Softball Drops Pair to UMass Boston

The Suffolk University Softball team (6-18 overall) dropped a non-conference double header at the hands of the UMass-Boston Beacons (15-7 overall) on Wednesday afternoon. The Beacons opened up with an 11-2 game on victory before scoring eight runs in the final three innings for a 12-5 comeback victory in the nightcap.

The Beacons combined for 28 hits in the games led by sophomore Sue Killilea (Abington, Mass.) who finished the day 5-for-8 with four runs scored.

UMass-Boston jumped out quick in game one with a four run first inning as freshman Natalia Bouyea (East Longmeadow, Mass.) capped the inning with a two-run single.

Senior Christina Polsonetti (Revere, Mass.) added two more runs for the Beacons in the fifth with a single, before sophomore Taryn Asta (Marshfield, Mass.) added two more runs in a three-run sixth with a single.

Junior Katie Corey (Weymouth, Mass.) picked up her seventh win of the season on the mound for the Beacons allowing two runs on seven hits while fanning four Rams' hitters.

Juniors Karina Bolster (Carlisle, Pa.) andCali Loura (Farmington, Conn.) drove in Suffolk's runs with RBI singles in the first game.

In game two, freshman Lauren Barrett (Milton, Mass.) was 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI, but the Beacons were too much for the Rams as their offense woke up late as they finish the double with moving to 15-7 on the season.

Senior Monica Cioffi (East Boston, Mass.) helped the Rams jumped out to a 4-1 lead with a double plating Barrett and Loura.

Freshman Lindsey Rogers (Gloucester, Mass.) got the game started for the Rams as she singled home Suffolk's first run with a single.

The Beacons would even the game at 4-4 in the third inning as Polsonetti drove in a pair of runs with a single and then Bouyea would cap the three run inning with a single of her own.

Senior Maria Nasta (Andover, Mass.) had an RBI double in the sixth and then drove in two more runs with a triple in the sixth to highlight the Beacons rally.

Killilea finished game two 4-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI, while freshman Erika Vecchiet (Pequannock, N.J.) was 3-for-5 to pace a 15-hitt attack for the Beacons.

UMass Boston will be back in action on Thursday as they take on Simmons College at the Clark Athletic Center in a non-conference doubleheader beginning at 3:00pm.

Suffolk will host Emerson College in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) double header on Friday beginning at 3:00pm.