Seventh Ranked Bryant Softball Sweeps
Pace 10-1, 8-0
Smithfield,
RI - The seventh ranked Bryant
University softball team took two games from Pace University on
Thursday winning Game One, 10-1 in six innings, and picking up a
win in Game Two by the score of 8-0 in five innings. Bryant
improves to 17-13 overall and 15-3 in the Northeast-10.
In Game One, the game was scoreless until the bottom of the
third when Jen Serrano
(Stoneham,
MA) had an RBI triple knocking in
Stephanie Mirando (North
Haven,
CT) who reached base in front of
Jen with a double. Pace would tie the game at 1-1 in the top of the
fourth on an RBI single by Julia Hunt
(Mahopac,
NY). Pace had four singles in the
inning but only managed to score the single run.
The Bulldogs would take a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth on
an unearned run. Then the fireworks went off in the bottom of the
sixth for Bryant. They scored a total of eight runs before the game
was called to win 10-1. Amanda Wilbur
(Lakeville,
MA) led off the inning with a
solo homerun deep to leftfield. Vicci Duane
(West Haven,
CT) had a bases clearing double
that led to three more runs. Then the game winning hit was by
Amanda Gagne
(Wilbraham,
MA) who connected on a three-run
homerun over the leftfield wall. Jen Bernier
(Rehoboth,
MA) threw six innings allowing
just one run and struck out three for Bryant.
Game Two saw the hot Bryant bats continue to hit the ball. In
the bottom of the first Amanda Wilbur (Lakeville,
MA) connected for her second homerun of the day with a
two-run shot to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead. In the home half of
the third Bryant struck for three more runs on an RBI single by
Jen Serrano (Stoneham, MA) and a two-run double by
Amanda Gagne (Wilbraham, MA). Gagne finished
the day going 4-6 with five RBI's and three runs scored.
The Bulldogs would get three more runs in the bottom of the
fourth and hold defensively in the top half of the fifth for the
8-0 victory. Wilbur and Mirando each had an RBI double in the
inning. Wilbur finished the day with two homeruns going 4-6 with
four RBI's and two runs scored.
On the mound Janine Enos
(Wareham,
Mass.) did not allow a run and
struck out eight batters in five innings of work, earning her
seventh victory of the season.
Bryant returns to action on Saturday when they will travel to
Bentley for double-header action beginning at 12:00 pm.
