Keene State Tops Fitchburg State 10-4 And 15-1
The Fitchburg State softball team dropped a pair of games to Keene State College this afternoon, falling 10-4 in game one and 15-1 in game two. With the sweep, Keene State head coach, Charlie Beach earned his 600th career victory.
Beach earns 600th career victory with doubleheader sweep over the Falcons
FITCHBURG, Mass. (March 31, 2011) – The Fitchburg State softball team dropped a pair of games to Keene State College this afternoon, falling 10-4 in game one and 15-1 in game two. With the sweep, Keene State head coach, Charlie Beach earned his 600th career victory.
Keene State 10, Fitchburg State 4
In game one, Keene State scored ten runs on ten hits en-route to a 10-4 win. Junior Haley Chandler (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield) led the way for the Owls, hitting 2-for-3 with three RBI, while sophomore Kayla Joyce (Bridgewater, Mass./Cardinal Spellman) collected one hit, three runs scored and a pair of RBI. Freshman Molly Dussault (Ware, N.H./John Stark Regional) and sophomore Nicole Dupuis (Fitchburg, Mass./Fitchburg) were also solid, combining for four hits, two RBI and scored three runs.
Keene State jumped out to a commanding 7-0 lead after five innings of play, using an RBI single by Dussault and a two-run laser from Chandler, but Fitchburg State cut the Owls lead to three (7-4) in the sixth. Sophomore Jill Moses (Dedham, Mass./Dedham) connected for her first homerun of the season, a three-run shot to left field, while junior Kelly Cummings (Natick, Mass./Natick) chipped in with an RBI base-hit.
Keene State held off the Fitchburg State comeback however, totaling three runs in the seventh for their tenth victory of the year. Junior Courtney Savoie (Stratham, N.H./Exeter) picked up the win for the Owls, allowing four earned runs on four hits (5 K's) in 5.2 innings of work. Senior Nicole Monroe (Townsend, Mass./North Middlesex) suffered the loss, surrendering seven runs (two earned) on six hits (4 K's) in 4.2 innings of work.
Keene State 15, Fitchburg State 1
Keene State completed the sweep in game two, scoring 15 runs on 15 hits over five innings of play. The Owls grabbed an 11-1 advantage after just three complete innings, keyed by a two run homer by Sara Stocklinski (Newton, N.J./Kittatinny Regional) and a two-run triple by Jessica Firenze (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield).
Moses scored the lone run for the Falcons in the second, going 1-for-2 in the contest, but Keene State registered four more runs in the fourth inning to cap its scoring at 15-1. Stocklinski improved to 6-0 on the year for Keene State, allowing one unearned run on one hit (9 K's) in five innings, while junior Allison Cousins (Leominster, Mass./Leominster) suffered the loss for the Falcons.
Fitchburg State (6-9, 0-0 MASCAC) returns to action Saturday afternoon as it travels to Salem State at 1 p.m. Keene State (11-5, 0-0 LEC) will visit UMass Dartmouth on Saturday at 1 p.m.
