THE BASICS:

-Score Game 1: Assumption 0,  Pace 3

-Score Game 2: Assumption 2, Lock Haven 8

-Records: Assumption (3-9); Pace (2-1); Lock Haven (13-7)

-Location: Clermont, Fla. (Legends Way Fields)

-The Lead: The Assumption College softball team concluded its final day of play in its 2016 Spring break trip in Clermont, Fla. with a doubleheader loss to Pace and Lock Haven on Saturday. Both games were close throughout the majority of the game as the Hounds fell to Pace by a score of 3-0, followed by an 8-2 loss to Lock Haven. The Bald Eagles scored five runs in the sixth inning to take the substantial lead.

HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME 1 vs. Pace

-Pace got out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Haley Hernandez singled through the right side and advanced to second on a passed ball. She scored when Nikole Larm singled up the middle with one out. Junior Nicole Harvey (South Berwick, Maine / Marshwood) worked out of the inning with two runners in scoring position, retiring the next two batters.

-In the bottom of the second, Pace increased its lead to two after a bunted single put Ashley Lew on base followed by a two-out triple from Larissa Labs to score Lew, 2-0 Setters.

-The Hounds threatened in the top of the third, loading the bases with two outs. After the first two hitters went down, senior Kayli Moniz (Fairhaven, Mass. / Fairhaven) was hit in the helmet by a pitch, followed by a walk from junior Cassie Schultz (Amesbury, Mass. / Amesbury). Junior Ashley Abad (Bedford, N.H. / Bedford) ripped a single up the middle to load the bases before the Pace pitcher closed the inning on a swinging strikeout.

-Pace loaded the bases in the bottom of the third before Harvey was relieved by junior Jurnee Serating-Ware (Hudson, Mass. / Hudson). An illegal pitch advanced the third-base runner across the plate to make it 3-0 Setters before Serating-Ware struck out the second out and third batters to get out of the inning.

-In the top of the sixth, the Hounds once again loaded the bases on a two-out rally but failed to cross the plate keeping the score 3-0, Pace.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS - GAME 1 vs. Pace

-The Hounds posted seven hits compared to nine for Pace while leaving 11 runners on base. 

-Abad led the Hound offense with two hits in four at bats. Sophomore Stephanie Menard (Cranston, R.I. / Cranston HS West), sophomore Nicole Duplease (Leominster, Mass. / Leominster), senior Christina Caira (Newton, Mass. / Newton North), junior Ashley Clark (Pawtucket, R.I. / William E. Tolman) and freshman Caitlin Mirabell (Shoreham, N.Y. / Shoreham-Wading River) also added one hit apiece for Assumption.

-Harvey takes the loss for the Hounds in her first start of the season. She allowed seven hits and three runs, two earned, in 2.1 innings while striking out one. Serating-Ware notched 3.2 innings in the circle and allowed two hits and no runs. 

-Pace's Jaclyn Flores earns the win for the Terriers, her first of the season, after pitching all 7.0 innings for the shutout.

HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME 2 vs. Lock Haven

-In the bottom of the third inning, Lock Haven took a 2-0 lead when Jodi Weaknecht hit a two-out, two-run home run over the center-field fence. The Bald Eagles added another run in the frame when McKenna Garlock scored on a single to left by Michelle Holweger.

-In the top of the fourth, the Hounds put two runners on base when Menard led off with a single to the shortstop and Clark walked with two outs. A Greyhound pop-up ended the inning, however and the pair was left stranded, still 3-0 Lock Haven.

-In the top of the fifth, the Hounds got on the board when Moniz blasted a two-out, RBI double to right-center field to score Abad, who had reached on a single, 3-1 Lock Haven. Moniz made it 3-2 when she crossed the plate on a hard single up the middle off the bat of Menard.

-Lock Haven added another in the bottom of the fifth when Rebekah Slattery shot a single through the left side to score Weaknecht, who reached on error, to increase the Bald Eagle lead to 4-2.

-In the top of the sixth, Assumption loaded the bases with no outs on a single by Caira, an error and a fielder's choice. Two pop ups and a strikeout closed the inning however to keep the Bald Eagles on top, 4-2.

-Lock Haven clinched the win in the bottom of the sixth when they posted four runs on four hits with no errors for the 8-2 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS - GAME 2 vs. Lock Haven

-Menard led the Hounds at the plate going 2-for-4. Schultz, Abad, Moniz, Duplease and Caira each added a hit to total seven for assumption, compared to 10 for Lock Haven.

-For their second-straight game, the Hounds were able to generate an offense but were unable to score runners. Assumption left 11 runners stranded on base to total 22 for the day.

-Senior Jess Underwood (Hudson, N.H. / Alvirne) takes the loss for the Hounds after pitching the first 3.1 innings of the contest and allowing four hits and three runs, two earned. Underwood also registered three strikeouts on the day and is 0-3 on the season.

-Underwood was replaced by sophomore Kendal Roy (Grafton, Mass. / Grafton) in the circle in the bottom of the fourth who allowed five runs on six hits, four earned, before junior Courtney Oliva (Vernon, Conn. / Rockville) entered the game for the final two outs.

-Rachel Mouillesseaux improved to 6-4 overall with the win after pitching 4.2 innings. She allowed six hits, two runs, three walks and struck out four batters.

BEHIND THE BOX SCORES:

-Harvey's start marks her first since the 2013-14 season when she was a freshman. 

UP NEXT:

-The Hounds are set to travel to Stonehill next week to open Northeast-10 Conference play. Assumption will face the Skyhawks in a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. The Hounds will play two more doubleheaders at Adelphi and Pace before hosting their home opener against Stonehill on Tuesday, March 22 at 3 p.m.

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