FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Stony Brook softball team (8-10, 0-3 CAA) swept the Sacred Heart Pioneers (7-10, 0-0 NEC) in a mid-week doubleheader on Thursday in Fairfield.
After trailing 2-0 to the Pioneers for most of the game, the Seawolves scored three runs in the sixth inning to take the victory, 3-2 in the first game of the day.
Stony Brook continued its dominant offense and defense in the second game of the day. The Seawolves scored five runs and allowed none to shutout Sacred Heart in the final contest, 5-0.
GAME 1: STONY BROOK – 3, SACRED HEART – 2
- Senior outfielder Shauna Nuss opened the scoring for the Seawolves in the sixth when she reached on a throwing error by the Pioneers' third base player which allowed senior infielder Brooke Dye to score.
- Junior outfielder Alicia Orosco kept the momentum rolling for Stony Brook in the top of the six with a RBI double to left center which plated Nuss and tied the contest at 2-2. Orosco went 1-3 at the plate.
- Junior infielder Ashley Jacobson also went 1-3 at the dish but secured the game-winning run for the Seawolves. Jacobson singled through the right side to bring home Orosco and give Stony Brook the 3-2 lead and ultimately the game in the sixth inning.
- Junior pitcher Mia Haynes went the distance, recording her third 7.0 inning contest this season. Haynes tossed four strikeouts and surrendered just two runs.
- Junior infielder Kyra McFarland, sophomore catcher Emily Reinstein, and Dye all added a hit in the contest.
GAME 2: STONY BROOK - 5, SACRED HEART – 0
- Senior catcher Corinne Badger got the scoring started for Stony Brook in the fifth when she singled up the center which allowed McFarland to score on a fielder error by Sacred Heart's center fielder. McFarland's run put the squad on top 1-0.
- Junior outfielder Julianna Sanzone went 2-4 at the plate and added two RBI. In the sixth, Sanzone drove a single to left fielder to plate Nuss and junior utility Catherine Anne Kupinski for a 3-0 lead.
- Orosco added a pair of hits and a pair of RBI to her day. The junior secured the victory for the squad in the seventh when she hit a two-out two RBI single to left center to bring in Kupinski and freshman infielder Naiah Ackerman.
- Senior pitcher Ashton Melaas got the start in the circle and tossed her first complete 7.0 inning contest of the season. Melaas tallied a season-high five strikeouts and surrendered only four hits en route to her first shutout of the season and third in her career.
- Nuss went 1-2 at the plate and added a run scored while Ackerman went 1-4 and also recorded a run scored.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"We saw a lot of good things from our team today and came away with two solid wins. Our small ball game was key, and it was great to see hitters come through with timely hits with runners in scoring position. Mia and Ashton both gave us great efforts in the circle and we played good defense behind them," said head coach
Megan T. Bryant.
NEXT UP
Stony Brook will play at University Field for the first time this season when it hosts Hofstra in the Battle of Long Island on March 18-19. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The contest will be broadcast live on FloSoftball.
