Gulls Soar Past Bison With Doubleheader Sweep

DUDLEY, Mass. – The Endicott softball team traveled to Nichols College for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) doubleheader and the Gulls came away with a sweep over the Bison. Endicott won the first game, 7-0, and picked up an 11-2 victory during the second contest. 

ENDICOTT 7, NICHOLS 0

The Gulls got on the board in the top of the third inning when Adrianna Favreau (Tewksbury, Mass.) hit a two-RBI triple to right field. She then rounded home on a single up the middle from Lauren Misiaszek (Londonderry, N.H.) to give the Gulls a 3-0 advantage. 

Favreau drove in one more run in the fifth inning to stretch that lead to 4-0 before Endicott saw three more runs score in the top of the seventh to secure the 7-0 shutout over the Bison. 

Maggie Oram (Lexington, Mass.) pitched a complete game to improve to 10-1 on the season overall. She struck out four batters while allowing only two hits. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Leading the Gulls offensively was Favreau, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI. 
• Overall, Endicott had 11 hits during the contest. 
• Alexis Ferris (Holyoke, Mass.) shifted to 8-7 with the loss in the circle.

ENDICOTT 11, NICHOLS 2

Jamie Hopgood (Warwick, R.I.) got Gulls started in the top of the first inning with a solo home run to give Endicott the early lead. 

The Gulls added two more runs in the second frame, highlighted by a triple from Gina DeMilt (Princeton, N.J.) and a single from Hopgood. 

Nichols responded with several hits in the bottom of the second in order to cut the deficit to 3-1. 

Endicott exploded for four runs in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly from Favreau and a three-RBI triple from Peyton Atkins (Goshen, N.Y.) before Nichols' Taylor Commesso (Hingham, Mass.) ripped a solo home run to left field to make it a 7-2 game. 

The Gulls saw one run in the fifth and three tallies in the seventh, and then shut down the Bison offense the rest of the way to secure the 11-2 win.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Laura Somerville (Suffield, Conn.) got the start for the Gulls and pitched a full game to improve to 8-1 on the season.
• Candice Nelson (Oxford, Mass.) was credited with the loss for Nichols. 
• DeMilt led the way offensively for Endicott as she went 3-for-5 at the plate. 
• With today's sweep, the Gulls went a perfect 16-0 in CCC play during the season.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (26-4, 16-0 CCC) travels to Babson on Wednesday, April 24 at 3 PM. Nichols (16-13-1, 7-7 CCC) is at Roger Williams for a 12 PM CCC doubleheader on Saturday, April 28.

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)