Clermont, Fla. (March 14) -- On Friday afternoon at the NTC Spring Games, the Assumption College softball team picked up a split with the University of Bridgeport as the Hounds have now won four of their last five. The Hounds took game one by a 3-2 margin, followed by a 9-3 setback in the second game.

Assumption got on the board first in the bottom of the second as junior third baseman Jess DiPilato (Worcester, Mass./Holy Name) led off the inning with a single up the middle and later scored on an error for the 1-0 edge. The Purple Knights tied things up in the top of the fourth as pinch runner Kelsey Spaziani scored on a two-out error to tie the game at 1-1. Spaziani pinch ran for Mallory Streat, who led off the inning with a single to center field.

The Hounds took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth with a pair of runs and a 3-1 lead. DiPilato continued her blistering start with a double to left with one out, later scoring on an RBI single down the left field line by senior Nikki Boris (Gardner, Mass./Gardner). Boris came home one batter later as senior Kolby Davenport (Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack) had an RBI double to left for the eventual game-winning run.

Bridgeport got one back in the top of the sixth on a solo homer to left by Streat before freshman pitcher Courtney Oliva (Vernon, Conn./Vernon) got the Hounds out of the inning up 3-2.

Oliva improved to 3-0 overall with the win, going seven innings while scattering five hits with one earned run and six strikeouts. Kaitlyn Lajoie fell to 2-4 with the loss, going six innings with three runs allowed and two strikeouts.

In game two, Bridgeport put up a pair of first-inning runs for the early 2-0 advantage as Streat doubled to left to drive in the runs. Assumption answered with two runs in the top of the second on an RBI double to left from freshman catcher Cassandra Schultz (Amesbury, Mass./Amesbury) and an RBI groundout by freshman Ashley Clark (Pawtucket, R.I./Tolman).

Bridgeport took the lead for good in the bottom of the second with a pair of runs as Jessica Griesinger's two-RBI single to left scored Imane AlouIssa and Paige Owens. The Hounds cut into the lead with a run in the top of the fifth as Schultz led off with a double to left and later came home on an RBI single thru the left side from senior captain Tanya Robidoux (Hooksett, N.H./Manchester Central).

The Purple Knights put the game out of reach in the bottom of the sixth with a five-run frame as Bridgeport put together four hits and took advantage of one error to earn the doubleheader split.

Freshman pitcher Nicole Harvey (South Berwick, Maine/South Berwick) took the loss for the Hounds to fall to 0-3 overall, while Tiffany Irrera improved to 3-2 in the win.

With the split, Assumption sits at 5-5 overall, while the Purple Knights are now 5-9 on the season.

Assumption wraps up its 12-game spring trip on Saturday morning as the Hounds take on Minot State at 9 a.m. and Minnesota-Crookston at 11 a.m.

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