Plymouth State’s softball team swept the University of Massachusetts Boston in a doubleheader on Saturday, in a Little East Conference down in Massachusetts.
Senior, Bekah Jackson (Nashua, NH), defined the term “five-tool player” on Saturday, finishing the day 5-for-7 with a double, two homeruns and seven RBIs while adding a stolen base and contributing solid play at shortstop.
Senior, Nora Galvin (Windham, NH), allowed only two runs (one earned), nine hits and two walks while striking out two to improve her record to 6-4. PSU took the lead, 2-0, in the first inning with aggressive base running and an RBI single from Jackson. In the top of the fifth, the Panthers pushed the lead to 5-1 with a pair of hit by pitches and a Beacon error. Plymouth would go on to defeat UMass, 6-2.
Junior, Whitney Roberts (Chocorua, NH), found herself in a pitching duel, in the second game, going head to head into the seventh inning. She allowed seven hits and only one earned run in the seventh frame. Both Roberts and UMass pitcher, freshman Jillian Shepard put up zeroes through the third inning.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Beacons scored the first run of the game. PSU responded in the top of the fifth with two runs of their own, from freshman, Masha Lange (Danville, NH), and freshman, Katie Kennard (Concord, NH). Kennard recorded two hits and a pair of runs in the victory.
The Lady Panthers pushed the lead to 4-1 in the top of the seventh frame when Jackson blasted a two-run shot to center field. The Beacons could not respond and Plymouth won, 4-1.
The PSU softball team will return to the field on Tuesday, as they begin to wrap up the season, against Middlebury College.