BOSTON, MA – The Saint Joseph's College Softball
team improved to 13-5 overall and 8-0 in Great Northeast Athletic
Conference play with a pair of victories over GNAC opponent Suffolk
University (2-18, 2-6 GNAC) on Sunday afternoon. The Monks, who
defeated the Rams 2-1 in today's opener and prevailed, 8-0,
in the nightcap contest, have now won nine straight, including
eight consecutive GNAC games.
Monks' starter Kiera
Walsh (Benton, Me.) retired the first 15 batters
she faced, only allowing three hits in the opening game. Her
pitching counterpart, sophomore Carissa Roche (Swamspcott, Mass.),
pitched well, scattering 11 hits through seven innings of work and
only allowing one earned run despite suffering the loss.
Freshman Jacky Swift (Cranston, R.I.) broke up Walsh's
no-hit bid with a single to lead off the sixth. Senior Erin
O'Donnell (Gront, Mass.) singled later in the inning, but the
Rams were unable to put home any runs in the inning, squandering
their scoring opportunity.
The Monks got on the board in the fourth when junior
Ellen Neff (Chester, Vt.) drove
in the first run of the game with a single. St. Joe's would
add a run later in the game off the bat of senior
Anna Willis (Sutton, Vt.) who
drove in sophomore Katelyn Call
(Portland, Me.).
The Rams got their only run of the game when freshman Clara
Conklin (Haverhill, N.H.) hit her team-leading sixth home run of
the year with one out in the seventh.
In game two, the Monks scored four times in the fifth inning to
take an 8-0 victory for the sweep.
Junior Emily Leverone
(Hampton, N.H.) finished the game 3-for-3, while the Monks knocked
out 10 hits as a team.
Sophomore Madylan Kluna
(Standish, Me.) only allowed one hit on the mound for the Monks
while striking out three.
Senior Valerie Liberatore (Chelsea, Mass.) had Suffolk's
lone hit of the day.
The Monks jumped out early sending eight hitters to the plate in
the first scoring three times on three hits, two hit batters and an
error.
Junior Alyssa Dunn (Standish,
Me.) finished the game 1-for-3, with three RBI, including a two-run
double in the fifth, which helped propel the Monks big inning.
St. Joe's will host Norwich University in a GNAC doubleheader on
Friday at 3:30 PM.
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