Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 DUDLEY, Mass. – The Roger Williams University Softball team earned a split against Nichols College Saturday afternoon at the Nichols Softball Field, falling 8-9 in nine innings in the first game before pulling out a 4-2 win in the nightcap.
 
Game One: Nichols 9, Roger Williams 8 (9 inn.)
 
Manarky had her best game at the plate this season, which she capped with a walk-off single to left with the bases loaded and two down in the ninth. Classmate Kendall Meehan (Danvers, Mass.) belted a two-run home run in the third – her fourth of the season – while sophomore Kasey Ayer (Niantic, Conn.) also plated a pair.
 
Sophomore Haley Ledbetter (Westerly, R.I.) went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored for the Hawks, who also received three hits from junior Alicia McCauley (North Reading, Mass.).
 
Nichols rallied from a 3-0 deficit to take a 5-3 lead into the sixth before a two-out, three-run home run off the bat of Ledbetter put the Hawks in front 6-5. The Hawks carried a 7-5 lead to the seventh, but a two-run single by Ayer tied the game and forced extra innings.
 
Roger Williams grabbed an 8-7 lead on an RBI single from McCauley with two outs in the ninth. In the bottom of the frame, freshman Zoe Chevrette (Wilbraham, Mass.) singled up the middle to plate Ayer and tie the game before Manarky's hit brought home Chevrette with the winning run.
 
Senior Haley Fountain (Warren, Mass.) picked up the win to even her record at 2-2 on the season. In nine innings of work, she allowed 12 hits and eight runs (seven earned) with four walks and four strikeouts. Sophomore Mary Adametz (Higganum, Conn.) was tagged for six hits and five runs in 4.2 IP in defat. She walked three and fanned four.
 
Game Two: Roger Williams 4, Nichols 2
 
Senior Meghan Maliga (Suffield, Conn.) and junior Mikaela Grosso (West Warwick, R.I.) each went 3-for-4 with two RBI for the Hawks while Maliga tossed four innings of one-run ball to earn her fifth win.

Chevrette drove in her second run of the afternoon with a single in the sixth while junior starting pitcher Meghan Sears (Tewksbury, Mass.) laced an RBI double to account for the other Bison run. Sears allowed 12 hits and four runs over seven with two strikeouts.
 
- Release courtesy of the Nichols College Sports Information Department