Softball Drops Doubleheader to Pioneers

GAME 1 INFORMATION
FINAL SCORE CCSU 1 SHU 2
RECORDS CCSU (5-33, 1-12 NEC) SHU (10-30, 3-10 NEC)
LOCATION Pioneer Park | Fairfield, CT

KEY MOMENTS

• Meg Dugas started off Tuesday's doubleheader with a leadoff home run. The left field bomb was Dugas' first long ball of the season and gave CCSU a 1-0 lead to start the game.
• Brooke Fedison drew a walk in the top of the second inning and was advanced along the basepath by an Alex Rodgers single. The Pioneers kept the CCSU runners on the corners and away from home plate this time with a strikeout.
• Kaylee Whittaker held the Pioneers hitless through the first three innings of game one, but a double and a single in the bottom of the fourth inning scored Sacred Heart's run of the afternoon.
• The Pioneers hit a solo home run that put them ahead in the bottom of the sixth inning. 
• Down to their last three outs, Katie Master led off the inning with a single hit to center field. Kristin Rose went in as a pinch runner for Master, and was advanced to third on back-to-back outs. A groundout ended the inning and won the Pioneers the first game.

NOTES

• CCSU outhit SHU 6-3 in the loss. All six hits were from different Blue Devils.

GAME 2 INFORMATION
FINAL SCORE CCSU 2 SHU 6
RECORDS CCSU (5-34, 1-13 NEC) SHU (11-30, 4-10 NEC)
LOCATION Pioneer Park | Fairfield, CT

KEY MOMENTS

• Two straight doubles from the Pioneers scored a quick run in the bottom of the first for SHU, and an error in the field from CCSU quickly put the Blue Devils behind 2-0. Two more singles from SHU gave them two more runs before the inning was over.
• The Blue Devils drew back-to-back walks to get runners on first and second in the top of the second inning, but were unable to get them home. The Blue Devils got two outs down in the bottom of the second, but Sacred Heart was able to get one more run across before CCSU could retire the side.
• The Pioneers hit a solo home run in the bottom of the third that made it a 6-0 ball game.
• The Blue Devil bats came alive in the top of the fourth inning. Paige Stringer led off the inning with a hard hit double out to right center field. Kim Howard followed that up with a home run out to left center that quickly put two runs on the board for the Blue Devils. This was Howard's fourth home run of the season. Three straight outs put a temporary halt to the fourth inning rally, however. 
• CCSU loaded up the bases in the top of the fifth inning, but SHU was able to get two quick outs to once again get out of a jam.
• After drawing two straight walks to start off the sixth inning, a single from Meg Gorman loaded up the bases for the Blue Devils. Fedison was able to draw a bases loaded walk to drive in one run, and a single from Dugas scored another run to make it a two run ballgame for CCSU.
• The Pioneers loaded up the bases for themselves in the bottom of the sixth, and after CCSU got an out away, SHU hit two straight singles that brought home three runs.
• Howard hit a solo shot in the top of the seventh inning that gave CCSU its fifth run of the day.

UP NEXT...

The Blue Devils conclude their series with the Pioneers tomorrow at 1:00 p.m.