Bryant Blanks FPC, 5-0
Nicole Keene tosses first career no-hitter to lead Bulldogs

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (April 29, 2002) - Nicole Keene tossed her first career no-hitter to lead Bryant College past Franklin Pierce College, 5-0, in Northeast-10 Conference softball action this afternoon at the Bryant Softball Complex.

Keene struck out five batters and walked three through six innings to improve to 7-6 on the year. The Bryant offense was led by Deidre Kittredge, who went two-for-four with three RBIs and a run scored. Lindsay Schoolcraft hit a perfect 3-3, while Lisa Aguiar and Sarah Melican both went 2-3 with a run scored.

Bryant broke open the scoring in the top of the third, as Kittredge knocked in a two-run triple to help the Bulldogs take the 2-0 lead. Kittredge later went on to score Bryant's third run of the frame after Holly McCarthy singled her in.

Kittredge added another run in the top of the fourth when she knocked in Aguiar to make the score 4-0.

Bryant's final run came in the top of the sixth, when Carley Muise singled in Melican to make the final, Bryant 5, FP
0.

FPC's Amy Torla (Haverhill, Mass./Haverhill) allowed four earned runs on 13 hits, stuck out one and walked none in six innings of work for the loss.

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

Battery
BC: Nicole Keene and Holly McCarthy
FPC: Amy Torla and Julie Haight

WP: Keene (7-6)
LP: Torla (6-7)

FP
(15-20-1, 9-13 NE-10) returns to action tomorrow, when it hosts intra-state rivals, Southern New Hampshire University, in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader at 3:30 p.m.