Softball 4/12/2015 8:51:00 PM

Softball takes one of two from Curry

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MILTON, Mass. - Curry College split a doubleheader with the Roger Williams University Softball team Saturday afternoon in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) softball action at D. Forbes Will Field. The Colonels won game one, 5-1, before the Hawks held on for a 9-3 win in the nightcap.

The Colonels (7-9, 4-3 CCC) got all five runs in the first inning off a grand slam from sophomore Kelly Duggan. Freshman April Adams singled, junior Amy Nolan reached base with a walk while fresham Mikayla Lambert singled to left to get the bases loaded for Duggan. The Hawks (8-11, 4-6 CCC) got one run back in the seventh inning when freshman Haley Ledbetter reached base on an error. Junior Veronica Alicea would eventually hit her in to score their first run of the game for the Hawks.

Senior Taylor Ahearn surrendered three hits and one runs (zero earned) with zero walks and eight strikeouts in seven innings of work for the Colonels. Junior Meghan Maliga was tagged with the loss as she allowed five hits and five runs (four earned). She recorded two walks and three strikeouts in six innings.

In the nightcap, the Hawks grabbed a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning when junior Chelsea Boulrisse reached on an error and then was batted in from junior Delaney Burns. Pasquariello was then batted in from Alicea. The Hawks added another run in the second when Ledbetter scored off a single from junior Taylor Messier. In the top of the fourth inning, the Hawks took a 5-0 lead when Ledbetter scored off a single from sophomore Alicia McCauley and McCauley scored when Messier reached on an error. The Colonels would get two runs back to cut the lead to 5-2 with runs when senior Ariel LaRosa hit in freshman Adams and Duggan hit in sophomore Marissa Bruno.

The Hawks scored two more runs in the fifth and sixth to extend their lead to 9-1. Burns would bring in freshman Angela Pasquariello on a single to right field and then would come in to score off a single from Alicea. The Colonels would get the last run of the game in the bottom of the sixth when freshman Jessica Saluti would score off a single from LaRosa.

Freshman Mikayla Lambert took the loss after allowing nine hits and seven earned runs in four innings of work. Meghan Maliga, meanwhile, earned the win as she gave up six hits and three runs (one earned) in seven innings.

Curry plays two at Gordon Monday at 3:30. The Hawks host Wheaton for two games on Tuesday at 3:30.

- Release courtesy of the Curry College Sports Information Department

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Players Mentioned

#1 Veronica Alicea: INF; 5' 4"; Junior; L/R

#5 Chelsea Boulrisse: OF; 5' 2"; Junior; L/R

#15 Delaney Burns: INF; 5' 8"; Junior; R/R

#11 Meghan Maliga: P; 5' 7"; Junior; R/R

#3 Alicia McCauley: OF; 5' 5"; Sophomore; R/R

#2 Taylor Messier: OF; 5' 5"; Junior; L/R

#8 Angela Pasquariello: C; 5' 8"; Freshman; R/R

#23 Haley Ledbetter: INF; 5' 7"; Freshman; L/R

Players Mentioned

#1 Veronica Alicea
: 5' 4"; Junior; L/R
: INF

#5 Chelsea Boulrisse
: 5' 2"; Junior; L/R
: OF

#15 Delaney Burns
: 5' 8"; Junior; R/R
: INF

#11 Meghan Maliga
: 5' 7"; Junior; R/R
: P

#3 Alicia McCauley
: 5' 5"; Sophomore; R/R
: OF

#2 Taylor Messier
: 5' 5"; Junior; L/R
: OF

#8 Angela Pasquariello
: 5' 8"; Freshman; R/R
: C

#23 Haley Ledbetter
: 5' 7"; Freshman; L/R
: INF