NORTH EASTON, Mass. – Saint Francis University softball defeated Stonehill 3-0 in the second game of the series and clinched the sweet with a 1-0 victory in the final game.
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
» Grace Vesco (8-6) allowed no runs on one hit with two walks and eight strikeouts in 6.1 innings for the victory in the first game.
» Rachel Marsden (10-5) went a complete 7.0 innings and allowed no runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts.
» Olivia Ulam went 3-for-6 with two runs scored, one double and a solo home run.
» Ashley Wruble went 3-for-7 in the games combined.
» Five different players totaled at least two hits in the two games combined.
 
TURNING POINTS OF GAME ONE
» The game started with two scoreless innings before Hannah Bendle broke through with an RBI single that drove in Lauren Aubry for a 1-0 lead.
» Madelyn Wilson added to the Red Flash run total with an RBI single in the fourth inning.
» Lexi Hernandez added an insurance run in the seventh inning with an RBI single and opened a 3-0 lead.
» With one runner on base and one out in the bottom of the seventh, Allie Braly entered the game to record the final two outs and clinch the 3-0 victory.  
 
TURNING POINTS OF GAME TWO
» The programs combined for three hits in the first three innings but could not score any runs. With two outs in the fourth, Ulam broke the scoreless tie with a solo home run.
» Saint Francis had runners on second and third with two outs in the sixth but could not produce another run.
» Stonehill had two runners on in each of its final two turns at-bat, but Marsden kept the Skyhawks off the board to clinch the series sweep.
 
FLASH NUGGETS
» Saint Francis is now 6-0 against Stonehill and has shutout the Skyhawks in four of the six games.
» Ulam set a new program record in career putouts with the first out of the first game played on Friday. Her career total now stands at 1,092. Ulam also produced her team-high fourth home run and 24th RBI during the final game.
» Vesco threw the eighth one hitter of her career (minimum of five innings pitched). She fell one strikeout shy of tying her single-game high this season.
» Marsden recorded her second shutout of the season and 17th of her career. She ended the weekend with a 0.62 ERA through 11.1 innings pitched.

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