FORT MYERS, FL - St. Joe's is 1-1 after the first day of their southern swing with a 13-5 loss to Clark University in the team's first game and a 6-4 victory over Rockford College in the second game of the day. SR Megan Farrell (Abington, MA) and SO Liddy van der Linden (Worcester, MA) both hit home runs in the loss to Clark. Both SO Jillian Kimball (Albany TWP, ME) and JR Alysn Ludwig (Waldoboro, ME) went 4-4 at the plate and FY pitcher Kiera Walsh (Benton, ME) threw all seven innings to earn her first collegiate win against Rockford.

St. Joe's jumped out to a three run lead in the first inning against Clark University after Farrell hit a three-run home run and added another run in the 2nd inning off an RBI from Kimball to stake a 4-0 lead over the Cougars. Clark rallied with a six runs off of five hits in the bottom of the 2nd inning to take the 6-4 lead. Liddy van der Linden hit a solo home run to lead off the third inning, but Clark scored 4 runs in the 4th and 3 in the sixth inning to force the eight-run rule.

The St. Joe's offense managed to attain 11 hits in the contest but stranded 10 runners in the defeat. van der Linden, Farrell and FY Alyssa Dunn (Standish, ME) each had two hits in the game. SO Christy Wezowicz (Granville, MA) pitched five innings and took the loss.

St. Joe's scored three runs in the first inning again in the second game of the day against Rockford College as Jillian Kimball and JR Kim Bechard (Lewiston, ME) registered RBI singles. Alysn Ludwig sparked the offense with a leadoff single in the opening inning.

Rockford managed to plate two runs, both unearned, in the fourth inning off of SJC freshman pitcher Kiera Walsh to make it a one-run game, 3-2. FY left fielder Renee Leach (Shapleigh, ME) threw out a Rockford runner at home plate to end the inning.

Kimball, Farrell and Dunn each notched RBI's in the 7th inning to pad the SJC lead to 4 runs, 6-2. Rockford came back in the home half of the final inning with 2 runs to make the final score 6-4, St. Joe's.

Liddy van der Linden was 2-4 and Alysn Ludwig added three stolen bases to her 4-4 effort in the victory. Jillian Kimball notched two RBI's in the game and starting pitcher Kiera Walsh struck out six, allowed no bases on balls and just two earned runs in the first start of her career.