Junior Ashley Langlois broke the game open with a seventh-inning grand slam. |
Stonehill Held to Split at Pace
Andrews pitches Skyhawks to win in game one, Setters rebound for 6-5 win in game two
Game 1 Boxscore / Game 2 Boxscore
Stonehill College settled for another doubleheader split with its decisions at Pace University in Northeast-10 Conference softball action at Pace Field this afternoon. The Skyhawks broke open a 7-1 win in game one late, before the Setters rebounded for a 6-5 win in game two.
Sophomore Kaitlin Andrews (Hudson, Mass./Hudson) didn’t allow an earned run in posting the win (3-3) in the circle for Stonehill in game one, yielding just an unearned run on seven hits with three strikeouts and a walk over 6.2 innings. Classmate Samantha Krantz (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays) retired two of the three batters she faced, striking out one, to close the game out.
Freshman Casey Remick (Norton, Mass./Norton) paced Stonehill’s 13-hit attack in game one, batting 4-for-4 with a stolen base and three runs scored. Senior Kristen Clark (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) hit 2-for-3 with a run scored, while junior Ashley Langlois (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) finished 1-for-2 with a grand slam. Freshman Nicole Eisenmann (East Bridgewater, Mass./East Bridgewater) was 2-for-4, while classmate Courtney Marchand (Raymond, N.H./Timberlane Regional) chipped in with two RBI.
Freshman Casey Remick hit 4-for-4 with three runs scored. |
Sophomore Nicole Schultheis (Plainview, N.Y./Bethpage) led Pace as she hit 3-for-3 with a stolen base. Junior Olivia Calcagnini (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) batted 2-for-4 with a double and run scored.
Freshman Kelly Fisher (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) took the loss (2-2), allowing seven earned runs on 13 hits with seven strikeouts and three walks over seven innings.
Stonehill opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the second. Remick singled and sophomore Lindsay Bock (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan) walked before coming home on a two-run double to center by Marchand. Pace got one of those runs back in the fourth when Calcagnini led off with a single through the left side and later scored on a ground out by senior Amanda Dague (Houston, Texas/Klein Collins).
Stonehill regained its two-run lead in the sixth when Remick led off with a single and later scored on a pinch-hit single up the middle by sophomore Sarah Stumper (St. James, N.Y./Smithtown East). The Skyhawks broke the game open in the seventh as Clark and Remick sandwiched a walk by freshman Lindsay Wilcox (Canterbury, Conn./Griswold) to load the bases after the first two batters of the inning were retired before Langlois belted her grand slam.
In game two, Pace built a 5-1 lead after two innings of play and held off a Stonehill rally to claim the 6-5 win.
Sophomore Lauren Bell (New Windsor, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy) led Pace as she hit 3-for-3 with a double, home run, two runs scored and four RBI in the game. Sophomore Kayla Nelson (Apple Valley, Calif./Granite Hills) batted 2-for-3 with a stolen base, home run, two runs scored and an RBI.
Freshman Chelsea Shea (Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) earned the win in the circle (8-5), allowing five runs, four earned, on ten hits with a strikeout and no walks in seven innings.
Remick continued her hot day, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Clark batted 2-for-4 with a run scored, while sophomore Chelsea Stryker (Baldwin, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) finished 2-for-4 with a stolen base, run scored and RBI. Junior Katy Abarr (Richmond, R.I./The Prout School) chipped in with two RBI.
Sophomore Kellie Reardon (Burlington, Mass./Arlington Catholic) took the loss (2-3) after she didn't record an out in the first inning, surrendering three runs, two earned, on a hit and a walk. Krantz entered and went the rest of the way, allowing three earned runs on five hits with six strikeouts and two walks over six innings.
After Stonehill struck with a single run in the top of the first on an RBI single by Stryker, Pace erupted for four in the bottom of the frame. The Setters loaded the bases with a single, error and walk, before Bell greeted Krantz with a grand slam. Pace added a fifth run in the second with a solo homer from Nelson.
Stonehill closed within 5-3 in the fifth with a two-run single by Abarr. Pace got its final run in the bottom of the frame with Shea collecting an RBI single. The Skyhawks added two more in the sixth when Remick followed up a leadoff single by Clark with her first collegiate home run. Stonehill got the tying run to third, but a popup ended the threat.
Stonehill (18-14-1, 13-9 NE-10) returns to the field on Tuesday to host Saint Anselm College for a doubleheader at 3:30 p.m. Pace (22-22, 10-14 NE-10) hosts Adelphi University on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
