Eagles Fall to Mules in Doubleheader, 2-3 0-9

WATERVILLE, Maine -- The Husson University Softball team dropped a doubleheader to Colby College 2-3 and 0-9 in non-conference action on Wednesday night.

The Mules (11-13 overall) had four players with two hits or more in a 9-0 victory in the nightcap. The game was called after five innings because of the eight-run rule. Husson dropped to 8-20 overall.

Colby received pitching performances from Julia Saul in the opener and Wiley Holton in the second game. Saul tossed a two-hitter, struck out eight, and walked none while allowing no earned runs. Holton allowed just one hit, struck out two, and walked one.

McLaughlin was having a quiet day at the plate until her home run to left field gave the Mules the
victory. Skylar Labbe had two hits and drove in a run, while Robin Spofford had two hits and scored once.

Nicole Andrade and Olivia Smith had Husson's hits in the opener.

The Eagles got off to a great start and led 2-0 after a half inning. Lyndsay Merrill was hit by a pitch to lead off, stole second base, and scored on a Colby error. Andrade brought in Casey Lopes, who had reached on the error, with an RBI single.

The Mules chipped away with a lone run in the third inning. Spofford singled with one out, moved to second on a wild pitch, took third on a fly out, and scored when Labbe doubled to left field. Emily Schatz led off the sixth inning for Colby with a double. With one out, Schatz moved to third on a ground out. Saul helped her own cause by doubling to left field to plate Schatz with the tying run.
McLaughlin had two hits and drove in three runs in the second game. Labbe and Grace Farnkoff each had two hits, scored twice, and had an RBI. Schatz also had two hits and scored twice. Hartnett drove in a pair of runs.

Colby scored four runs in the first inning after Husson had recorded the first two outs of the inning. Tori Sansone doubled and came around to score on Labbe's RBI single (she went to second on throw). After a walk to Schatz, Hartnett tripled to center field to score Labbe and Sansone. Holton reached on an error to bring home the fourth run.

Colby ended the game in the fifth inning with four runs. McLaughlin had a two-run double to score pinch-runner Vanessa Warshaw and Farnkoff.

Kristen Chipman had the lone hit for Husson in the second game.