LOWELL, MASS. – The Bryant University softball team won both games of a doubleheader against UMass Lowell by scores of 2-0 and 8-0 on the road.
Maddy Wachter threw her eighth complete game of the season and fourth in a row, as she held the River Hawks to no runs, one hit, and struck out a season-high seven in game one.
Laniya Lewis hit a two-run home run,
Bryce Clendenin had two RBI,
Alissa West, and
Gabriella Gesualdo both tallied two hits as
Brooke Tracy went five, shutting out UML in game two.
Location: River View Field (Lowell, Mass.)
Bryant 2, UML 0 | Bryant 8, UML 0
W | L | S |
Maddy Wachter (7-3) | Giana LaCedera (3-8)
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Brooke Tracy (3-5) | Olivia DeCitise (3-6)
Key Moment (GM1)
- Wachter didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning.
How it Happened (GM1)
Stats (GM1)
- Wachter went seven innings, striking out seven, allowing one hit and no runs.
- Alana Garcia tallied two hits, including a double.
- Carley Genzer had a hit.
- Lewis posted a double.
- Williams stole a base.
Key Moment (GM2)
- The Black and Gold tallied five runs in the fourth to gain an 8-0 advantage.
How it Happened (GM2)
- Williams drew a lead-off walk, West then singled, leading to a Clendenin RBI-single scoring two (2-0). Gabriella Gesualdo then scored the third run of the top of the first off an RBI single to left field (3-0).
- In the top of the fourth, Gesualdo hit a leadoff triple and Ella Kolenko laid down a bunt to bring home Gesualdo (4-0). On the next at-bat, Lewis launched a two-run home run to right-center (6-0). West then hit an RBI single through the right side, followed by a pinch-hit RBI double from Amira Rainer (8-0).
Stats (GM2)
- Lewis went 2-2 with a two-run home run.
- West tallied two hits and an RBI.
- Gesualdo had two hits and an RBI, including a triple.
- Clendenin tallied a hit and two RBI.
- Rainer had a double and an RBI.
- Williams recorded a hit.
- Kolenko earned an RBI.
- Rainer and Jadyn Jenks stole a base.
- Tracy threw a complete game shutout, holding UML to two hits.
Notes
- Wachter threw her eighth complete game of the season, her fourth in a row.
- Wachter struck out a season-high seven batters.
- She allowed a season low one hit.
- Garcia posted her first multi-hit game of the year. She now has five doubles this year.
- Lewis now has five career doubles. She hit her first home run of the season and fourth in her career.
- Clendenin recorded her fifth multi-RBI game this year.
- This is Gesualdo's fourth 2+ hit game this season.
- West now has five multi-hit games, and this is her fourth in the last five games.
- Bryant now has three shutouts this year.
Next Up
The Bulldogs play the final game of the series on Saturday at noon.
