BRISTOL, R.I. – Suffolk softball fell behind early and never climbed out the hole as Roger Williams handed the Rams a 5-2 game one Commonwealth Coast Conference loss Sunday afternoon at Paolino Field.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Roger Williams 5
RECORDS: Suffolk (15-18, 5-6 CCC) | Roger Williams (13-14, 3-6 CCC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Roger Williams put Suffolk in a 4-0 hole in the first frame. The Hawks used four hits, half for extra bases, a walk and a sac fly to force the Rams to play from behind early on.
Suffolk managed to cut the deficit in half in the top of the fifth when Bella Rocha-Medeiros barreled a two-run shot to left field to make it 4-2. The sophomore plated her classmate Maddie Southers, who led off the frame with a single.
The Hawks regained a three-run margin in the home half of the fifth. K Burr doubled down the right field line to get the inning underway, which forced Suffolk to make a change in the circle as Ashlyn Conley came in to take over for Ella Turnbull. A productive ground out by J Wells moved Burr to third in time for K O'Connor's long out to right that made it a 5-2 game.
The Rams managed to get a base runner in the sixth and seventh, respectively, but could not rally around the runners to suffer the setback.
PITCHERES PICTURE
- Lily Newhall took the loss after giving up four runs on four hits and one walk in 1.0 inning of work.
- Turnbull allowed one run on two hits and five walks with one strikeout in 3.0 innings of relief.
- Conely shoved 2.0 scoreless innings. She gave up one hit and fanned one batter.
- Raegan Germano earned the win with a two-run, four-hit, two-walk, eight-strikeout, complete-game effort.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Southers put together a 2-for-3 effort with one run.
- Rocha-Medeiros registered two RBI on one hit, a homer, with one run and one walk to her credit.
- Jolie Quitana added one hit.
NOTEWORTHY
- Rocha-Medeiros knocked the first homer of her collegiate career.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk wraps up the CCC twinbill with the Hawks this afternoon.