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Falls to Bryant, 9-5
Bulldogs notch 9-5 victory in game one, game two suspended

WORCESTER, MASS. (April 4, 2002) - The Franklin Pierce University
softball team fell to Bryant College, 9-5, in game one of this afternoon's Northeast-10 Conference double header, while game two was suspended due to darkness.

Bryant's Katie Slack finished hitting three-for-four, including a double, with three runs scored and an RBI to lead the Bulldogs offense. Carley Muise went 2-3 with a run scored, while Kristin Gambacorta added three RBIs.

FP
drew first blood when freshman Mary Reade (Groveland, Mass./Pentuckett Reg.) smacked a two-run blast to put the Ravens up 2-0 in the second. The Ravens tacked on another run in the third as sophomore Quinn Tremblay (Westminster, Mass./Oakmont) singled in freshman Brooke McGovern (Taunton, Mass./Coyle Cassidy) to give FP
a 3-0 advantage.

Bryant battled back in the fourth as Slack, Gambacorta and Katie Kelley all drove in runs to help the Bulldogs to take a one run lead. FP
answered when sophomore Michelle Derochers (Billerica, Mass./Billerica) singled in Carolyn Hall (Whitman, Mass./Whitman-Hanson) in the bottom of the fourth to knot the score 4-4.

Gambacorta put the Bryant ahead for good in the fifth when she drove in Slack and Lindsay Schoolcraft. The Bulldogs tacked on two more runs to ice the win.

Reade went 2-5, with a two run homer and an RBI. Junior Julie Haight (Fort Montgomery, N.Y./O'Neill) added a pair of hits and an RBI for the Ravens.

Bryant hurler, Diane Cummings allowed four earned runs on six hits, walked five and struck out one for the win. Nicole Keene allowed no earned runs on one hit, walked none and struck out one for the save. FP
freshman Courtney Lemoie (Lincoln, R.I./Lincoln) allowed two earned runs on four hits, struck out two and walked one for the loss.

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bryant	0	0	0	4	2	2	1	9	13	4
FPC	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	5	9	4

Battery
Bryant: Kim Wright, Diane Cummings, Nicole Keene and Holly McCarthy
FPC: Courtney Lemoie, Amy Torla and Julie Haight

WP: Cummings (2-4)
LP: Lemoie (1-2)
SV: Keene (2)
HR: Reade (1)

The teams were scheduled to play game two of a doubleheader, but the game was suspended due to darkness with Bryant College holding 2-0 lead after three and a half innings. A makeup date has not yet been determined.

FP
(6-6-1, 0-1 NE-10) returns to action tomorrow, when it hosts the University of Bridgeport in non-conference action at 4 p.m. Bryant (8-11-1, 4-2-1 NE-10) next hosts non-conference opponent C.W. Post on Saturday at 1 p.m.