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Saint Anselm STA 9-4
3
Winner Eckerd ECS 17-10
Saint Anselm STA
9-4
0
Final
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Eckerd ECS
17-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Anselm STA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Eckerd ECS 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3 3 0

W: Heter, Julia (8-2) L: Lee, Kendra (2-2)

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Winner UT Dallas UTD 9-6
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Saint Anselm STA 9-4
Winner
UT Dallas UTD
9-6
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Final
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Saint Anselm STA
9-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
UT Dallas UTD 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 7 14 0
Saint Anselm STA 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 12 1

W: Allison Koch (2-2) L: Lee, Kendra (2-2) S: Madelyn Denn (2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Drops Two Close Contests at Space Coast Games

MELBOURNE, FL – Saint Anselm softball dropped two close games in their return to action at the Space Coast games. They started with a tough 3-0 loss against Eckerd, then followed that up with an extra-innings game vs UT Dallas, ultimately falling 7-6 in the eighth inning. 

UP NEXT:

  • Saint Anselm will return to action tomorrow, starting at 10:00 AM with a game against Post, before finishing the day at 12:15 PM with another showdown with UT Dallas. 

 

GAME 1

Score: Saint Anselm 0, Eckerd 3 (7 inn.)

Win: Heter (8-2) Loss: Lee (2-2)

Records: Saint Anselm 9-4; Eckerd 17-10 

Location: Melbourne, FL 

Date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2025

 

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1):

  • The Tritons struck first in the bottom of the fourth inning, scoring two runs off a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch and a bases-loaded walk.

  • Eckerd extended its lead in the fifth, capitalizing on another bases-loaded walk to make it a 3-0 game.

  • Julia Heter capped off a dominant performance in the circle, shutting out the Hawks to earn her eighth win of the season.

 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GAME 1): 

  • This matchup marked the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

  • Julia Heter earned the win, pitching all seven innings while allowing just two hits and one walk, striking out 12.

  • Sophomore Kendra Lee (Endicott, N.Y.) got the start for Saint Anselm, delivering 5 1/3 innings of work with three strikeouts and just one earned run.

  • Freshman Alexa Salafia (Sandown, N.H.) pitched 1 2/3 innings of relief, allowing only a single walk. 

 

GAME 2

Score: Saint Anselm 6, UT Dallas 7 (8 inn.)

Win: Koch (2-2) Loss: Lee (2-3)

Records: Saint Anselm 9-5; UT Dallas 9-6

Location: Melbourne, FL

Date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2025

 

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2):

  • The Hawks opened the scoring in the second inning, loading the bases with no outs. Freshman Katie Fox (Dracut, Mass.) put Saint Anselm on the board with a sacrifice fly to center field, followed by a run-scoring single from senior Sam Wiberg (Exeter, N.H.) to give the Hawks an early 2-0 lead.

  • UT Dallas responded in the third inning in similar fashion, as Mikayla Hoffman drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and Sarah Olenick followed with an RBI single to even the score at 2-2.

  • Saint Anselm regained the lead in the fifth when senior Audrey Arsenault (Stow, Mass.) singled home Wiberg from second base. 

  • The Comets quickly answered in the sixth with an RBI double from Claire Pollack, once again tying the game.

  • The Hawks surged ahead in the bottom of the sixth, as Wiberg drove in two runs with a single before coming around to score on a triple by sophomore Brooke Tardugno (Methuen, Mass.), making it 6-3.

  • UT Dallas responded immediately in the seventh. A two-run double from Avery Martin and an RBI single from Addison Caddell tied the game at 6-6, sending it into extra innings.

  • In the eighth, the Comets took their first lead of the game as Pollack drove in the automatic runner from second with a single to go up 7-6. 

  • Saint Anselm managed to get a runner to third in the bottom half but couldn't find the tying run, ultimately falling in extra innings.

 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GAME 2): 

  • This marked the first-ever meeting between the two programs, with a rematch scheduled for tomorrow at 12:15 PM.

  • Allison Koch earned the win for UT Dallas, pitching 5 2/3 innings in relief while allowing four earned runs and striking out seven.

  • Sophomore Sam Ryan (Tewksbury, Mass.) started for Saint Anselm, delivering seven innings while allowing five earned runs.

  • Offensively, senior Sam Wiberg (Exeter, N.H.) led the way for the Hawks, going 4-for-5 at the plate with three RBIs and two runs scored.

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