BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Softball team split against conference member Western New England University 3-2, 5-3 Saturday afternoon.
 
Hawk Highlights
Game 1
Katrina Goria (Wyckoff, N.J.): 2-for-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI
 
Lia Nocella (Tyngsboro, Mass.): (W, 8-2), 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
 
For The Opponents
Taylor Keegan (Bristol, Conn.): 1-for-3, 1 RBI
 
Kayll Rosenkran (West Haven, Conn.): (L, 1-2), 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
 
How It Happened
The Hawks came out on top in the first inning when leadoff batter Sydney Provencal (Cumberland, R.I.) hit a single through the right side. Emma MacLean (Newton, Mass.) laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Provencal to second. Katrina Goria blasted an RBI double to right center field for the Hawk's first run. Later on in the inning Tara Chatowsky (North Kingstown, R.I.) singled, plating Goria for an early 2-0 lead. WNE tied the game in the fifth but Goria wasn't satisfied as she singled to third base forcing the first baseman to make an error scoring Provencal for the winning run.  
Game 2
Sydney Provencal (Cumberland, R.I.): 2-for-3, 1 2B
Bay Naples (Livingston, N.J.): 2-for-3, 1 BB, 1 RBI
Katrina Goria (Wyckoff, N.J.): 3-for-4, 1 SB
 
Lia Nocella (Tyngsboro, Mass.): (L, 8-3), .1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
 
For The Opponents
Kayleigh Blades (Merrimack, N.H.): 1-for-2
Dina DiBlasio (Norwalk, Conn.): 1-for-3,1 HR, 1 BB, 1 RBI
Lexie Hemstock (Cheshire, Conn.): 1-for-1, 1 2B, 3 RBI
 
Paige Uliase (Meriden, Conn.): (W, 2-0), 3 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
 
How It Happened
Alex Lombardo (Thomaston, Conn.) started it off for the Hawks hitting an RBI single up the middle in the first. In the third, Tara Chatowsky (North Kingstown, R.I.) flied out to right field but Provencal was able to score off of the tag for a 2-0 lead. The sixth was a big inning for WNE as Dina DiBlasio homered to left field followed by an additional two runs to go ahead 5-2. Bay Naples hit an RBI single to left field to gain one more but the Hawks were unable to produce anymore as they took the 5-3 loss.
 
Players Corner
"Today's games showed how well our defense can play. Once we string together some hits our team will continue to be on top. Our pitchers showed how well they can do in tough situations, and we will continue the efforts from today into tomorrow. Two really great ball games today that could have gone either way; we won a close one and lost a close one. Timely hitting in Game 1 and a gem in the circle by Lia and Francesca scattering four hits was the difference in the first contest.  Katrina Goria was seeing the ball well and continued her production on offense." - Sydney Provencal
 
Coaches Corner
"In Game 2 Taylor Myers pitched a solid five innings. I was hoping we could give her more run support but we just couldn't get our rhythm on offense. Katrina, Sydney and Bay had multiple hits but we stranded 11 in a two-run loss so that was the difference. Looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow at WNE to continue the series with a strong performance." - Joyce Maudie
 
What's Next
Roger Williams (11-9) and Western New England will see each other again tomorrow at 10:30am and 12:30pm.