Softball Handles Gordon in Game 1, 5-1

REVERE, Mass. – A well-balanced, offensive and defensive effort and stand-up twirling of Lily Newhall, Suffolk softball took down Gordon, 5-1, in game one of a Conference of New England (CNE) double feature at Griswold Park Saturday afternoon.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Gordon 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (13-11, 4-3 CNE) | Gordon (9-15, 2-7 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Suffolk grabbed a 1-0 edge in the second. Dana Still placed a single inside the right field line to land on first. Abby Barnaby placed a perfect bunt down to move her over, but heads up bases running sent Still to third. The Fighting Scots second baseman Emily Hutchins tried to make the play at the hot corner, but over threw the bag, which allowed Still to coast into home for the first run of the day. 
• Two innings later, Suffolk doubled the distance. Dana Still and Barnaby waited on second and first after reaching on a base hit and fielder's choice. A passed ball moved the runners 60 feet in prime scoring position in time for Kendal Heyman's deep ball to center. The Fighting Scots Peyton Heitzman managed to make the catch, but Still tagged up and scored to pad the margin to a pair. 
• Gordon got on the board in the top of the sixth. Morgan Barrett singled through the left side and swiped second to get into scoring position. Isabella Rivera brought Barrett around with a double to left center that trimmed the Rams' cushion to one, 2-1.
• Insurance came for the blue-and-gold in the home half of the sixth. Back-to-back one-out base hits by Catherine Carignan and Still put two ducks in the pond for Heyman. The freshman outfielder barreled a bases' clearing two-bagger to left and scored when Roma Braid singled to center to turn it into a 5-1 Suffolk game. 
• Newhall retired the side and put an exclamation point on the win with a swinging K for the final out.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Newhall finished with a one-run, three-hit, one-walk, four-punchout, complete-game performance. 
• Emily Graham allowed five runs, three earned, on 11 hits and sat down one batter in 6.0 innings.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Still went 3-for-3 with three runs scored. 
• Carignan contributed a 2-for-3 performance with one hit. 
• Heyman brought in three runs on one hit, a double, and one sac fly, to go along with one run scored. 
• Braid compiled a 2-for-3 plate performance with one RBI. 
• Jolie Quintana, Julia Mills and Newhall added one hit each.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk has defeated Gordon in four straight meetings to move to 9-3 in the all-time series. 
• The Rams sport a 5-2 record against the Fighting Scots under Megan Cook's guidance. 
• Still supplied a career-high in hits (3) and runs scored (3). 
• Heyman brought in a personal-best three runs. 
• Braid matched a career-high two hits. 
• Mills has produced hits in back-to-back games.   

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk aims to sweep the Fighting Scots this afternoon.