Bulldog Softball Splits With Southern N.H. Tuesday

SMITHFIELD, RI – The Bryant University softball team split a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader with Southern New Hampshire winning game one 7-6 and losing the nightcap, 3-1 Tuesday afternoon at the Bryant University Softball Complex.

With the split, Bryant's record stands at 22-14 overall and 19-5 in Northeast-10 Conference play while Southern New Hampshire moves to 11-22 overall on the season and 10-13 in conference.

In game one,  Bryant and Southern New Hampshire went into the fourth inning tied 1-1 when each team exploded for five runs. Southern New Hampshire's first run of the inning came when Kelly Downs hit an RBI single. She was followed by a two-run single by Nikki Cote. The Penmen got two more runs in the inning thanks to an RBI single from Laurie Boland.

Bryant countered in the bottom of fourth when Holly McCarthy (Framingham, Mass.) belted an RBI single. The Bulldogs would push across a few more runs in the innings courtesy of singles by Carly Muise (Hanson, Mass.) and Amanda Gagne (Wilbraham, Mass.) to tie the game.

Jordan Dargon (Trumbull, Conn.) made the home fans happy as she singled and later came across to score the game-winning run on an RBI double byDiane Cummings (Westwood, Mass.).

Stephanie Miller (Titusville, NJ) got the win for Bryant in relief pitching 3 1/3 innings allowing no runs and giving up two hits.

Game two saw Southern New Hampshire take an early 1-0 lead in the first inning but both pitchers settled in as SNHU's Danielle Lajoie and Bryant's Cummings pitched five scoreless innings.  In the top of the sixth the Penmen would add two more runs and hold on for the win despite giving up a solo home run by Dargon in the sixth.   

Lajoie got the win going six innings, allowing one run, on four hits, and striking out two. Cummings took the loss allowing three runs, on nine hits, and striking out four.

Bryant will return to action tomorrow when they host Assumption for a single, makeup game starting at 4:00 PM.