MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – UMass Boston Softball rolled to their sixth win of the season, all of which have come during their spring break trip in South Carolina, scoring eight unanswered runs to beat McDaniel College in their second game of the afternoon, 9-2, on Wednesday.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 9, McDaniel College 2

UMass Boston (6-1)

McDaniel College (3-7)

HOW IT HAPPENED
As they have for most of the spring trip, UMass Boston jumped on the scoreboard first in the opening frame with back-to-back doubles from senior infielder Haley Tilberry and senior outfielder Sydney Sanden. Error would once again come back to haunt the Beacons as was the case in the first game of the day as McDaniel would notch a run apiece against junior pitcher Bri Melchionda in the second and third inning as a result of two fielding errors from UMass Boston to jump ahead 2-1.

However, the rest of the game would be controlled by the Beacons who made the most of two errors from the Green Terror as the second miscue would allow junior infielder Lauryn Bethea to plate the tying run. Sophomore catcher Kaitlyn Sawyer notched the go-ahead run in the next at-bat with an RBI single to left field which put UMass Boston ahead for good.

The two-run fourth would be the first pair of runs as part of nine unanswered runs that the Beacons would string together. With the bases loaded in the fifth, senior first baseman Jordan Toomey's sacrifice fly made it a 4-2 ballgame before sophomore utility player Amauri English delivered the big blow for UMass Boston. English's long three-run home run gave her team a 7-2 lead while giving her 12 RBIs in seven games so far this season after the sophomore had eight RBIs in 28 games played last year.

Freshman infielder Lauren Miner would scrape across the eighth run of the day for the Beacons on an RBI groundout while a fifth error by McDaniel allowed freshman outfielder Sofie Richland to reach base safely and push the final run of the day in for UMass Boston who would win the game, 9-2 and improve to 6-1 on the season.

Bri Melchionda pitched all seven innings for UMass Boston, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits while striking out nine and walking one. Melchionda did not allow her first hit until the first batter of the sixth inning
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Sydney Sanden finished with a team-high three hits, going 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored
• Amauri English was 2-for-4 with a single, home run, three RBIs, and a run scored
• UMass Boston is now 4-1 in South Carolina when they are the first team to score in the game
• UMass Boston has recorded 10-plus hits in six consecutive games

 
WHO'S NEXT
After on off day on Thursday, UMass Boston will close out their spring break trip in South Carolina with a doubleheader against Utica University at 11:00 AM and Muhlenberg College at 5:00 PM. This will be the first time the Beacons face Utica in program history while they are 0-1 all-time against Muhlenberg College, last playing the Mules during their trip last season and losing 3-0.