Alyssa Dolson strokes base hit for the Ravens in game two
RINDGE, N.H. (April 17, 2012) -- The Franklin Pierce
University softball team was swept in a home doubleheader versus
Southern New Hampshire on Tuesday, including dropping game one,
10-0 in six innings, and game two by a 5-0 count. The Ravens fell
to 9-26 overall and 7-19 in the Northeast-10, while the Penmen
improved to 23-15 and 13-9 in league play.
Game one started off as a nice
pitching duel between Franklin Pierce's Rachel Allen (Hull,
Mass.) and SNHU's Ali Maloof, as the counterparts combined
to keep the game scoreless through the first three innings.
Allen retired SNHU in order in both
the second and third innings, while Maloof turned the trick in the
first and third frames. Junior catcher Jessica Furtado
(Taunton, Mass.) was the only Raven to solve Maloof over
the first three innings as she stroked a single to center field in
the second.
After being baffled by Allen over
the first three innings, SNHU finally solved the situation and went
to work in the fourth inning plating two runs, including an RBI
single from Jessica Douillette, to take a 2-0 advantage.
The Penmen went back to work in the
fifth inning and pushed across five more runs to take a commanding
7-0 lead. Cara Daley provided the big spark in the inning as she
lifted a fastball over the wall in left-center field for a
three-run homer.
SNHU put the eight-run rule into
effect in the sixth as it scored three more times, courtesy of a
three-run shot from Kate Stanley, to take the 10-run lead. Maloof
sealed the win in the bottom of the frame as she retired the Ravens
in order to run her record to 11-8.
Maloof yielded just that one hit to
Franklin Pierce in the game. After Furtado's base hit, Maloof
retired the final 15 batters she faced to earn the complete-game
victory. She struck out six and did not walk a batter.
Allen took the loss to fall to 3-12
as she went 4.1 innings, giving up seven runs (only five earned) on
six hits with one strikeout and three walks.
Game two did not fare any better
offensively for the Ravens as they were shutout once again. Dolores
Mattice turned in another pitching gem for SNHU as she went all
seven innings, yielding just three hits with three strikeouts and
only one walk.
After giving up three singles and a
walk over the first 1.1 innings, Mattice settled down and retired
the final 17 batters she faced to earn the win and run her record
to 8-7 on the year. The only Ravens to get to Mattice were seniors
Jayme Bilafer (Concord, Mass.) and Rachel
Baxter (Cumberland, R.I.) and freshman Alyssa
Dolson (Northbridge, Mass.), as those three accounted for
Franklin Pierce's hits.
The Penmen pushed a pair of runs
across in both the first and fourth innings, while tacking on an
insurance run in the sixth. Stanley and Kelsea Cheney launched
back-to-back solo homers in the first inning to highlight the
offensive output for SNHU.
Freshman Kaitlyn Johnson
(New Boston, N.H.) took to the circle for the Ravens and
was tagged with the loss after going 7.0 innings, allowing five
runs (only three earned) on 12 hits, with six strikeouts and just
one walk. She fell to 4-9 on the year.
Franklin Pierce returns to action
Saturday when the Ravens play host to Le Moyne in a doubleheader
beginning at 2 p.m.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce softball, please visit the team's page at
athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) To follow the program even further,
please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube
(www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports), Twitter
(www.twitter.com/FPUathletics) and Facebook
(www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens).
