Bilafer, Griffin knock multiple
hits in doubleheader
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Emily Griffin recorded three hits, including a double and a
triple, against Molloy on Sunday.
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CLERMONT, Fla. (March 14,
2010) – Junior second baseman Emily Griffin
(Leominster, Mass.) recorded three hits, including a
triple and a double, on Sunday afternoon, but the Franklin Pierce
University softball team was swept by Molloy in a neutral-site,
non-conference doubleheader at the National Training Center. The
Ravens lost the first game, 3-2, and the second game, 2-1. With the
losses, Franklin Pierce falls to 0-4 (0-0 Northeast-10).
Griffin and sophomore outfielder
Jaymie Bilafer (Concord, Mass.) led the offense in
the first game with two hits apiece. Bilafer knocked a pair of
doubles and scored a run, while Griffin scored as well, to go with
her pair of singles. Sophomore third baseman Meaghan O'Neal
(Littleton, Mass.) also picked up a single for the Ravens.
Molloy opened up a three-run lead
with single runs in the top of the second, fourth and fifth
innings. Franklin Pierce pulled back within a run at 3-2 on a
two-run single by junior infielder Erin Clark (Fort Ann,
N.Y.) in the bottom half of the fifth. However, the game
went scoreless over the final two innings as Molloy came away with
the 3-2 victory.
In the circle, freshman
right-hander Lindsay Hodges (Sherburne, N.Y.) went
the distance for Franklin Pierce. Over seven innings, she allowed
three runs (two earned) on seven hits, walked one and struck out
five.
In the second game, Molloy scored
the only two runs it would need in the bottom of the second inning.
Franklin Pierce would later pick up a run in the top of the sixth
on an RBI double by Bilafer, but that would be the entirety of the
offense for both teams.
Griffin scored the lone Ravens run
of the game and finished with a double and a triple.
Junior right-hander Kayla
Johnson (Hudson, N.H.) pitched the second game for
Franklin Pierce. Over six innings, she allowed two runs on five
hits, did not issue a walk and struck out two.
The Ravens return to the field on
Monday, March 15, when they play a pair of neutral-site,
non-conference games at the National Training Center. Franklin
Pierce will play St. Thomas Aquinas at 9:30 a.m. and Nyack at 11:30
a.m.
