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Shannon Gifford fielding for SNHU softball
Jim Stankiewicz
6
Winner Southern N.H. SNH 1-6
3
Minn. Duluth UMD 12-2
Winner
Southern N.H. SNH
1-6
6
Final
3
Minn. Duluth UMD
12-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern N.H. SNH 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 11 0
Minn. Duluth UMD 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 4

W: Hammond, Gwyn (1-2) L: S. Pederson (2-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

SNHU Softball Tops Minnesota-Duluth 6-3 To Open Florida Trip

Penmen win first game of the season with 11-hit attack

When and Where: March 6, 2022, Winter Haven, Fla. (DiamondPlex)
Game 1: Southern New Hampshire University 6, University of Minnesota-Duluth 3
Game 2:  Southern New Hampshire University vs. Winona State - postponed
Records: SNHU 1-6, Minnesota-Duluth 12-2
(Winter Haven, Fla.) - SNHU scored six runs in the first three innings, and went on to defeat Minnesota-Duluth 6-3 to open a Florida trip with the team's first win of the season.   Sophomore Shannon Gifford (Goffstown, N.H.) drove in runs with singles in both innings the Penmen scored runs.
 
GAME 1:
  • Sophomore Alyssa Dimauro (Chester, N.H.) opened the game with a single and was bunted to second by junior Bryn Garczynski (Norwood, Mass.)  Sophomore Bella Dickinson (Scarborough, Maine) singled, and the Penmen took the lead on a base-hit by graduate student Chloe Griffin (Scarborough, Maine).  Gifford followed with a base knock for a 2-0 lead.
  • SNHU scored its other four runs in the top of the fourth inning, sending eight batters to the plate.  Dimauro doubled to start, scoring on a single by Dickinson.  Griffin then singled and Gifford followed with a base-hit to make it 4-0.  A single by senior Brittany Mota (Lowell, Mass.) produced another run and a UMD error led to another for a 6-0 lead.
  • Back-to-back homers by Kiana Bender and Emma Frost brought the Bulldogs to within 6-2 in the bottom of the third inning, and they added a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning.
  • Sophomore Leine McKechnie (Passadumkeag, Maine) started in the circle, working into the fourth inning.  Freshman Gwyn Hammond (Los Angeles, Calif.) came into a bases-loaded situation, and Gifford was able to turn an unassisted double play catching a liner at third place to get out of the jam.  Hammond (W, 1-2) allowed one run over her 3.2 IP, allowing one hit, striking out four for the win.  

GAME 2:  
  • SNHU was also scheduled to meet Winona State on Sunday afternoon in Winter Haven, but that game was postponed (no umpires available).
NOTES
  • The Penmen improve to 2-2 all-time against the Bulldogs.  The teams have met in Florida in four of the last six seasons.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen are scheduled to play Notre Dame College (OH) and Shippensburg State on Monday in Winter Haven.
  • The first games at the SNHU Softball Field are scheduled for Thursday, March 24 vs. Queens (NY).
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