Gosselin Hits for Cycle, Deardorff Pitches Complete Game in 2-1 day for Softball
CLERMONT, FL - Sophomore Monique Gosselin
(Lawrence, MA) hit for the cycle and
freshman Kelli Jo
Deardorff (Bedford, MA) pitched a complete game
in a pair of wins to help the Merrimack College softball team to a
2-1 day at the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida
Tuesday.
"Our bats came alive today and we started to find our rhythm in
the batter's box," said head coach Elaine
Schwager. “It's great to see our team get some
confidence and also a few wins under their belts.”
Game 1: Merrimack 8, Queens (NY) 4
Game 2: Merrimack 0, St. Leo's 10 (5 inn.)
Game 3: Merrimack 9, Saint Joseph's (Ind.) 2
In game one against Queens (NY), Deardorff pitched a complete
game for the Warriors, improving her record to 2-0 on the year.
The freshman allowed just one earned run and struck out three
in the morning game. On the offensive side, senior Casey Conetta
(Darien, CT) tallied four RBIs and junior Kara Melillo
(North Andover, MA) drove in two with a double and
single to go with a fourth-inning stolen base.
In game two, Merrimack mustered six hits, but fell 10-0 to
Saint Leo University. Freshman Courtney Parker
(Bellingham, MA) made her second start of the season
and fell to 0-2 as the Warrior bats fell silent in the second of
the tripleheader. Although, junior Jamie Millett
(Hudson, MA) recorded two of the Warriors' six hits
in the game.
The Warriors would rebound with a 9-2 win over Saint Joseph's
College of Indiana in the nightcap behind Gosselin hitting for
the cycle in the nightcap. Melillo also went 4-for-4 with a
trio of runs batted in on three RBI singles. With 19 hits in
the game, seven Warriors recorded multi-hit games, including three
from junior second baseman Rachel Lozeau
(Nashua, NH).
Merrimack has Wednesday off and will play Wayne State (Neb.)
College and Post University on Thursday at 9:30am and 1:30pm.
