STANDISH, ME - The St. Joe's softball team swept a conference doubleheader with Norwich University on Sunday in two mercy-rule shortened contests, 17-9 and 11-3. St. Joe's rattled off 38 hits and SO Anna Willis (Gorham, ME) had 7 hits and scored 7 runs in the two games and SO Jillian Kimball (Albany TWP, ME) tallied 6 hits and 7 RBI's in the sweep.

GAME ONE

The Lady Monks scored runs in every inning of the game and surged for six runs off of eight hits in the bottom of the fifth to enforce the mercy rule. JR Alysn Ludwig ( Waldoboro, ME) hit a bases-loaded triple to notch 3 RBI's in the big inning.

Starting pitcher FY Kiera Walsh (Benton, ME) scattered 5 hits and struck out six batters in five innings to earn the win. Anna Willis recorded three hits and JR Liz Jordan (Sandwich, MA), Jillian Kimball, FY Alyssa Dunn (Standish, ME), SR Megan Farrell (Abington, MA) and FY Ellen Neff (Chester, VT) had two hits apiece in the victory. Kimball and Ludwig both drove in 3 runs.

Norwich starting pitcher Mackenzie Pratt (Hyde Park, VT) was hit with the loss and Jazmin Stevens (Colebrook, NH) and Marley Balasco (Barrington, RI) each went 2-3 in the opener.

GAME TWO


FY Renee Leach (Shapleigh, ME) and Megan Farrell both had RBI singles and Jillian Kimball notched an RBI double in the first inning of game two to give St. Joe's an early 3-0 lead.

The Cadets retaliated with 4 hits and 4 runs in the top of the second to take a 4-3 lead.

The 4-3 advantage was short-lived for Norwich, as the Royal Blue countered with four runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth to regain the lead, 7-4. Alyssa Dunn sent home two runs with a single and Megan Farrell uncorked a triple to knock home the other two runs in the inning.

After Norwich tacked on a run in the top of the third, St. Joe's fired back with a six-spot, highlighted by a two-RBI double from Megan Farrell, to give the Royal Blue a 13-5 advantage.

The Cadets refused to go down without a fight and scored four runs in the fourth to lessen the SJC lead to 13-9. Christine Carroll (Westport, MA) recorded a two-RBI double in the NU rally effort.

Kiera Walsh came into the game in relief and cooled off the Cadets' bats and the Lady Monks went on to add two runs in the bottom of the fourth and two more in the bottom of the sixth off a Jillian Kimball double to provide the eight-run advantage and complete the game.

Alysn Ludwig and Anna Willis both went 4-5 and Willis scored five runs in the game. Jillian Kimball and Megan Farrell each recorded four hits and five RBI's in the win and SO Liddy van der Linden (Worcester, MA) was 3-3 with 3 runs.

Starting pitcher SO Christy Wezowicz (Granville, MA) gets the winning decision on the mound for the Lady Monks.

For the Cadets, Codi Collins (Waterbury, VT) and Lindsay Carey (Colchester, VT) both went 3-4 and starting pitcher Emily Bean (Northfield, VT) takes the loss on the hill.