THE BASICS

Score: Assumption 2, Seton Hill 1 (9 inn.)

Score: University of Mary 5, Assumption 3 

Records Game One: Assumption (3-2), Seton Hill (4-4)

Records Game Two: Assumption (3-3), University of Mary (7-3)

Location: Clermont, Fla.

The Lead: The Assumption College Softball team went 1-1 on day three of the Spring Games as they picked up a 2-1 extra innings win over Seton Hill, and then fell 5-3 in the nightcap against University of Mary.

GAME ONE

HOW IT HAPPENED

- Both teams were held scoreless through seven innings to force the extra inning play. With a runner on second, Seton Hill advanced the runner to third on a sacrifice bunt and then  scored off a double from Christiana Skrabak. The Hound defense held them to one run as Ashley Perillo grounded out to third baseman Nicole Duplease (Leominster, Mass. / Leominster) to end the inning.

- Assumption tied the game 1-1 in similar fashion as they used a sacrifice bunt from Hayley Drakoulakos (Lowell, Mass. / Lowell High School) to advance Julia Mazzeo (Milford, N.H./Milford) to third. Junior Victoria Petrie (Marlborough, Mass. / Marlborough) drove her in with a single to left field to force the ninth inning.

- In the top of the ninth, freshman Mia Nowicki (Chelsea, Mass. / St. Marys Lynn) struck out A. Harvey with a runner on third to keep the score tied. In the bottom of the inning, Kayla Peabody (Mendon, Mass. / Nipmuc Regional High School) bunted to advance Brooke Murphy (Salem, N.H. / Salem High School) to third. Then Murphy stole home on a wild pitch to provide the walk-off win for the Hounds.

GAME TWO

HOW IT HAPPENED

- The Hounds got on the board in the second inning, as Stephanie Menard (Cranston, R.I. / Cranston HS West) hit a home run with Alyssa Beaton (Smithfield, R.I. / Smithfield High School­) on base to take the 2-0 lead.

- Assumption maintained the lead and added a run in the fourth inning as freshman outfielder Abigail Duggan (West Roxbury, Mass. / Mount Alvernia High School) hit a single to left field to drive in Petrie who doubled earlier in the inning.

- University of Mary answered in the bottom of the inning as Colleen Crutchfield hit a two-run dinger to close the gap to 3-2.  

- In the fifth inning, the Marauders tied it up as Racheal Laetsch hit a sacrifice fly to score Kylie Alto. They broke the tie in the fifth inning as Paige Matsuki hit a solo shot over the fence and Crutchfield scored on a double from Alto.

- The Hounds tried to reclaim the lead in the top of the seventh but the Marauders defense shut out the first three batters to end the game 5-3.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

- In game one, Nowicki pitched nine innings and only allowed one run, and tallied five strikeouts in 35 at bats to pick up her second win. Petrie tallied the game-tying RBI, while Murphy and Mazzeo scored a run each.

- In game two, Kendal Roy (Grafton, Mass./Grafton) registered five strikeouts against 26 batters. Menard led the offense with a homerun, while Petrire and Duggan each hit a double.

UP NEXT

- The Hounds are back on Thursday March 8, to face Bridgeport at 4:30 pm and Urbana at 7:00 pm.

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