Ravens score once in the seventh to take game one, 5-4, then
cruise to 8-1 win in nightcap
Boxscore
Game One
Boxscore
Game Two
Emily Griffin hit her 12th double of the season, establishing a new
program record, on Tuesday at Assumption.
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WORCESTER, Mass. (April 22,
2008) - Franklin Pierce University earned
its first sweep of 2008 with a pair of victories over Assumption
College in a Northeast-10 Conference softball doubleheader on
Tuesday afternoon at Marois Field. The Ravens took an early lead in
game one and then scored once in the seventh inning to take a 5-4
win, and the visitors followed with an 8-1 victory in the second
game to earn the sweep.
Junior Elaine Matthews
(Roslindale, Mass./Archbishop Williams) was one of three
Ravens to have three hits on the day, as she went 3-for-8 with two
runs batted in and two runs scored. Freshman Emily Griffin
(Leominster, Mass./Leominster) went 3-for-6, including two
doubles to set a new school single-season record with 12, with a
pair of walks and scored four runs, while juniors Courtney
Jacobs (Fitchburg, Mass./Fitchburg) and Jackie
Prybella (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) each hit home runs
for the visitors.
Franklin Pierce 5,
Assumption 4 (Game One)
Franklin Pierce began and ended
strong in the first game of the afternoon, as the team jumped out
to 4-0 lead after a half-inning and then scored the game-winning
run in the top of the seventh to win, 5-4.
Griffin was one of three Ravens
with two hits, going 2-for-4 and scoring twice. Matthews also hit
2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, while junior
Stephanie Howard (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk) had two
hits in three at-bats and drove in a pair of runs.
Griffin was once again a part of
the Ravens' game-winning rally, as she led off the top of the
seventh inning with a double to left-center field. After a Prybella
ground out advanced her to third, Griffin came home on an RBI
single by Matthews to make the score 5-4.
Franklin Pierce set the tone early
with four unearned runs before Assumption got a chance to bat. The
first three Ravens reached base to load the bases with no outs, and
senior captain Kate Surgen (Southampton, Mass./Hampshire
Regional) reached on an error by the shortstop to plate
the game's first run. Howard then followed with a two-run single
and sophomore Kiley Molinari (Meriden,
Conn./Maloney) added an RBI single of her own to give the
Ravens a 4-0 lead after a half-inning of play.
Elaine Matthew hit 3-for-8, drove in two runs and scored twice at
Assumption on Tuesday.
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Assumption came back with four runs
of its own in the bottom of the second inning, as the first four
Greyhounds to the plate in the inning reached base, but freshman
Kayla Johnson (Hudson, N.H./Alvirne) shut
Assumption down for the rest of the afternoon.
Johnson (4-11) gave up four runs
(three earned) on six hits in a complete-game, seven-inning effort,
striking out four while walking only one. Senior Lauren Symonick
(Northbridge, Mass./ Northbridge) took the loss (7-11) for
Assumption, despite giving up just one earned run (five overall) on
nine hits in seven innings.
Franklin Pierce 8,
Assumption 1 (Game Two)
Franklin Pierce had much less drama
in the second game of the day, as the Ravens scored in each of the
first four innings in cruising to an 8-1 victory.
Griffin went 1-for-2 with two walks
and two runs scored, while Prybella had one hit but drove in three
runs. Sophomore Kristen Tracy (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Walter
Panas) also had two hits in three at-bats and scored once
for the Ravens.
Jacobs pitched very well for
Franklin Pierce, scattering nine hits and giving up only one earned
run in seven innings to earn her fourth win of the season (4-12).
The junior also helped herself out at the plate, going 2-for-3 with
a home run, an RBI and a run scored.
After scoring one run in the first
inning on an RBI double by Matthews, Franklin Pierce struck for
four runs in the second inning to blow the game open early. Jacobs
led off the inning with her first home run of the season to double
the lead, and Prybella hit the big blow later in the frame with a
three-run shot to left-center field on the first pitch of the
at-bat. Prybella's first home run of the year gave the Ravens a 5-0
lead after two innings.
The Ravens tacked on one run in the
third and two more in the fourth inning, giving Jacobs more than
enough runs with which to work.
Franklin Pierce (8-30, 7-17 NE-10)
will complete its six-game road trip on Thursday evening, when the
Ravens travel to the College of Saint Rose for a pair of conference
matchups beginning at 5 p.m. Assumption (10-20, 6-12 NE-10)
continues its six-game home stand tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. against
Saint Michael's College.
