Softball Picks up a Pair of Victories over Benedictine and Scranton and Fall in Extras to Western Connecticut

Clermont, Fla. – The Framingham State University softball team went 2-1 today at the Dot Richardson Spring Games. The Rams opened the day with a 4-3 win over Benedictine (Ill.) and followed that up with a come from behind 8-6 triumph over Scranton.  Western Connecticut edged the Rams 1-0 in eight innings in the day's final game.

In the opener against Benedictine, the Rams trailed 3-1 heading into the sixth inning and scored four runs in their final two at bats while senior Alyssa Begin (Salem, Mass.) kept Benedictine off the board. Freshman Casey Fanning (East Boston, Mass.) singled down the leftfield line in the top of the sixth to score two runs and junior Tiffany Agostini (Rehoboth, Mass.) drove in the game-winner in the top of the seventh as she reached on an RBI fielder's choice.

Begin picked up a pair of hits in the game and went the distance in the circle allowing three runs, all unearned, on eight hits with a walk en route to her first victory of the season.  Freshman Tiffanie Marsh (Tewksbury, Mass.) and Fanning finished the opener with two hits apiece.

In the day's second game, the Rams once again plated three runs in their final at bat to pick up the victory. Trailing 6-5 heading into the bottom of the sixth, Marsh scored on a wild pitch to tie the game and senior Andrea Smith (Milford, Mass.) delivered the game winning hit, a double down the leftfield line just inside the foul line that scored a pair.

Agostini went 3-for-3 in the game with two RBI, while Marsh picked up a pair of hits and scored four runs.  Junior Kelly Naegelin (Scituate, Mass.) picked up the victory tossing an inning of relief, while starter Alex Ferri (Winthrop, Mass.) earned the save after reentering the game and tossing a scoreless seventh.

In the day's final game, the Colonials were able to push across the game's only run on a miscue in the Framingham infield in the eighth inning after Smith and Allie Sabith were locked in a pitcher's duel through regulation.  Smith suffered the loss allowing the one unearned run and scattering four hits with four strikeouts, while Sabith tossed eight scoreless innings and surrendered just two hits while fanning 12 with a walk.