CLERMONT, Fla. – Suffolk softball combined for 12 hits, including five for extra bases, to handle Regis, 10-1, in five innings Sunday afternoon at Legends Way Complex at The Spring Games. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 10 | Regis 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (5-1) | Regis (0-2) 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Suffolk took a 1-0 lead in the first when Jolie Quintana rocked a two-out solo shot to left center. 
• Two innings later the Rams extended their advantage. Dana Still led off with a double down the left field line before Catherine Carignan and Ava Lanza both singled to fill the bases. One out later, Julia Mills brought in Still with a sac fly to left then Carginan and Lanza came around when Claire Basaldua barreled a double to right field to pad the margin to 4-0. 
• The Pride found its way on the board in the home half of the third. A pair of singles and a stolen base set up runners in the corners. When Lynsey Kay put the ball into play Suffolk went for the out on second, which allowed the runner on third to cross home and put one run on the board for Regis. 
• The blue-and-gold piled on three more in the fourth and fifth, respectively, to turn on the mercy rule and Suffolk's defense combined with the twirling of Cynthia Rucinski limited the Pride to just one base runner the rest of the way to preserve the victory.   

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Rucinski registered a one-run, three-hit, two-walk, eight-strikeout performance over 5.0 innings. 
• Gabby Blanchard took the loss as she let up 10 runs, seven earned, on 12 hits and one walk with three strikeouts. 

STATISTCALLY SPEAKING

• Carignan contributed a 3-for-4 effort with two RBI and two runs scored. 
• Lanza logged three RBI behind a 3-for-4 performance that included one double to go along with one run. 
• Basaldua brought in two runs on one hit, a double, and scored one run. 
• Julia Mills added one hit, one RBI and one sac fly. 
• Quintana tallied one hit, a bomb, for one RBI and one run scored. 
• Still scored twice, notched one hit, a double and swiped one base. 
• Giavanna Bellino and Sara Butera notched one hit and one run scored apiece.
• Lily Newhall chipped in one RBI behind one sac fly. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk renewed a rivalry with Regis, meeting for the first time since April 11, 2018. 
• The Rams remain unbeaten all-time against the Pride, 3-0. 
• Suffolk and Regis tangled on a neutral diamond for the first time.
• All three games between Suffolk and Regis have been determined via a run-rule.
• Carignan matched a career-high three hits. 
• Lanza rewrote a personal-best in hits (3) and RBI (3) and knocked her first extra-base hit of her Suffolk career. 
• Quintana produced her fourth collegiate homer. 
• Mills (5) and Basaldua (4) extended their hit streaks to three games. 
• Basaldua registered her first RBI of her Suffolk career. 
• Bellino has produced a hit in back-to-back games. 
• Still supplied a career-high two runs and walked for the first time in her collegiate career. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is back it in Florida tomorrow, Monday, March 9 with matchups against Marywood and Rhode Island College at 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., respectively.