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Game Recap: Softball |

Hawks Drop Doubleheader to AIC, 1-0 and 8-3

Manchester, N.H. (April 13) -- The Saint Anselm softball team dropped a Northeast-10 doubleheader to visiting American International on a blustery Monday afternoon. The Hawks dropped game one by a 1-0 final and fell in game two, 8-3.

In game one, the only offense came in the top of the fourth inning as Tara DeMontier (Amesbury, Mass.) gave the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 lead. Leading off the inning, DeMontier dropped a single in front of the Saint Anselm left fielder, but the ball was misplayed and rolled all the way to the fence. DeMontier came all the way around on the three-base error for the lone run of the game. Both starting pitchers were tremendous throughout, with Kristen Dolan (Norwood, Mass.) picking up the win to improve to 10-4 on the season. Dolan surrendered just four Saint Anselm hits, while striking out 11 Hawks. On the other side, Saint Anselm junior Megan Lemire (Worcester, Mass.) allowed zero earned runs while scattering five hits and striking out seven.

Saint Anselm struck first in game two in the second inning as an RBI single to center by Liz LeBrun (Rowley, Mass.) got lost in the sun and Jackie Giannino (Beverly, Mass.) came around from first base for the 1-0 lead. The Yellow Jackets answered back in the next inning, putting together three hits and taking advantage of two Hawk errors for the 5-1 advantage. The offense in the inning was led by a two-RBI hit by DeMontier.

AIC added to the lead in the fourth inning on a two-RBI double to left by Becky Dion (Raynham, Mass.) to make it 7-1 heading to the bottom of the inning. The Hawks answered right back as Giannino blasted a two-run homer to dead center to make it 7-3 following a leadoff single by Moira McCabe (Brookline, N.H.). AIC added a late run in the top of the seventh inning to account for the 8-3 final.

Lisa Caruso (Granby, Conn.) took the loss for the Hawks to fall to 1-4 on the season. Ashley Deegan (Durham, Conn.) went five innings for the Yellow Jackets to improve to 6-7 overall.

With the sweep, Saint Anselm falls to 12-15-1 overall and 4-7-1 in the league, while AIC now sits at 19-13 overall and 11-7 in the Northeast-10. Saint Anselm is back in action on Tuesday afternoon, hosting Stonehill for a 3 p.m. start.

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