Saints Sweep Softball in Sunday Doubleheader

BOSTON, Mass.—The Anna Maria College softball team lost both ends of a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader against the Saints of Emmanuel College on Sunday afternoon at Clemente Field in Boston. The AMCATS fell 9-1 in game one and 14-0 in game two.  

With today's losses, the AMCATS fall to 3-9 overall and 1-3 in GNAC play, while the win boosts the Saints to 7-3 overall and 2-0 in league action.

Emmanuel 9, Anna Maria 1

Saints pitcher Jill Kilcoyne (Worcester, Mass.) threw 15 strikeouts and gave up just two hits to keep the AMCATS off the scoreboard for six innings.

Anna Maria's lone run was scored on a solo homerun by Amy Clement (Townsend, Mass.) in the bottom of the fifth inning.

After a scoreless first inning, Emmanuel scored twice in the top of the second on the strength of three hits and an error. Erin Walsh doubled down the left field line to score Samantha Adams (Sanford, Maine). Walsh advanced to third on a bunt single by Cassey LePage (Somerset, Mass.), and during MHALAS' at-bat, LePage took off from first, allowing Walsh to score from third on the throw to second.

The Saints added another run in the top of the third, and three more in the top of the fourth to take a 6-0 lead before Clement's homerun brought the score to 6-1 through five innings. Emmanuel added two runs in the top of the sixth and a final score in the top of the seventh to seal the 9-1 win.

Lead-off batter Catherine Davis led the Saints with a team-high three RBI on a 2-for-3 effort at the plate. Susie Kieselback finished 3-for-4 at the plate and tallied on an RBI on a solo homerun.

AMCAT senior pitcher Nichole Lowe (Saugus, Mass.) took the loss in the circle, scattering nine hits, five earned runs and two walks while striking out two.

Anna Maria's second hit was a single by Kaitlyn Moran (Leicester, Mass.) in the bottom of the fifth following Clement's homerun.

Emmanuel 14, Anna Maria 0

The AMCATS held the Emmanuel bats to just three runs through six innings, but a monster 11-run seventh inning propelled the Saints to their biggest margin of victory this season.

Kieselback batted 3-for-4 at the plate with a team-high four RBI. Kerrianne Vulpis (East Rockaway, N.Y.) and Adams both finished with two hits each. The Saints totaled 15 hits as a team.

Adams earned the win in the circle, giving up two hits and two walks while striking out six in the shutout.

AMCAT pitcher Angela Vousboukis (Swampscott, Mass.) scattered 15 hits, 11 earned runs and two walks while striking out two.

Anna Maria saw hits from Jacqueline Lapierre (Worcester, Mass.) and Elizabeth Haggerty (Charlton, Mass.).

The AMCATS will be back in action on Wednesday for a GNAC doubleheader at Suffolk that is slated to start at 3:00 p.m.