Pleasantville, N.Y. (April 21) -- Led by a complete-game shutout by junior pitcher Megan Lemire (Worcester, Mass.), the Saint Anselm softball team earned a split with Pace University on Tuesday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference action. The Hawks took game one by a 2-0 final before dropping the second, 9-3.

In game one, the Hawks got all the offense they would need in the third inning as the visitors took advantage of two Pace errors in the frame. A single to center by senior Katherine Theodorou (Glen Cove, N.Y.) scored Brittany Birch (Bradford, Mass.) and Kayla McEachern (Stoneham, Mass.) with unearned runs for the win. Lemire, who scattered nine hits during the game, allowed only four base runners past second to improve to 10-9 on the season. Theodorou and Raylyn Glavin (Saugus, Mass.) each finished the game with two hits.

In the second game, Pace jumped out to a 7-0 lead after just three innings before the Hawks got on the board with two runs in the top of the fourth. Jackie Giannino (Beverly, Mass.) led off the inning with a triple and came home on a fielding error by the shortstop in the next at-bat. McEachern scored her second run of the afternoon later in the inning on a sacrifice fly to left by senior Julie Beaudry (Worcester, Mass.). The Hawks added a single run in the fifth on an RBI double to left by Giannino that scored Theodorou, but got no closer as the team split its fourth straight doubleheader. Lisa Caruso (Granby, Conn.) took the loss to fall to 2-5 on the season, giving up seven earned runs in 2.2 innings.

Glavin, Birch and Giannino also finished with multiple hits in the second game.

With the split, the Hawks are now 16-21-1 overall and 8-13-1 in the Northeast-10 and return to action on Wednesday afternoon as the team travels to Saint Michael's for a doublheader.