Ashley Langlois

Stonehill Cruises in Bridgeport Sweep

Skyhawks run unbeaten streak to five games with pair of five-inning wins

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (March 27, 2010) – Stonehill College extended its unbeaten run to five games despite a 16-day layoff with a pair of five-inning victories in sweeping a doubleheader at the University of Bridgeport in non-conference softball action at Seaside Park this afternoon. The Skyhawks shutout the Purple Knights 8-0 in game one, before an 11-run fourth inning led to a 13-2 triumph in the nightcap.

Sophomore Chelsea Stryker (Baldwin, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) hit a combined 5-for-7 in the doubleheader for Stonehill with two runs scored and two RBI, while junior Ashley Langlois (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) was 3-for-5 with three runs scored, two doubles, a stolen base and four RBI. Freshman Kelsey Wilcox (Canterbury, Conn./Griswold) batted 4-for-7 with three runs scored, a home run and four RBI. Classmate Nicole Eisenmann (East Bridgewater, Mass./East Bridgewater) was also 4-for-7, adding two runs scored, a double, home run and three RBI.

Four Stonehill pitchers combined to hold Bridgeport to just two earned runs over the ten innings played this afternoon, striking out seven and walking none while scattering six hits.

Stonehill 8, Bridgeport 0 – Five innings (Game One)
Game 1 Boxscore 

Sophomores Kaitlin Andrews (Hudson, Mass./Hudson) and Kellie Reardon (Burlington, Mass./Arlington Catholic) combined to toss a three hit shutout and Ashley Langlois and Nicole Eisenmann paced the offense, scoring four in the second and two runs each in the fourth and fifth innings.

Kaitlin Andrews

Andrews allowed two hits over the first four innings, striking out four and walking none to earn the win (1-1), while Reardon allowed just a hit in a scoreless fifth to close out the win.

Eisenmann hit 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI, while Langlois was 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI. Stryker batted 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored, while Wilcox chipped in by going 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Eight of Stonehill’s nine starters had at least a hit in the five inning win.

Senior J.J. Edwards (Georgetown, Ontario), junior Nicole Steiner (Edison, N.J./Edison) and freshman Vanessa Lisseus (Bridgeport, Conn./Central) all hit 1-for-2 for Bridgeport. Steiner had the Purple Knights lone extra base hit in either game with a double in fifth.

Stonehill scored all the runs it would need with a four-run second. Langlois drove in the first run with a single to center to score sophomore Lindsay Bock (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan) who reached with a one-out single to right. Stryker collected an RBI single before Wilcox smacked her second home run of the season.

Stonehill added a pair in the fourth with Eisenmann’s first career home run, a two-run shot with two outs. The Skyhawks closed the scoring with two more in the fifth on a two-run double to left center from Langlois.

Stonehill 13, Bridgeport 2 – Five innings (Game Two)
Game 2 Boxscore 

Stonehill closed out the commanding doubleheader sweep with a 13-2 triumph in game two behind an 11-run fourth.

Kelsey Wilcox

Wilcox paced the Stonehill offense, going 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI, while Stryker hit 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored. Freshman Casey Remick (Norton, Mass./Norton) batted 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI, while classmate Kaitlin Miller (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton) went 1-for-2 with a stolen base, two runs scored and two RBI. Eisenmann chipped in with two more hits, including a double.

Sophomore Samantha Krantz (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays) picked up the win in the circle for the Skyhawks, allowing an earned run on just a hit with one strikeout over three innings. Reardon pitched another inning in game two, allowing an earned run on two hits, before Eisenmann closed the win out with a perfect fifth, striking out two of the three batters he faced.

Sophomore Katie McMitchell (Port Coquitlan, B.C./Terry Fox Secondary) and freshman Alitha Krolikowski (Bristol, Conn./Eastern) both hit 1-for-2 for Bridgeport with an RBI. Krolikowski suffered the loss (0-8) in the circle, surrendering all 13 runs, only six earned, on 14 hits with two strikeouts and three walks.

Stonehill struck first again with two in the second. Junior Katy Abarr (Richmond, R.I./The Prout School) led off with a single and later scored when Miller reached on a fielder’s choice. Langlois, who drew the second of two-straight walks after the Abarr hit, scored on a wild pitch with two out. Bridgeport got one of those runs back in the bottom of the second when Krolikowski singled in Steiner who reached after being hit by a Krantz pitch and stealing second.

Stonehill erupted with an 11-run fourth, sending 16 batters to the plate and cranking out ten hits in the frame. Stryker and Wilcox both had two RBI singles in the inning, while Langlois had an RBI double and Bock a two-run double in the frame.

Stonehill (5-3-1, 0-0 NE-10) is right back in action tomorrow with a non-conference doubleheader at Dowling College starting at noon. The Skyhawks will open their home schedule on Tuesday with its Northeast-10 Conference opener against the University of Massachusetts Lowell at 3 p.m. Bridgeport (0-16, 0-0 ECC) visits Bloomfield College on Monday at 3 p.m.