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Box Score 2 FORT MYERS, Fla. – After sweeping the double-header on Day 1 of the spring trip, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth softball team dropped a pair of games against Lasell and SUNY Brockport on Monday at the Century Link Sports Complex.
Game #1 Lasell 9 UMass Dartmouth 0 (5 innings)
Seven Lasell players notched a tally in the hit column to guide the Lasers past the Corsairs, 9-0, in five innings.
Freshman Laura Macleod led the offense with a pair of base knocks, including a double and two runs. Nicole LeBlanc went 1-for-3 with a round tripper and three runs-batted-in, while Emily DeAngelis recorded a triple and crossed home twice. In the designated hitter role, Mickayla Cobb added a hit, a run, and two RBI's. Erin Larghi, Ashley Gatchell, and Erin Smith all contributed base hits in the win.
For the Corsairs, sophomore Marissa Spinuzzi (Fair Lawn, N.J.) went 1-for-2 with a double, while freshman Mary Pieroni (Arlington, Mass) and junior Rachel Carey (Holbrook, Mass.) each registered a hit.
Following a scoreless opening inning, Lasell took advantage of a couple fielding miscues and jumped out to a two run lead in the second.
In the fourth inning, the Lasers generated seven runs on six hits to add nine runs between them and UMass Dartmouth. MacLeod started the charge with a single down the leftfield line, which was followed by DeAngelis's triple into the right center gap. Gatchell found a hole through the right side to knock in DeAngelis and increase their lead to four. After Smith and Larghi reached base, Cobb pushed home her teammates when she found some grass in left field, giving Lasell a 6-0 advantage. With Larghi on second and Smith on first, LeBlanc ripped a three-run homer to left to cap the scoring run.
In the fourth and fifth, UMass Dartmouth had three players reach base, however were unable to put a run on the scoreboard. Junior Eileen Bergin dealt five scoreless innings for the Lasers, allowing only three hits and one walk, while fanning one.
Game #2 Brockport 6 UMass Dartmouth 2
After UMass Dartmouth tied the game at two-all in the top half of the sixth, Brockport produced four runs to seize the 6-2 win.
Brianna Ferchen and Brianna Harris knocked in four of the Golden Eagles six runs, tallied three of the team's seven hits and each swiped a base in the one and two holes of the lineup. Ferchen recorded a double to go with a pair of runs, two runs-batted-in and a walk. Harris went 2-for-3 with a two bagger and accumulated two RBI's. Right fielder Amanda Yhas went a perfect two-for-two from the plate and drew a based-on-ball.
Spinuzzi, who has recorded at least one hit in all four games for the Corsairs, went 1-for-4 with a run scored, while Pieroni and freshman Dylan Parsons (Methuen, Mass.) each contributed a hit for UMass Dartmouth.
Trailing by two runs in the sixth, a passed ball allowed freshman Emily Colton (Kingston, Mass.) to cut the deficit in half. With Spinuzzi on third, Pieroni ripped a single into left field to push home the tying run.
In the bottom half of the inning with two outs, Brockport produced four runs to regain control of the game. With Yuhas on second and Paige Monachino on first, a fielding error on a Ciara Condello fly ball allowed Yuhas to touch home, Monachino to move to third, and Condello to wind up at second. Ferchen delivered a two RBI double to give the Golden Eagles a 5-2 lead and Harris rounded Ferchen in with an RBI single.
Facing a four run deficit, the Corsairs loaded the bases with only one out, but were unable to close the gap.
For Brockport, Emily Kolenda allowed one run on one hit in five innings of work, while Jaime Berger pitched two innings of relief to secure the win. Junior Shannon Orton (Swansea, Mass.) went six innings, allowing seven hits and one earned in the effort.
UMass Dartmouth (2-2) returns to action on Wednesday, Mar. 18 when the Corsairs take the field against St. Joseph (Conn.) at 9 am, followed by Wis.-Platteville at 11 am.
