Softball Sweeps Saturday Doubleheader With Bay Path

LONGMEADOW, Mass. – The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) softball team swept a doubleheader over the Wildcats of Bay Path College (BP), claiming 24-6 and 12-2 victories in non-conference contests on the road Saturday. With the victories, USJ is now 8-3 on the season and has won seven of its first 10 games for the first time in over a decade.
 
GAME ONE
Score: Saint Joseph 24, Bay Path 6
Records: USJ (7-3), AC (0-5)
Location: Ryan Field | Longmeadow, Mass.

KEY MOMENTS

• The Blue Jays scored 13 runs in the second inning to blow this game open (done on nine hits). Freshman shortstop Jenna Zup (Berlin, Conn.) had 4 RBI in the inning, while senior first baseman and captain Frankie Ferrante (Southington, Conn.) had 3 RBI. USJ scored a run in every inning of game one, including the first 15 runs on the board. Sophomore second baseman Adriana Quealy (East Hartford, Conn.) hit a solo shot in the fifth inning, serving as an exclamation point in a 24-6 victory.

IN THE CIRCLE

USJ – Freshman Amanda Savinelli (New Haven, Conn.) picked up the win (4-2), allowing six runs on five hits in five innings. She also struck out six.

BP – Junior pitcher Daisy Guzman (Maricopa, Ariz.) allowed all 24 runs in five innings of work. She had one strikeout on the day and dipped to 0-3 this season.

GAME TWO
Score: Saint Joseph 12, Bay Path 2
Records: USJ (8-3), BP (0-6)
Location: Ryan Field | Longmeadow, Mass.

KEY MOMENTS

• Game two was more of the same for Saint Joseph albeit in a smaller portion, scoring 12 runs across five innings including four in the fifth. Ferrante and Savinelli did double damage in the inning, as Ferrante had consecutive RBI doubles in the stanza to the delight of the Blue Jays dugout (she had three such doubles for the game). Savinelli added an RBI double and also came home to score the final run of the contest to make it 12-2. The Blue Jays never trailed.

IN THE CIRCLE

USJ – Quealy moved to 3-0 on the season with a five-inning, two-run effort on seven hits, striking out a career-high eight.

BP – Sophomore pitcher Emma Scheeren (Schaghticoke, N.Y.) allowed 12 runs on 14 hits in five innings. She had one strikeout and fell to 0-3 on the year.

COACH QUOTE [Jim McKinnon] 
"It was good to get back playing after our good Myrtle Beach run. Today had some real good at-bats offensively. Several people had multiple hits led by our captains Riley Mulligan and Frankie Ferrante. Riley had two monster home runs. That was big for us. Adriana Quealy and Amanda Savinelli pitched well. Conference play starts next week and we will be ready."

UP NEXT
The Blue Jays open up their Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) schedule with a trip to the AMCATS of Anna Maria College on Wednesday, March 30. The action kicks off doubleheader style at 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. respectively.

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