MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME SOFTBALL

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Alison Rollins Field, Buzzards Bay, Mass.

GAME #1 FINAL:                   MAINE MARITIME 3, MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME 0

                                                      123          456          7                     R             H             E

Maine Maritime (4-1)                     003          000          0       -             3              7              0

Massachusetts Maritime (0-5)      000          000          0       -             0              9              4

BATTERIES

MEM:       Erica Taylor and Ashley Burnett, Leah Jackson (7)

MAM:       Janelle Beaulieu and Rachel Johnson, Holly McLaughlin (7)

WP:         Taylor (2-1)            LP:           Beaulieu (0-3)

GAME #2 FINAL:                   MAINE MARITIME 20, MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME 1 (5 INNINGS)

                                                      123          45                    R             H             E

Maine Maritime (5-1)                     042          95      -               20            18            3

Massachusetts Maritime (0-6)      100          00       -               1              2              3

BATTERIES

MEM:       Abby Yeo and Leah Jackson

MAM:       Jennifer March and Holly McLaughlin

WP:         Yeo (2-0)                                LP:           March (0-3)            Home Run:  MEM – Autumn Jones (1)

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. --  Sophomore Andi Flannery (East Machias, Maine) rapped out four hits and drove in four runs to lead Maine Maritime to a sweep of a non-league college softball doubleheader of Massachusetts Maritime by scores of 3-0 in the opener and 20-1 in the nightcap in games played Saturday afternoon at Alison Rollins Field.

The visiting Mariners (5-1) amassed all of the offense they would need in the third inning of the opening contest, as RBI singles by Flannery and sophomore Ashley Burnett (Danville, N.H.) sandwiched a fielding error staked Maine Maritime to its eventual three-run margin of victory.  Flannery and junior Sabrina Keach (Chesterville, Maine) each collected two hits as part of a seven-hit attack for the visitors in support of sophomore Erica Taylor (Mesquite, Tex.), who scattered nine hits and struck out 12 in going the distance to improve to 2-1 on the season.  The host Buccaneers (0-6) threatened in the first, sixth and seventh frames against Taylor, as Massachusetts Maritime placed a pair of runners in scoring position in each of those innings but was unable to push any across.  Junior Janelle Beaulieu (Buzzards Bay, Mass.) supported her own cause by going a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate in the opening for the hosts, who also received a perfect 3-for-3 effort from senior Holly McLaughlin (Belmont, Mass.), as the duo each rapped out doubles in the opener.  Beaulieu suffered the setback inside the circle for the Buccaneers, allowing an earned run and fanning five to fall to 0-3 on the spring.

Massachusetts Maritime jumped out to a 1-0 first inning lead in the nightcap on sophomore Amanda Tine’s (Chelmsford, Mass.) RBI groundout, but Maine Maritime took control of the contest with a four-run second inning outburst keyed by a two-run double by Flannery, a run-scoring double off the bat of freshman Abby Yeo (Bucksport, Maine) and an RBI single by junior Autumn Jones (Windham, Maine), whose two-run inside-the-park homer extended the Mariners’ lead to 6-1 in the third.  The visitors broke things open with nine unearned runs in the fourth, highlighted by Taylor’s two-run double, and Maine Maritime closed out the scoring with five more tallies in the fifth on RBI doubles by freshmen Cindy Schultz (Bingham, Maine) and Kelsie Hilton (Monmouth, Maine) as well as run-scoring singles from Taylor and freshman Haley Rae (Belfast, Maine).

Flannery, Taylor and Jones each had two hits and three RBI as part of an 18-hit nightcap attack for the Mariners, as Yeo helped her own cause on the mound with two hits and two RBI at the plate while allowing two hits and an unearned run while striking out nine to improve to 2-0 on the season.  Beaulieu collected her fifth hit of the twinbill in the second contest for the Buccaneers, who also received a safety from junior Meghan Thibeault (Scituate, Mass.).  Sophomore Jennifer March (Pawtucket, R.I.) fanned a pair in going the distance inside the circle for the hosts.

Massachusetts Maritime hosts UMass Dartmouth in a non-league doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon at Alison Rollins Field beginning at 3:00 p.m., while Maine Maritime heads to Boston on Sunday afternoon for a non-league twinbill with Fisher that begins at 11:00 a.m.