Stonehill Pitching Silences Franklin Pierce in Sweep
Ippolito tosses perfect game in 6-0 win, then Mendall cedes two hits in 2-0 victory
Boxscore Game
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Boxscore Game
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Courtney Jacobs gave up one earned
run and struck out four on Thursday at Stonehill.
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EASTON, Mass. (April 3,
2008) – The pitching duo of senior Jamie Ippolito
(Chelsea, Mass./Savio Prep) and sophomore Kait Mendall (Middleboro,
Mass./Coyle-Cassidy) combined to allow only two hits as Stonehill
College swept a Northeast-10 Conference softball doubleheader from
Franklin Pierce University on Thursday afternoon at Father Gartland
Field, winning by scores of 6-0 and 2-0.
Stonehill 6, Franklin Pierce 0
Ippolito was perfect in the front end of the Thursday twinbill, as
she threw the first perfect game in the history of the Stonehill
softball program in the 6-0 win.
Ippolito (2-0) only struck out three batters in her seven innings
of work, but got seven ground outs and relied on her fielders to
track down 11 balls hit through the air.
Stonehill scored once in four of the first five innings and added
two in the sixth to complement Ippolito in the circle. Junior
designated player Courtney Young (Danvers, Mass./Danvers) was one
of four Skyhawks to gather two hits, singling in the game-winning
run and adding a solo home run in the fifth inning. Sophomore
Kristen Clark (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) also had two hits and
scored twice.
Freshman Caitlin Beagan (Warwick, R.I./Pilgrim)
made her second career start for Franklin Pierce, throwing her
first complete game. The freshman gave up six runs (four earned) on
11 hits in six innings to take the loss (0-3).
Stonehill 2, Franklin Pierce 0
Franklin Pierce fared little better in the second half of the
doubleheader, as Mendall scattered only two hits in seven innings
in the 2-0 win.
Much like Ippolito, Mendall (1-1) relied on the fielders behind
her to get the victory. The sophomore gave up two hits and struck
out only one in her seven innings of work, getting nine ground outs
and 11 through the air.
Junior Courtney Jacobs (Fitchburg,
Mass./Fitchburg) matched Mendall through the first three
innings before giving up one run in the fourth and an unearned run
in the sixth. The junior (0-6) gave up only two runs (one earned)
on seven hits in six innings of work, striking out four in her best
outing of the season.
Senior Lauren Rappoli (Wilmington, Mass./Wilmington) began the
fourth with a single and advanced to second on a fielding error by
Raven center fielder Stephanie Howard (Norwalk,
Conn./Norwalk). Young then doubled Rappoli home for the
only run the Skyhawks would need on the day. Young also scored an
insurance run for Stonehill in the bottom of the sixth.
Franklin Pierce (1-15, 0-6 NE-10) will travel to Long Island for a
pair of doubleheaders this weekend, beginning on Saturday with two
games at Molloy College starting at 1 p.m. Stonehill (13-7, 5-1
NE-10) continues Northeast-10 play on Saturday with a doubleheader
at Saint Anselm College.