Softball Ready for Endicott, Wentworth

SUFFOLK vs. ENDICOTT
Date Time Venue Video Stats Game 1 Stats Game 2 Series Last Meeting   Last Suffolk Win Streak	Saturday, April 27 12:00 PM - DH Softball Complex Beverly, Mass. Stretch GoSuffolkRams.com GoSuffolkRams.com 6-14 April 26, 2023, L, 9-0 (5) April 24, 2022, W, 6-5 L3

SUFFOLK vs. WENTWORTH
Date Time Venue Video Stats Game 1 Stats Game 2 Series Last Meeting   Last Suffolk Win Streak	Sunday, April 28 12:00 PM - DH East Boston Memorial Park East Boston, Mass. CCC Sports Network GoSuffolkRams.com GoSuffolkRams.com 16-7 April 16, 2023, L, 6-1 April 23, 2022, W, 4-1 L3

BOSTON – Suffolk softball has an action-packed weekend with a trip to Endicott scheduled for Saturday, April 27 before a home outing against Wentworth. Both Commonwealth Coast Conference doubleheaders will begin at 12:00 p.m.

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LAST TIME OUT
A five-run fifth inning by the Hawks was the difference maker for Suffolk softball as it fell to Roger Williams, 7-3, in the nightcap of a Commonwealth Coast Conference doubleheader at Paolino Field Sunday.   

MORE READING: Softball Fumbles in Game 2 at Roger Williams, 7-3

RAMS RUNDOWN
A three-game skid put Suffolk at 15-19 on the year and 5-7 versus CCC competition.  

Julia Mills (36), Catherine Carignan (33) and Ella Turnbull (30) have all notched 30-plus hits this season, but its Becky Zellin's bat, that has produced 28 hits, that has brought in the most runs, 22. Mills and Turnbull, meanwhile, have 20 RBI apiece and Carignan has plated 17. Run wise, Maddie Southers has scored a team-high 28 times. Lily Gustafson and Zellin have also scored 20-plus times as well with 24 runs and 20 runs, respectively.  

Lily Newhall (76.2 IP, 3.29 ERA, 28 K) and Cynthia Rucinski (85.0 IP, 4.45 ERA, 68 K) have seen the most time in the circle. Ashlyn Conley (30.1 IP, 6.46 ERA, 7 K) has seen more time as of late. 

GET TO KNOW THE GULLS
Endicott has compiled an impressive 20-9 overall record and 11-1 league ledger. The Gulls were swept in a doubleheader Tuesday at Babson.  

Chloe Shapleigh has hit the 30-hit mark to pace Endicott's powerful 152-run offense. The junior has brought in 28 hits and scored 21 herself. Katie Watts has supplied 27 hits, 24 runs and 16 RBI, while Christina Nowicki (23 H, 14 R, 12 RBI) and Mia Mitchell (21 H, 13 RBI, 10 R) are consistent contributors to the Gulls offense as well.  

In the circle, Endicott's staff has combined for a 1.98 ERA. Jaylin Couto and Kristen Beebe are the usual starts for the Gulls. Couto boasts a 1.97 ERA over 71.0 innings with 77 strikeouts and Beebe boasts a 1.99 ERA in 63.1 frames of work with 60 punchouts. Analise Grady (29.2 IP, 27 K) also hods a sub-2.00 ERA of 1.42, while Hadley Marchand's (16.2 IP, 11 K) ERA is just over 2.00 at 2.10.  

INSIDE THE SERIES

• The Rams are 6-14 all-time against the Gulls. 
• The blue-and-gold has fallen in three straight games against Endicott, all of which have been five-inning, mercy-rule decisions.
• Suffolk is in search for its first win over Endicott since a 6-5 decision April 24, 2022. 
• Five of the six Rams' victories have come when playing the Gulls on the road, 5-10. 
• Six of the 20 battles between Suffolk and Endicott have been determined via shutout, including the last meeting, a 9-0, five-inning, Suffolk setback April 26, 2023.
• The Rams are 2-4 in shutouts against the Gulls. 
• One game between Suffolk and Endicott needed extra time to determine a winner, game two of a double feature April 7, 2021. 
• The Rams won that extra-inning outing, 11-10 in eight innings April 7, 2021. 

EYES ON THE GAME

LEOPARDS LOOK
Wentworth has won five games in a row to carry a 19-13 overall record and 7-3 CCC mark into Saturday.  

Kyla Igawa (42 H, 25 RBI, 20 R), Kaitlin Pettenger (37 H, 8 RBI, 23 R) and Kaitlin Pettenger (37 H, 34 R, 13 RBI)are the top three threats offensively for the Leopards. 

Julia Schriver appears to be WIT's ace with a 2.11 ERA in 119.0 innings and 108 strikeouts. She has appeared in 23 games with 16 starts with 13 complete games. Jess Rowe is the other main starter for Wentworth with a 3.01 ERA in 90.2 innings with 53 punchouts.  

INSIDE THE SERIES

• The Suffolk, Wentworth series started in 1988. 
• The Rams lead the all-time series, 16-7. 
• Suffolk has fallen in three games in a row versus the Leopards. 
• As the home team, Suffolk is 12-3 versus Wentworth. 
• When playing as the away team, the Rams are 4-3 versus the Leopards. 
• The foes have played on a neutral surface once, May 5, 2022. Suffolk lost that outing 3-2. 
• Suffolk is in search of its first win over the Leopards since April 23, 2022, a 4-1 win in Eastie. 

EYES ON THE GAME

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams wrap up the regular-season next Saturday, May 4 against Hartford in Eastie.