THE BASICS:

-Score: Assumption 7, Saint Michael's 1

-Records: Assumption (14-20, 11-10 NE-10), Saint Michael's (3-25, 2-16 NE-10)

-Location: Colchester, Vt. (Doc Jacobs Field)

-The Lead: The Assumption College softball team stretched its win streak to three on Sunday as the Hounds capped off their series with a 7-1 victory over Saint Michael's in Colchester, Vt. With the win, Assumption moves into second place in the Northeast-10 Northeast Division standings, just behind the previously nationally-ranked Penmen of SNHU.

HOW IT HAPPENED 

-The Hounds broke the scoreless tie in the top of the fourth inning for a 1-0 lead. Senior Kayli Moniz (Fairhaven, Mass. / Fairhaven) led off with a single to left and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by sophomore Stephanie Menard (Cranston, R.I. / Cranston HS West).

-Moniz reached third when senior Christina Caira (Newton, Mass. / Newton North) singled to right field and scored on a wild pitch for the advantage.

-Assumption broke the game open in the top of the fifth with four runs on four hits to make it 5-0. Freshman Caitlin Mirabell (Shoreham, N.Y. / Shoreham-Wading River) blasted a two-run homer to score Clark, who had singled, before Moniz doubled to left field.

-With two outs in the frame, sophomore Nicole Duplease (Leominster, Mass. / Leominster)singled to right field score Moniz before a fielding error caused Duplease to cross the plate.

-The Hounds tacked on an additional insurance run in the top of the sixth when freshman Julia Mazzeo (Milford, N.H. / Milford) who reached base on a single through the left side, scored on a Clark single, 6-0.

-The Purple Knights avoided the shutout scoring one run on two hits in the bottom of the sixth to make it 6-1 before the Hounds plated their final run in the top of the seventh for the 7-1 score.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

-Sophomore Kendal Roy (Grafton, Mass. / Grafton) earns the win for the Hounds as she improves to 11-6 on the season. She went five innings in the circle scattering five hits and notching five strikeouts. She was relieved by senior Jess Underwood (Hudson, N.H. / Alvirne)in the sixth inning. Underwood collected three strikeouts, allowed two hits and plated one run.

-Danielle Brown takes the loss for Saint Michael's as she falls to 3-13 on the season. She struck out seven in 4.2 innings while allowing eight hits and four earned runs. Molly Feeny completed the game and allowed two more runs, just one earned, on four hits.

-Assumption outhit the Purple Knights 12-7.

-Clark helped lead the Hound offense going 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI while Mirabell, Moniz and Caira each posted two hits apiece. Mirabell registered a team-high two RBI and Moniz was the only Hound to cross the plate twice.

-Three Hounds, including Clark, Moniz and Caira, doubled on the day while Mirabell was the only player of both teams to hit a home run.

BEHIND THE BOX SCORE 

-Mirabell's homer marks the first of her career.

-Assumption is now tied for second in the Northeast-10 Northeast Divison standings with an 11-6 record.

-Roy is currently ranked 18th in the nation in walks allowed per seven innings (0.81) and is second in the NE-10.

UP NEXT:

-Assumption has just four games left in the regular season starting with Bentley on Tuesday, April 19, on the road at 3 p.m. The Hounds swept Bentley in a doubleheader earlier this season. Assumption will return home for its final series of the regular season against Saint Anselm on Friday and Saturday, April 22-23.

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