Softball Tangles with UNE in Midweek Home-and-Home

TUESDAY, APRIL 20 // 3 PM & 5 PM // PROGRAM EAST BOSTON MEMORIAL PARK // EAST BOSTON, MASS. GAME 1 // LIVE STATS // VIDEO GAME 2 // LIVE STATS // VIDEO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 // 3 PM & 5 PM NOR'EASTER DIAMOND // BIDDEFORD, MAINE GAME 1 // LIVE STATS // VIDEO GAME 2 // LIVE STATS // VIDEO
EYES ON THE GAME SERIES RECORD // SUFFOLK LEADS, 2-0 LAST MEETING // MARCH 10, 2019, W, 8-6 LAST SUFFOLK WIN // SAME STREAK // W2

BOSTON – Suffolk softball wraps up its conference calendar with a mid-week home-and-home series with the University of New England. The Rams will host the Nor'Easters Tuesday, April 20 at East Boston Memorial Park, before making the trek to Biddeford, Maine, Wednesday, April 21. Both double features have a 3 p.m., game one first pitch.

SPECTATOR SECTION
With a strict no spectator policy set for the 2020-21 athletic season, here's how fans can follow Suffolk game-day action.

SOCIAL SAYINGS
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LAST TIME OUT
Suffolk softball's defense was caught off guard late, which allowed Wentworth to comeback and grab game two, 4-2, April 11 at East Boston Memorial Park.

MORE READING: Late Errors Coast Softball Game Two Against Wentworth, 4-2

RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk sits 9-13 on the year and 5-5 in CCC contests. The Rams are in the hunt to seal a spot in the league's playoffs as first-year members. 

Ashley Zulla has led the way to that chase as the senior catcher leads the blue-and-gold in hits (32) and RBI. Eight of her hits have been good for extra bases including five balls that went over the fence. Additionally, she has scored 19 of Suffolk's 113 runs in 22 games. Ally Cifaratta is a consistent contributor on offense as well with 29 hits, 18 RBI and runs scored, respectively. Lead-off hitter Caitlin Murphy has added 28 hits, a team-best 25 runs scored, 19 stolen bases and five RBI. 

In the circle the Rams rely on Constance Phelan and Kennedy Reyes mostly with Leina Belog coming in for relief. Phelan boasts a 3.50 ERA over 62.0 innings with 31 strikeouts, while Reyes has registered 48 punchouts in 61.0 innings of work with a 3.79 ERA.

NOR'EASTER NOTES
UNE's seasons has been limited thus far with just a two-game series with Salve Regina, which it split, 1-1. The Nor'Easters were shutout in the opener, 4-0, before taking the nightcap, 7-3. 

Taylor Depot has three of UNE's 15 hits with five different hitters producing two against the Seahawks. Kate Wilmont has brought in the most runs, four, on her pair of hits, one of which was a double. Depot leads the scoring as well with three of the Nor'Easter's seven runs to her credit.

Jordan Strum and Allie Martell split time in the circle against SRU. Strum has seen the most action thus far with 9.0 innings of work. She holds a 3.11 ERA with eight strikeouts. Martell, meanwhile, put together a 3.50 ERA over 4.0 frames with three Ks.

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Suffolk and UNE will meet for the third time, first since March 10, 2019.
• The Rams are unbeaten against the Nor'Easters all time, 2-0.
• Both of the outings between the foes have come under Jaclyn Davis' guidance.
• Both of the battles between Suffolk and UNE have come on neutral turf, both in the Sunshine State.
• Suffolk has outscored the Nor'easters 15-10.
• Neither outing has been a shutout or run-rule, with no extra-inning required to determine a winner between the Rams and UNE.

EYES ON THE GAME

SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
The Rams will wrap up the 2021 regular-season with six non-league games with Roger Williams. First the Hawks will stop by Eastie Saturday, April 24 for a 12 p.m. doubleheader.