Bats Explode & Mandi Adee Deals in the Circle to Lift Softball to 9-1 Triumph over SNHU

Erin Wood with two hits and a pair of RBI to help lead offensive attack

RINDGE, N.H. (April 14, 2014) – Sophomore Mandi Adee (Kinderhook, N.Y.) scattered a run and five hits over five innings of work, and delivered the walk-off RBI base hit to lead the Franklin Pierce University softball team to a satisfying 9-1 triumph over Southern New Hampshire in just five innings on Monday afternoon at the Melissa Bisaccia Memorial Softball Complex in Rindge.

The Ravens snapped their nine-game losing skid in fine fashion with outstanding pitching, hitting, and defense in improving to 5-17 overall, 4-11 in the Northeast-10, and 2-9 in the Northeast Division. SNHU dropped its third straight in falling to 19-10, 8-6 in league play, and 7-3 in the division.

Adee got in a little bit of trouble early by yielding a run in the second inning, but was remarkable after that. She needed just 10 pitches to keep SNHU scoreless in the fourth and fifth innings, including a four-pitch fourth. Ali Maloof got to Adee with a single in the fifth with two outs, but was gunned down trying to steal second off a sharp throw from catcher Sydney Despres (Sterling, Mass.) to shortstop Courtney Caputo (Stony Brook, N.Y.). Adee improved to 3-9 on the year with the win.

While Adee was dealing in the circle, the Ravens roughed up SNHU starter Dolores Mattice with a run in the third and six in the fourth to blow open the game at 7-1.

Franklin Pierce pushed its first run across in the third as Melissa Morgan (Clifton Park, N.Y.) scored on a SNHU throwing error after Tricia Hansen (Mansfield, Mass.) moved her to third on a double to center field.

The Ravens then got really offensive in the fourth, scoring five of its six runs with two outs in the frame. Despres doubled to left driving in Jamie Wiley (Cape Vincent, N.Y.), who singled a batter earlier, and after Adee drew a walk to load the bases, Hansen patiently waited out Mattice to draw a base on balls to force in Despres for an RBI. Caputo followed by smacking a two-run double to center, scoring Adee and Alicia Dean (Danvers, Mass.), and Erin Wood (Dover, N.Y.) capped the explosive frame with another two-run double, bringing home Caputo and Hansen.

Franklin Pierce put the eight-run rule into effect an inning later as Dean doubled home Wiley, and Adee blooped an RBI single to left, scoring Dean.

Wood, Wiley and Dean each finished with a pair of hits, while the latter two crossed home plate twice. Seven of the nine Ravens in the lineup had at least one hit, as they cranked out 10 for the game.

Franklin Pierce will take tomorrow off, but will return to action Wednesday with a home doubleheader versus Saint Michael’s beginning at 3 p.m.

For more information on Franklin Pierce softball, please visit the team’s page at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu. To follow the program even further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports), Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens). Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce softball apparel can do so on the athletic department’s online store at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)