NEWTON, Mass. - St. Joe's dropped game one at Lasell 4-2, but took game two 7-4 to improve to 6-8 overall. Lasell falls to 4-9 on the season.

In game one, sophomore Amanda Corey (Brooklyn, CT) struck out 10 but gave up 7 hits for the Lasers and first year Gabrielle Burrola (Gallup, NM) struck out 3 in the loss for St. Joe's.

First year Alysn Ludwig (Waldoboro, ME) had a double and first year Kristi Albert (Farmingdale, ME) had two hits for the Monks.

In game 2, St. Joe's jumped out to an early 2-0 lead as first year Colby McKenney (Saco, ME) hit a sacrifice fly to score Ludwig and first year Kim Bechard (Lewiston, ME) doubled to score Burrola who reached on a single.

Lasell evened the score with two runs in the second and the Monks regained the lead in the third as a Bechard double drove in McKenney who had singled. The Lasers plated a run to even things at 3-3 in the third.

In the fourth inning, first year Iris Guimond (Fort Kent, ME) drew a walk and Kristi Albert moved her to second with a sacrifice; Guimond went to third after a single by Ludwig. Burrola was hit by a pitch, then advanced to second on a wild pitch and Guimond scored. Sophomore Megan Farrell (Abington, MA) drove in Ludwig with a single, advancing to second and third on wild pitches and Burrola scored. The Lasers walked the next three batters and Farrell scored to make it 7-3.

Lasell managed one more run in the fourth inning, but the Monks held on to their lead to close out the game 7-4. Junior Colleen Delahanty (Warren, ME) struck out 4 in her third win of the season. Valentina Taliaferro (Westminster, MA) recorded the loss for the Lasers.