DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The UMass Dartmouth softball team split a doubleheader on Wednesday in their 2026 home opener, taking game two over Bridgewater State by a 5-1 margin. The Bears were the victors in game one by a score of 7-6. The Corsairs are now 9-3 overall on the season, while BSU is 9-5.
In game two, the Corsairs opened the game's scoring in the bottom of the first as sophomore right fielder
Lily Routhier reached on a muffed throw to first, going on to advance to second as senior third baseman
RaeLynn Perregaux came home to score.
Senior catcher
Lena Tsonis then singled up the middle to score Routhier, giving the home team a 2-0 advantage. The Corsairs made it a 3-0 advantage in the bottom of the second as rookie pitcher
Brielle Kenney belted her first collegiate home run over the center field wall.
The Bears bounced back in the top of the fourth with runners on as Victoria Becker stole second and Aubrey Carberry scored on a muffed throw by the shortstop. In the bottom of the sixth, the Corsairs pushed two more runs across as senior second baseman
Emma Talpey scored on a wild pitch, before Perregaux singled through the right side to drive home Kenney for the 5-1 score.
UMass Dartmouth held off the Bears in the top of the seventh as Kenney struck out the final two batters of the game to seal her fourth victory of the season.
Perregaux was 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, while Kenney was 2-for-2 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI. She also pitched all 7.0 innings, allowing just one run (unearned) on three hits with five strikeouts and two walks over 98 pitches thrown. Routhier was 1-for-2 with a run scored, while Talpey was 1-for-3 with a run scored and Tsonis had a hit and an RBI.
Game one saw the Bears open up an early 1-0 lead, but the Corsairs bounced back in the bottom of the first as Tsonis sent a two-run single to the pitcher, followed up by a single to third from Talpey that brought home Tsonis.
The Bears closed the gap to 3-2, but an RBI double down the left field line, coupled with a bases loaded walk to junior left fielder
Olivia Ali, opened the margin to 5-2 after three innings.
In the top of the fourth, the Bears pushed two more runs across to make it a 5-4 game and capitalized in the sixth as Makayla Ansell fired a three-run shot over the left field wall to give the visitors the 7-5 advantage.
UMass Dartmouth saw Tsonis post an RBI sacrifice fly to right in the seventh to make it 7-6, but the Corsairs could not get the equalizer.
Routhier was 2-for-3 with three runs scored, while Tsonis was 2-for-3 with a run scored and three runs batted in. Senior centerfielder
Sydney Menz was 2-for-4 with an RBI. In the circle, sophomore hurler
Edy Crawford shouldered the loss, allowing seven runs (6 earned) on 13 hits over 7.0 innings. She struck out one and walked three batters over 107 pitches thrown.
UMass Dartmouth returns to action on Saturday, hosting Plymouth State in Little East doubleheader action beginning at 1pm.
