REGIS FALLS IN DOUBLEHEADER TO ENDICOTT

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott College softball team swept their third straight doubleheader as the Gulls defeated Regis College, 4-0 and 12-4, in a pair of The Commonwealth Coast Conference softball games on Saturday afternoon in Beverly, Mass. Endicott has now won six-straight games to improve to 16-10 overall and 9-5 in the TCCC while the Pride drop to 4-21 overall and 1-7 in conference games.

In game one, Endicott grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI double by Ashley Wright (Merrimack, N.H.) that scored Jenna Lazar (Milton, Mass.). That would be all the offense Endicott starting pitcher Jenna Bortolotti (Milton, Mass.) would need as the junior did not allow a hit until the top of the fifth inning on a clean single by Rachel Cavella (West Roxbury, Mass.).

Rachel Cavella had a 2-for-3 day to lead the Pride while Caitlin Luquet (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Hope Benjamin (Rochester, Mass.) added the other two hits for Regis. Kendra Abram (Acushnet, Mass.) suffered the setback for the Pride, going six innings and giving up four runs (one earned) on eight hits.

The Pride wasted no time in game two as Regis grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Regis loaded the bases following a walk and a pair of singles from Kendra Abram and Caitlin Luquet. Hope Benjamin promptly cleared the bases as she drove a one-out double to the fence in right center that allowed all three runs to score.

Hope Benjamin cut the deficit in half, 8-4, when she blasted a solo homerun off the rocks in centerfield, but the Gulls added four runs in their half of the fifth – including a two-run, walk-off homerun by Ashley Wright – that sent the Gulls home with the doubleheader sweep.

Regis was led by Hope Benjamin who went a perfect 3-for-3 with 4 RBI in game two. Luquet added a pair of hits while Shannon Hurley (Billerica, Mass.) went 1-for-3 with a run scored. Kendra Abram suffered her second loss of the day as she went 3.1 innings in relief, giving up nine hits and 10 runs (four earned).