LEESBURG, Fla. – Saint Joseph's College (1-1) split a pair of contests in THE Spring Games softball action on Sunday. The Monks opened with a well-played 2-0 victory over Messiah University (3-6) and fell to Wisconsin Lutheran (1-3), 10-1 (5 inn.), in the late game.

Saint Joseph's 2, Messiah 0

The Monks kicked off the scoring with a run off two hits in the top of the first, when sophomore catcher Chantelle Bouchard (Biddeford, Maine) singled and later scored on a Sylvia Foley (Scarborough, Maine) double to left-center.

St. Joe's added an insurance run in the top of the sixth when freshman Kryslin Stearns (Concord, N.H.) singled and was removed in favor of pinch-runner Casey Carter (Bangor, Maine), who later scored on a two-out single up the middle off the bat of junior Paige Connery (Tyngsboro, Mass.)

SJC junior starting pitcher Madison Pelletier (New Gloucester, Maine) tossed a three-hit shutout with four walks and three strikeouts and did not allow a baserunner past second base in the victory.

Wisconsin Lutheran 10, Saint Joseph's 1

The Warriors scored four runs on two hits, three walks, and a pair of hit batsmen in the top of the first and never looked back, plating at least one run in each of the following four frames to pick up the mercy-rule triumph.

The Monks scored their lone run in the bottom of the second when Foley led off with a single and later raced home on a Abby Carpenter (Bath, Maine) base hit.

SJC sophomore starter Miranda Northrup (Whitefield, Maine) took the loss after yielding five runs on three hits and four walks in one inning of work. Freshman Alyssa Ladd (Brooksville, Maine) made her college debut and allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 2.2 innings and Connery closed out the game while allowing a run on two hits and three walks in 1.1 innings.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's continues play in sunny Florida tomorrow when the Monks take on Wesleyan College at 2:00 PM and Springfield College at 6:30 PM.