Softball Secures Sweep, Bats by Brandeis in Nightcap, 9-4

WALTHAM, Mass. – A four run-sixth inning by the Rams put the game away as Suffolk softball held off Brandeis in the sixth to hold on for the 9-4 victory as the game was called due to darkness at Marcus Field with six innings in the books. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 9 | Brandeis 4
RECORDS: Suffolk (9-7) | Brandeis (9-6) 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Suffolk jumped out to 2-0 lead in the first frame. Catherine Carignan's two-out solo shot put the Rams on the board. Julia Mills walked and stole second to get into scoring position in time for Lily Newhall to collect an RBI with a base hit to center. 
• The Judges sliced the distance down to one in the bottom of the second. Jordan Wallace singled and took second on a wild pitch. After two outs, Kastie Baydian's single up the middle plated Wallace to trim the gap two 2-1. 
• A two-run single off Abby Barnaby's bats in the top of the third stretch Suffolk's advantage to three, 4-1 in the top of the third. 
• Brandeis made things interested in the home half of the fourth when Baydian knocked a two-run jack to slice the distance to 4-3. 
• The teams one run in the fifth to keep the one-run gap intact. Suffolk's score came behind Newhall's sac fly that plated mills, who reached on a single to right. 
• Suffolk's bats came alive in t4eh sixth. With runners on second and third thanks Barnaby walk, Roma Braid single and a wild pitch, Jolie Quintana's single to the pitcher brought the first run of the frame in. Ava Lanzaand Carignan racked up RBIs on a single and double before the Judges made a change in the circle. Mills' ground out to second was productive as it allowed Lanza to score and made it a 9-4 cushion in the blue-and-gold's favor.  
• Brandeis saw two base runners in the bottom of the sixth, but a caught steal and a pop up to left locked up the win for Suffolk. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Carignan contributed two hits, both for extra bases in one double and one homer, to go along with two RBI and two runs scored. 
• Mills registered three runs and two hits with one RBI, one walk and two stolen bases.
• Barnaby contributed two RBI, one hit, one run and one walk. 
• Newhall added two RBI, one hit and one walk. 
• Quintana and Lanza logged identical stat lines of one hit, one run, one RBI, while the latter added one walk as well. The former, meanwhile, stole two bases. 
• Braid pitched in one hit and one run. 
• Basaldua notched one hit. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Quintana went 3-for-4 to be the only Suffolk bat with multiple hits. The hits went along with one run. 
• Still brought in two RBI on one hit and had one stolen base. 
• Newhall had one hit, a homer, one RBI and one run. 
• Basaldua registered one hit and one run. 
• Ava Lanza and Julia Mills logged one hit each. 
• Roma Braid recorded on one sac and one run.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk defeated Brandeis in back-to-back games for the first time since coupling victories together April 10, 2006 and April 9, 2007. 
• Suffolk is unbeaten versus Brandeis under Megan Cook's guidance, 2-0. 
• Carignan hit her second homer of the year. 
• Quintana (11 games, 18 hits), Mills (4 games, 6 hits), Newhall (4 games, 6 hits), Basaldua (2 games, 2 hits), Lanza (2 games, 2 hits), and Still (2 games, 2 hits) all extended their hit streaks. 
• Barnaby brought in a career-high two RBI. 
• Mills matched a career-best two stolen bases.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk has one outing with Beantown neighbor Emerson tomorrow, Thursday, March 26 at 6:00 p.m.