The Suffolk University Softball team earned their first victory of the 2014 season with a 6-3 win over Mitchell College on Tuesday morning. The Rams split their doubleheader on the day as they fell in game two, 7-1 to Washington College.

Game One

Freshman Anna Grace Maggs (Schenectady, N.Y.) knocked in a pair of runs as four players finished game one with at least two hits in the contest to lead Suffolk to a 12-hit attack in a 6-3 victory in the opener.

Suffolk opened the scoring early as they plated a pair of runs in their first at bat to start things. With two outs in the inning, Senior Erin McAndrews (Marblehead, Mass.) got the inning going with a double before coming around to score on a single by Maggs. After stealing second base, Maggs would come around to score on a single by freshman Lindsay Pagano (Wyckoff, N.J.) for the quick 2-0 lead.

The Rams would tack on another run in the second inning as junior Sarah Chasse (Salem, Mass) picked up her first RBI of the season plating sophomore Meredith Ball (Nahant, Mass.), who doubled earlier in the frame.

Suffolk would stake themselves out to a 5-0 lead in the third as the McAndrews and Maggs combo struck again with back to back extra base hits.

McAndrews would lead the inning off with her second triple in as many days to start things before Maggs followed her up with double. Freshman Kim Crucioli (North Andover, Mass.) would bring Maggs home later in the inning with an RBI groundout.

Junior Nicole Rosa (Wallingford, Conn.) would tack on an RBI single in the fourth inning as Suffolk managed to score in each of their first at bats in the game.

McAndrews, Ball and freshman Emily Martel (East Hartland, Conn.) along with Maggs all finished the opener going 2-for-3 on the day at the plate. Both of McAndrews' hits were for extra bases, while Maggs and Ball also picked up stolen bases in the game.

Crucioli picked up her first career collegiate victory on the mound for Suffolk spinning a complete. She struck out eight hitters in seven innings of work allowing just six hits.

Game Two

Washington College took advantage of a pair of Suffolk miscues in the top of the fifth inning to plate six runs during the frame to take a 7-1 victory in game two of the Rams's doubleheader.

Senior Nikki Cignarella (Norwood, Mass.) was 2-for-3 in the nightcap and scored Suffolk's lone run in the fifth as she scored following an errant throw after a single by Meredith Ball with two outs in the inning.

The bottom of the order for the Shorewomen doomed Suffolk as they went a combined 8-for-11 with a pair of RBI and three runs scored from the 7,8,9 spots in the lineup.


The victory moves Washington to an 8-0 mark to start the season.

After two days of play Suffolk is at 1-3.

Suffolk will be back in action on Thursday following an off day with a pair of games.They will take on Muskingum College beginning at 9:00am and then play Westminter College at 11:00am. Both games will be part of their annual spring trip at the Rebel Games in Clermont, Florida.