BRISTOL, R.I. – A five-run fifth inning by the Hawks was the difference maker for Suffolk softball as it fell to Roger Williams, 7-3, in the nightcap of a Commonwealth Coast Conference doubleheader at Paolino Field Sunday.   

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Roger Williams 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (15-19, 5-7 CCC) | Roger Williams (14-14, 4-6 CCC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk scored twice in the second to jump out to a 2-0 lead. Base hits from Becky Zellin, Ella Turnbull and Julia Mills loaded the bags. Bella Rocha-Medeiros kept the single rally going and brought in the first Rams run of the afternoon. After a fielder's choice secured the first out of the frame, Lily Gustafson's loud out to center plated Mills to make it a two-run edge.  

It took 2.5 innings, but a response by Roger Williams came as the host burst out to a five-run fifth to put Suffolk in a three-run, 5-2 hole. 

Zellin answered for the Rams in the top of the sixth with a solo shot to left to trim the deficit down to two.  

That gap was short lived as the Hawks poured in two more runs in the home half of the inning to stretch their advantage to 7-3.  

Rocha-Medeiros and Delaney Doidge sandwiched base hits around outs to keep the blue-and-gold bats some hope, but a long out by Catherine Carignan ended the inning and the setback fate for Suffolk.  

PITCHERES PICTURE

• Cynthia Rucinksi took the loss after giving up seven runs on 11 hits and one walk with four strikeouts in 5.1 innings. 
• Ashlyn Conley threw 0.2 innings of scoreless work with one hit allowed. 
• Keira Quadrs put together a three-run, eight-hit, two-punchout performance in 7.0 innings of work.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Zellin went 2-for-3 with one homer. The third baseman scored two runs and brought one run in. 
• Rocha-Medeiros also went 2-for-4. She brought in one run.
• Maddie Southers had one hit, a double. 
• Mills recorded one hit and one run. 
• Gustafson notched one RBI on a sac fly. 
• Doidge and Ella Turnbull both pitched in one hit.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Zellin barreled her sixth homer of the year. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams venture to Beverly, Massachusetts, Saturday, April 27 for a CCC double feature at Endicott.