Manchester, N.H. (April 26) -- The Saint Anselm
softball ended on Sunday afternoon as the Hawks dropped a pair of
Northeast-10 games to No. 23 ranked Le Moyne on Senior Day. The
Hawks fell by a 9-1 final in game one in five innings and lost game
two, 6-3.
In game one, the Dolphins took a 2-0 lead in the second and
stretched that to 7-0 in the third behind a two-run homer to right
by Caitlin O'Neill (Pittsford, N.Y.), her third of
the season. Trailing 9-0 heading into the bottom of the fifth, the
Hawks loaded the bases with one out and pushed across an unearned
run by Liz Trafton (Berwick, Maine). Le Moyne
reliever Brenna Klein (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
got out of the jam though to preserve the victory. Starter
Jenna Vanacore (Hicksville, N.Y.) picked up the
win, going four innings to improve to 15-3 overall. Saint Anselm
starter Megan Lemire (Worcester, Mass.) went the
distance, taking the loss to fall to 11-11. In the first inning,
Saint Anselm catcher Brittney Birch (Bradford,
Mass.) threw out Le Moyne's Kelcie Cashel (Lacona,
N.Y.) trying to steal third base, giving her the Saint
Anselm all-time record with 34 runners thrown out stealing.
After scoring a first-inning unearned run, the Dolphins took
advantage of three second-inning Saint Anselm errors and stretched
the lead to 6-0. The Hawks got a run back in the bottom of the
inning as Kate Marquis (Lincoln, R.I.) launched a
triple to the outfield fence and senior Julie Beaudry
(Worcester, Mass.) looped a single to left for the RBI.
Saint Anselm added a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth as
Megan Walsh (Randolph, Mass.) scored on a wild
pitch, followed by a run by Birch on an RBI groundout by
Nicole Baginski (Beverly, Mass.) to make it a 6-3
game.
Katelyn Fowler (Sandy Creek, N.Y.) picked up
the win for Le Moyne to improve to 3-2 overall. Lisa Caruso
(Granby, Conn.) took the loss for the Hawks, ending her
season at 3-7 overall.
With the losses, the Hawks end the season at 18-25-1 overall and
10-17-1 in the Northeast-10, while Le Moyne is now 34-10 overall
and 22-4 in the league.
