Worcester, Mass. (April 13) -- The Assumption College softball team dropped a pair of Northeast-10 Conference divisional games to No. 13 ranked Adelphi on Saturday afternoon at Marois Field. The Panthers took game one by a 2-1 final, followed by an 8-3 margin in the second game.

In the opener, Adelphi jumped on the board in the top of the first as senior Emily Dorko, who had reached on a single, came home on a two-out passed ball for the 1-0 edge. The game remained at 1-0 until the top of the sixth when a Dorko RBI single thru the right side scored Elizabeth Lindner to stretch the lead out to 2-0. Assumption got one back in the bottom of the frame on a leadoff homer to left from sophomore Ashley Impagliazzo (Glocester, R.I./LaSalle Academy), but that was as close as the Hounds would get in the 2-1 setback.

Dorko led the Panthers with three hits in the game, while five different Assumption players had hits in the game-one loss. Senior pitcher Rachel Hedge (Manchester, N.H./Manchester Memorial) took the loss to fall to 1-7 on the season. Over seven innings, she scattered nine hits with two runs and six strikeouts. Devon Kelly picked up the win for Adelphi to improve to 12-4 overall, while Laurin Watts posted her second save.

In game two, Adelphi jumped ahead 1-0 in the top of the first on a two-out single by Katie Andrews that scored Dorko for the 1-0 lead. Assumption answered immediately though as an RBI walk from senior Melissa Jalbert (Gardner, Mass./Gardner) scored Impagliazzo to tie the game. The Panthers put up a pair in the second with an RBI double to right center from Lindner scored Jeanine Leo, along with Lindner later scoring on an error.

Assumption tied the game for the final time in the bottom of the third on a run from senior Lauren Medeiros (Seekonk, Mass./Seekonk) and an RBI single from freshman Kayli Moniz (Fairhaven, Mass./Fairhaven) that scored Jalbert. Adelphi put the game out of reach in the fourth with four runs, including a two-run home to left from Andrews. The Panthers added a single run in the fifth as well for the 8-3 edge.

Freshman Jess Underwood (Hudson, N.H./Alvirne) took the loss for the Hounds to fall to 3-4 on the season, while Watts improves to 13-2 overall for Adelphi.

With the losses, Assumption falls to 9-20-1 and 4-7 in Southwest Division play, while Adelphi now sits at 27-9 overall and 9-2 in the division.

Assumption is back in action on Sunday, April 14th as the Hounds wrap up the three-game series with Adelphi in a single game beginning at Noon at Marois Field.

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