WORCESTER, Mass.—The Assumption University softball team split their senior day matchup with Adelphi University on Tuesday afternoon. After falling 10-0 in game one, before taking game two 8-0 during their Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader at Normand R. Marois '57 Field.
THE BASICS
Game One Score: Adelphi University 10, Assumption University 0 – 5 Innings
Game Two Score: Assumption University 8, Adelphi University 0 – 5 Innings
Records: Greyhounds (17-23, 10-8 NE10), Panthers (19-23, 8-8 NE10)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Game One Score: Adelphi University 10, Assumption University 0 – 5 Innings
Adelphi got on the board at the top of the second with an Ellen Tarjan single up in the middle to plate one run. Tarjan struck again in the top of the fourth with a three-run home run down the left field line.
The Panthers tacked on six more runs in the fifth inning, capped off by a Tarjan grand slam, pushing their lead to 8-0. Assumption threatened in the bottom of the fifth, as
Maddy Bland had a lead-off triple, but she was stranded there.
Game Two Score: Assumption University 8, Adelphi University 0 – 5 Innings
Assumption started in the bottom of the first inning, as
Kaitlyn Cahill reached via a hit by pitch, before stealing second and third, and scoring on a wild pitch. The Greyhounds erupted for six runs in the bottom of the third with
Grace Heim,
Molly Green,
Maddy Bland, and
Emma Bloom driving in runs. Cahill drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the fourth before stealing second. She would come around to score later in the frame on a
Bianca Vincequere ground out to third.
Kaelin Waldron went the distance in the pitching circle on just 68 pitches; she scattered two hits and struck out five.
UP NEXT:
- Assumption at American International College, Thursday, April 24, 2:00 pm.
- Adelphi at St. Thomas Aquinas, Wednesday, April 23, 2:30 pm.
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