorded three hits, including her team-leading third triple of the season, the second-most in the NEC. She leads the team now with 12 multi-hit games.
  • Conte had a pair of singles as she had her sixth game with 2+ hits and her first since April 14 against Wagner.
UP NEXT
  • Stonehill softball will begin a three-game, Northeast Conference series on the road in Syracuse, N.Y., starting with a doubleheader against Le Moyne on Saturday, May 3, at 1 p.m. before the Skyhawks' season finale on Sunday, May 4, at noon.
 
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