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University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
15-23, 8-6
St. Bonaventure
7-30, 1-17
Minutewomen Defeat Bonnies To Complete Series Sweep, 7-5
April 16, 2022 | Softball
Bella Pantoja went 3-for-4 at the plate with three runs and a RBI and finished the three-game series with eight hits.
St. Bonaventure built a 2-0 lead in the top half of the first, using two hits three free passes to load the bases before a Jenna Bradley strikeout ended the frame. Jessie DiPasquale entered the circle with one out in the second inning and got a strikeout with two runners on prior to a bases loaded fly out to right field. DiPasquale threw 5.2 innings to pick up her seventh win of the season and struck out a pair.
Chloe Whittier's first of two hits came in the first trip to the plate for the Minutewomen as she sent a RBI base hit through the right side to plate Pantoja to make it a one-run game.
Pantoja, Payge Suggs and Amy Smith strung together three consecutive base hits in the second inning to spark a two-run frame for the Minutewomen. Pantoja sent a triple to the left center field gap to bring in Giana Wameling before a Suggs RBI base hit made it 3-2 in favor of UMass. Suggs finished the game 2-for-2 with two walks, two RBI and a run scored.
The Minutewomen responded with three runs of their own after St. Bonaventure plated three on a three-run home run in the top of the fourth to go ahead 5-3. Sarah Keagy brought in a run with a bases loaded walk while Whittier followed with a ball in play that led to two runs on a Bonnies error to make it 6-5.
Suggs picked up her second RBI base hit of the afternoon drove in Pantoja with two outs in the fifth to bring the score to a 7-5 final.
UMass continues Atlantic 10 play on Tuesday with a 3 p.m. matchup at Rhode Island before returning home to Sortino Field for its next five games.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DiPasquale, Jessie (7-10)
L: FITZGERALD, Tierney (0-6)
Batting:
2B: STRANG, Haley 1 ; BOBBEY, Brooke 1
HR: MOON, Olivia 1
RBI: MOON, Olivia 3 ; PERECHINSKY, Grace 1 ; WALKER, Grace 1
SH: BOBBEY, Brooke 1 ; MOLL, Samantha 1
Base Running:
RUNS: STRANG, Haley 2 ; BOBBEY, Brooke 1 ; MOON, Olivia 2
SB: BOBBEY, Brooke 1
HBP: WALKER, Grace 1
Batting:
2B: Pantoja, Bella 1 ; Day, Kristina 1
3B: Pantoja, Bella 1
RBI: Pantoja, Bella 1 ; Suggs, Payge 2 ; Whittier, Chloe 1 ; Keagy, Sarah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pantoja, Bella 3 ; Suggs, Payge 1 ; Whittier, Chloe 1 ; Wameling, Giana 1 ; Whelan, Emily 1
SB: Suggs, Payge 1 ; Wameling, Giana 1
