RINDGE, N.H. (April 10, 2013) -- The Franklin Pierce
University softball team could not overcome three Saint Anselm home
runs on Wednesday and were swept in a doubleheader by the Hawks at
the FPU Softball Field in Rindge. St. A's won game one, 3-0, and
then exploded for a 13-0 win in six innings in game two. The Ravens
fell to 3-18 overall and 1-13 in the Northeast-10 (0-8 Northeast
Division), while the Hawks improved to 14-13 and 11-5 in league
play (8-0 NE Division).
Nicole Boucher launched a pair of
homers on the day for Saint Anselm, including leading off the first
inning of game one with a shot over the wall in left field.
However, her biggest blast was a grand slam in the sixth inning of
game two, which was part of a six-run frame by the Hawks to set the
eight-run rule into effect.
Monique Gauthier was the other Hawk
to hit a long ball as she helped kick-start Saint Anselm's
second-game barrage with a two-run homer in the first inning.
Saint Anselm pounded out 22 hits on
the afternoon, including six from Julie Leclair, who had two
doubles and a triple.
In addition to the offense clicking
on all cylinders, the Hawks also got tremendous pitching
performances from Tayla Trask and Paige Cormier as both turned in
complete-game wins to improve to 8-8 and 6-5, respectively. Trask
scattered a pair of Franklin Pierce hits over her 7.0 innings of
work, while striking out four and yielding just one base on ball.
Cormier's 6.0 innings of work saw her yield just four hits -- none
for extra bases -- while striking out three and walking just
one.
Franklin Pierce got a pair of solid
pitching performances in game one, including from freshman hurler
Tricia Hansen (Mansfield, Mass.), who went 5.0
innings and allowed just three runs on seven hits with a strikeout
and zero walks. Senior Rachel Allen (Hull, Mass.)
came on in relief and pitched a perfect sixth and seventh innings
to keep the Ravens very much alive in the game.
The other highlight from the first
game was freshman Courtney Caputo (Stony Brook,
N.Y.) roping a triple to right field in the first inning.
The extra-base hit was the 18th of the season for the Ravens, which
is the highest total in the Northeast-10 this season.
Franklin Pierce returns to action
Saturday when the Ravens travel to Waltham, Mass. to face Bentley
in a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce softball, please visit the team's page at
athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) To follow the programs even
further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube
(www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports), Twitter
(www.twitter.com/FPUathletics) and Facebook
(www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens). Fans wishing to purchase
Franklin Pierce softball apparel can do so on the athletic
department's online store at
athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)
