BRUNSWICK, Maine – Saint Joseph's College (15-16) toppled Bowdoin College (14-17), 8-0 in six innings, in a non-conference softball game on Friday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Monks kicked off the game with two runs on three hits in the top of the first when senior catcher Bailey Rassol (Rehoboth, Mass.) roped a two-run double to left field.

The visitors claimed a 4-0 lead in the third, when Olivia Howe (Arundel, Maine) singled and advanced on an error – which allowed freshman Rebecca Fleming (Belmont, N.H.) score – and later raced home on a Lydia Goodnough (Kennebunkport, Maine) base hit.

Goodnough helped the Royal Blue grab a 7-0 lead in the fifth when she doubled home a pair and scored when the next batter, sophomore left fielder Alexis Downs (Auburn, Maine), singled to center. Goodnough lifted the Monks to the mercy-rule advantage in the sixth when she plated Laurel Clace (Keene, N.H.) with a single up the middle.

IN THE CIRCLE:

• Junior starter Sydney Hatch (Newburgh, Maine) earned the victory after allowing two hits with a strikeout over two innings; Emma Hodgkins, Meredith Pence (Remington, Va.), and Emily Eagleston (Reading, Mass.) combined to toss five innings of relief while yielding five hits and three walks and fanning one batter
• Bowdoin starter Shea Sullivan took the loss after allowing seven runs (six earned) on 11 hits and three walks with two punch-outs in five frames; Kiera Dent gave up a run on two hits in an inning of work

OFF THE BAT:

• Goodnough enjoyed a fantastic day having gone 4-for-4 with a run, a double, and four RBI
• Howe was 2-for-3 with two runs scored
• Fleming doubled and scored a pair of runs
• Rassol was 1-for-2 with a double and two RBI and Clace went 1-for-2 with two runs
• For Bowdoin, Katryna Dukehart was 2-for-3

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will host Lasell University in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader tomorrow with the first game set to start at 1:00 PM.

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