Kelsey Wilcox |
Splits Home Opening Twinbill with UMass Lowell
Skyhawks rally to 6-5 win
in game one with three in the seventh
River Hawks post 8-3 win in game two
EASTON, Mass. (April 5, 2010) – Stonehill College opened its home schedule by splitting a doubleheader with the University of Massachusetts Lowell in Northeast-10 Conference softball action at Fr. Gartland, CSC, Field this afternoon. The Skyhawks rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 6-5 win in game one, before the River Hawks rebounded with an 8-3 victory in game two.
Freshman Kelsey Wilcox (Canterbury, Conn./Griswold) led Stonehill on the afternoon as she hit a combined 5-for-7 with two runs scored, a double, home run and two RBI. Senior Kristen Clark (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) batted 3-for-5 with a pair of walks and two RBI, driving in the game-winning run with two out and the bases loaded to give the Skyhawks the walk off win in game one.
Freshman Alyssa Bryan (Stoneham, Mass./Stoneham) was a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate for UMass Lowell with a walk, three runs scored, two home runs and three RBI over the two games. Sophomore Meagan Guy (Berlin, Conn./Berlin) was a combined 3-for-5 with a walk, two runs scored, a double, stolen base and two RBI.
Stonehill 6, UMass
Lowell 5 (Game One)
Boxscore
Kristen Clark capped a Stonehill rally from three runs down starting in the bottom of the sixth with an infield single with two out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Skyhawks to a 6-5 triumph in game one.
Kristen Clark |
Clark finished 2-for-4 with two RBI for Stonehill. Kelsey Wilcox was 3-for-4 with a double and run scored, while sophomore Chelsea Stryker (Baldwin, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) batted 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Junior Ashley Langlois (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) hit 2-for-4 with an RBI, while sophomore Sarah Stumper (Saint James, N.Y./Smithtown East) chipped in with two hits, including a double.
Sophomore Samantha Krantz (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays) earned the win (3-4) with two scoreless innings of relief for Stonehill, allowing just a hit and a walk with three strikeouts. Senior Kait Mendall (Middleboro, Mass./Coyle & Cassidy) started for the Skyhawks and yielded five runs, four earned, on five hits with a strikeout and walk over five innings.
Alyssa Bryan hit 2-for-2 with a walk, home run, RBI and two runs scored for UMass Lowell. She also took the loss in the circle (5-8), surrendering six runs, four earned, on 12 hits with two strikeouts and four walks in 6.2 innings.
Sophomore Elyssa Boris (Gardner, Mass./Gardner) batted 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI, while Meagan Guy finished 1-for-2 with a double, walk, stolen base and run scored.
Trailing 5-2, Stonehill’s rally actually started in the bottom of the sixth as it drew within two runs on an RBI single down the leftfield line with one out from Clark that scored junior Katy Abarr (Richmond, R.I./The Prout School) from third, who reached with a leadoff walk and got into scoring position on Stumper’s double to left center.
Stonehill got back-to-back singles from Stryker and Wilcox with one out in the seventh. Freshman Nicole Eisenmann (East Bridgewater, Mass./East Bridgewater) pulled the Skyhawks within a run with an RBI single down the right field line. Bryan was lifted after giving up a single to Stumper that loaded the bases, but UML junior reliever Rachel Shafler (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park) was greeted by an RBI single to left by Langlois. The River Hawks turned to Boris, who surrendered the game-winning single by Clark that landed between the shortstop and third baseman with the infielders caught in a rotation.
UMass Lowell opened the scoring in the second when Boris followed a leadoff walk by Bryan with her third home run of the season to right center. Stonehill knotted the score in the third when Stumper reached on a fielding error by the UML centerfielder that allowed Wilcox and Stryker to score.
UML regained the lead with two in the fourth as Bryan belted her third homer of the year to dead center with one out and senior Heather Ross (Waltham, Mass./Waltham) added an RBI single down the right field line with two out. The River Hawks added another in the fifth with a sacrifice fly by senior Katelyn Hebert (Lowell, Mass./Lowell).
UMass Lowell 8,
Stonehill 3 (Game Two)
Boxscore
Alyssa Bryan paced a 13-hit attack for UMass Lowell as the River Hawks opened an 8-2 lead and didn’t look back in posting an 8-3 win to earn the split in game two.
Courtney Marchand |
Bryan was 3-for-3 with her second home run of the afternoon and two RBI. Sophomore Lindsi Panarelli (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) hit 3-for-4 with a double, stolen base and run scored, while Meagan Guy finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI. Freshman Krista MacKenzie (Ipswich, Mass./Ipswich) chipped in by going 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI.
Elyssa Boris picked up the win (4-3) in the circle for the River Hawks, allowing three earned runs on eight hits with four strikeouts and two walks in five-plus innings. She was also 1-for-3 at the plate with two RBI and a run scored.
Kelsey Wilcox again paced Stonehill by hitting 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Freshman Courtney Marchand (Danville, N.H./Timberlane) was 2-for-4 with a double and run scored, while Katy Abarr batted 1-for-3 with a home run.
Sophomore Kaitlin Andrews (Hudson, Mass./Hudson) took the loss (1-2), allowing eight runs, seven earned, on 11 hits with three strikeouts and a walk over 4.1 innings.
UMass Lowell staked out a 4-0 lead with a pair of runs in both the first and third innings. Boris delivered a two-run single in the first, while Bryan smacked her fourth home run of the season, a two-run shot, with one out in the third.
Stonehill cut its deficit in half with a pair in the bottom of the third. Marchand led off with a double, before Wilcox belted her third home run of the season with one out. UMass Lowell broke the game open with a run in the fourth on an RBI single by MacKenzie, before scoring three in the fifth.
Stonehill rounded out the scoring with Abarr’s leadoff homer in the sixth.
Stonehill (7-9-1, 2-4 NE-10) is back in action on Wednesday when it hosts Franklin Pierce University for an NE-10 doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. UMass Lowell (10-14, 3-3 NE-10) hosts Southern New Hampshire University for a Conference doubleheader Wednesday starting at 3 p.m.
