Franklin
Pierce
Game one was scoreless
through four until sophomore Ashley Milan (Bellingham,
Mass./Bellingham) scored for the Ravens on an error after
reaching with a single. Senior Michelle Derochers (Billerica,
Mass./Billerica) then drove in classmate, captain Brooke
Remington (Bennington, Vt./Mount Anthony) with an RBI double
for Franklin Pierce’s second run of the inning. Freshman Colleen Varone (Holliston, Mass./Holliston) began the sixth for the Ravens with a double and later came around to score on a sacrifice fly by classmate Michelle McConnell (Elora, Ontario/Centre Wellington) to put Franklin Pierce out to a three-run lead. In the seventh, Remington scored the fourth and final run for the Ravens on an RBI single by senior Lauren Chenausky (Royalston, Mass./Athol).
Senior
captain Kalene Wotton (Westminster, Mass./Oakmont)
picked up her third win of the season in a complete game shutout
effort, allowing just four hits with eight strikeouts and no walks. Jessica
Hamill (Saugus, Mass./Pope John XXIII) (0-4) took the loss for
the Chieftains; she allowed one earned run on seven hits with one walk
and four strikeouts.
In the second game of the
doubleheader, the Ravens edged Stonehill 2-0. Franklin Pierce took a
1-0 lead in the fourth when sophomore Dana Wetzel (Riverdale,
N.J./Pompton Lakes) scored on an error after reaching with a
single. Wetzel then brought home Chenausky with a sacrifice fly in the
sixth to plate the second run of the game.
Junior Courtney Lemoie
(Lincoln, R.I./Lincoln) threw seven scoreless innings and
allowed five hits with six strikeouts and no walks in a winning effort
for Franklin Pierce. Chieftains’ hurler Tracey Cidlevich
(Milton, Mass./Milton) also went the distance and allowed one
earned run on five hits with one walk and three strikeouts as she
falls to 2-6 on the season.
The Franklin Pierce (8-8-1,
2-6 NE-10) returns to action tomorrow when it travels to Saint Anselm
for a Conference doubleheader beginning at 3:30 p.m. Stonehill (3-15,
1-9 NE-10) next hosts Merrimack on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. |
