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Alyssa Dunn '11 |
COURTESY OF SOUTHERN MAINE SPORTS INFORMATION
GORHAM, ME - St. Joe's (24-13, 19-7 GNAC) lost to in-state rival Southern
Maine (15-16) on Wednesday afternoon at Towers field in Gorham, 9-3.
SO Anna Willis (Gorham, ME) continued
to swing a hot bat and was 2-4 in the loss and starting pitcher SO
Christy Wezowicz (Granville, MA)
took the loss with 3 earned runs allowed in 5 innings to fall to 10-8
on the season. Senior pitcher Kristina Grondin (Sanford, Maine) struck
out a career-high 13 to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies
and improve her record to 10-3.
Grondin, who also had a solid game at the plate with a 3-for-4 effort
with one RBI and three runs scored, earned her 10th win of the season
to improve to 10-3 overall. The 5-8 right-hander scattered six hits
over seven innings and did not give up a walk to allow two earned
runs.
The Huskies’ helped Grondin to the win early scoring seven of
their nine runs in the first two innings. Southern Maine scored twice
in the bottom of the first on four hits, including RBI singles from
junior C Sabrina Sevigny (Sanford, Maine) and freshman 3B Stacey Stuart
(Belgrade, Maine/Messalonskee).
USM led 7-0 after two innings plating five runs on four hits and one
Monk error. Sevigny and Stuart again provided the Huskies’ with
their offensive fire power. Sevigny laced a two-out double down the
left field line to score two runs, while Stuart drove in a pair of
runs on a single. Stuart finished the game with four RBI on a 3-for-4
effort, while Sevigny added three RBI on two hits in three at bats
with a run scored.
St. Joseph’s pulled to within four of the Huskies scoring three
runs in the top of the sixth on three hits and pair of USM errors.
Sophomore SS Liddy van der Linden
(Worcester, Mass./St. Peter Marian) and freshman DH Alyssa
Dunn (Standish, Maine/Bonny Eagle) each had RBI singles
in the inning. However, the Huskies answered back in the bottom of
the inning with two runs on an RBI double from Grondin to right-center
field and a single from Stuart.
#3 seed St. Joe's is set to play #6 Rivier College (20-11, 16-10 GNAC)
in the quarterfinal round of the GNAC playoffs at Lasell College on
Friday, April 25th at 4:00 PM.
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