EAST BOSTON – Savannah Scripter's first inning solo home run was all the offense Suffolk softball could muster as the Rams fell to Salve Regina in game one of a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) doubleheader at East Boston Memorial Park Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 6 | Salve Regina 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (20-15, 10-5 CCC) | Salve Regina (15-19, 7-8 CCC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk jolted out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Scripter stepped to the plate and ripped a home run to dead center field with two outs to get the home team on the scoreboard first. 

The visiting Seahawks started their scoring of six unanswered in the top of the third. Drew Ceppetelli led things off with an infield single on a hard-hit ball back up the middle and was pushed to second on a Christina Braid walk. Following a double-steal, Maddie Capetta knocked the leadoff batter across on a fielder's choice. 

The Rams were not able to answer Maddy Fluke's pitching in the bottom half of the inning, allowing Salve Regina to continue its offensive momentum in the fourth. 

With the bases loaded and no outs recorded, Ceppetelli slapped a single through the left side, knocking in Morganti Bello, giving the Seahawks their first lead of the game. Suffolk's starter Jenny Jacob struck Braid out looking to get out of the bases-loaded jam, which left three stranded and the score at 2-1. 

Francesca Rubino led off the fifth inning with an infield single and was pushed to third when Sophia Strazza made it to second base due to a Lily Gustafson error. 

Bello then singled through the left side, bringing in two runs due to a Newcomb error in left field, making it 4-1, ending Jacob's day in the circle and beginning Ashlyn Conley's outing. 

On a Kendall Duprey stolen base attempt, the pickoff effort was thrown into center field, allowing Bello to score from second. 

The Seahawks pushed their sixth and final run across the plate on a Nikki Vanelli sacrifice fly to center field, with Duprey coming in to score. 

Jaycee Garrigan closed the door on the Rams' rally attempts over the final two innings to seal the 6-1 victory. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Jacob suffered the setback, her third of the season, after letting up five runs, three earned on six hits and five walks with five punchouts in 4.1 frames. 
• Conley gave up one run on two hits and had one strikeout in 2.2 innings of work.
• Fluke advanced to 2-3 with the win after putting together a one-run, two-hit, one-walk, three-strikeout effort over 5.0 innings.
• Garrigan provided two innings of scoreless relief. She limited the Rams to two hits and sat down two Sufolk batters. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Scripter totaled half of the Rams four hits, with a home run and single, respectively.
• Jolie Quintana and Gustafson recorded the other hits, each with 1-3 efforts at the plate.

NOTEWORTHY

• Saturday afternoon's matchup with the Seahawks was the first for the Rams since Match 15, 2013.
• Scripter logged her fourth long ball of the year and eighth of her collegiate career.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is set to take on Salve Regina in game two of today's doubleheader.