University of Maine
UMass Lowell
Softball Completes Weekend Sweep of UMass Lowell with 6-3 Victory
4/12/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball
LOWELL, Mass. -- The University of Maine softball team (15-15, 4-2 America East) completed its weekend sweep of UMass Lowell (10-21, 0-6 AE) with a 6-3 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Felicia Lennon (Brookfield, Conn.) posted a 3-for-4 showing with a home run while Nikki Byron (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) added a pair of hits and two RBI.
Alexis Bogdanovich (South Portland, Maine) improved to 9-4 with the win, giving up three runs on six hits with eight strikeouts. Erin Bogdanovich (South Portland, Maine) picked up her first save of the year, tossing three innings of shutout ball with a strikeout.
Lennon began the scoring, blasting her second home run of the season over the left field fence in the top of the first.
The Black Bears added two more runs in the top of the third thanks to three-straight errors by the River Hawks. Sarah Coyne (Newtown, Pa.) and Rachel Carlson (Tampa, Fla.) each reached on errors before Coyne came in to score after Lennon too reached on a UMass Lowell throwing mishap. Carlson soon came in to score when the River Hawks threw down to second to catch Lennon stealing.
Maine's lead moved to 4-0 in the top of the fourth after Byron's single up the middle brought around Jessica Burk (Warrenton, Va.) from second.
The River Hawks staged a comeback in the home half of the fourth as they cut Maine's lead down to one run with a three-run bottom of the inning. Abby Jamieson brought in Emilia Davies on an RBI double before Ally Greene plated two more runs on her double to the gap in left center.
The Black Bears answered with two runs in the top of the sixth to once again distance themselves from the River Hawks. Byron drove in her second run of the day with a double to left center to plate Burk before pinch-hitter Faythe Goins (Elgin, S.C.) brought in Byron with Maine's sixth run of the day.
Erin Bogdanovich closed out the final two innings for the Black Bears to give Maine the weekend sweep of UMass Lowell.
The Black Bears will host Stony Brook in their home opening series beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 18 at noon.
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