STANDISH, MAINE - Freshman Megan Farrell (Abington, MA) made the most of her pinch hit opportunity in the sixth inning by crushing a double and driving in junior Leanne Morton (Gorham, ME) and senior captain Helene Liaci (Clifton, NJ) to end the game by the eight-run rule, 8-0.
Senior captain Kahler Dowling (Augusta, ME) recorded her fifth win with 3 strikeouts, as St. Joe's recorded a shut-out against visiting Newbury College.
St. Joe's jumped out 2-0 in the first inning as Morton walked and senior Darcy Lee (Windham, ME) drove her home with a triple. Dowling singled and Lee scored on an error. The lead was extended in the fourth inning as 4 runs were scored on 4 Nighthawk errors to make it 6-0. Freshman Deb Drown (Gorham, ME) had the lone hit of the inning.
In the sixth inning, Morton and Liaci reached on errors to set up Farrell for a repeat of her Friday night 2-out performance. With two outs, Farrell stepped to plate and connected on another double to make it 8-0.
Freshman Michaela Lynch Attleboro, MA) had 2 hits for Newbury (2-11) and pitched five and a half innings.
Game 2
After equaling their longest winning streak of the season (3) with a win in game one, St. Joe's cruised to a fourth win in a row in a one-sided 11-4 victory over Newbury College (2-12).
Newbury came out swinging in the first inning and scored two quick runs but St. Joe's answered back in the bottom of the inning to go up 5-2. Drown singled, Morton walked, Lee singled and Farrell reached on a botched fielder's choice that scored Drown. Senior captain Ally Ferguson (Sabattus, ME) walked to score Morton and Dowling hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Lee. Sophomore Tessa Grindle (Brooksville, ME) walked and Farrell scored on a passed ball. The final run of the inning was scored as sophomore Amanda Roy (Winslow, ME) singled to score Ferguson.
Ferguson singled in the second inning to score Liaci and in the fourth inning Lee doubled and was sent home on a Liaci triple. Ferguson reached on an error and Liaci scored.
Newbury showed signs of life in the fifth inning as freshman Alise Jacquet (Holliston, MA) went to third on a St. Joe's error and scored on a single by junior Ashley Challinor (Darien, CT). Singles by Morton, Liaci and Farrell would score Morton and make it 9-4 in the bottom of the fifth.
St. Joe's (10-15) scored two more runs in the sixth inning on a triple by Morton and a wild pitch.
Lee had three hits while Morton and Liaci both had two. Senior Ally Ferguson earned her fourth win of the season. Sophomore Colleen Delahanty (Warren, ME) struck out two batters in one-and-a-half innings pitched and freshman Amanda Melendy Danville, VT) struck out two in one and a third innings pitched.
The team returns to action on Tuesday 4/19 for a 3:30 doubleheader at Maine Farmington.
