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UMass Boston

Lauren Miner
Margeaux Butters
11
Winner Mass.-Boston UMBSB 11-3
2
Suffolk University SUF 1-10
Winner
Mass.-Boston UMBSB
11-3
11
Final
2
Suffolk University SUF
1-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Mass.-Boston UMBSB 5 0 3 1 0 2 11 11 3
Suffolk University SUF 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 1

W: Melchionda, Bri (7-0) L: Brandow (0-3)

Game Recap: Softball | | Michael Vesci, Sports Information Assistant

Mighty Miner Leads Softball to Six-Inning Win Over Suffolk University

BOSTON, Mass. – Five runs on three extra base hits in the first inning would be more than enough for UMass Boston Softball to get back on track against Suffolk University in a single game, which was moved to the UMass Boston campus, on Thursday afternoon as the Beacons cruised to their 11th victory of the season with a 11-2 win over the Rams in six innings.
 
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 11, Suffolk University 2 (6 Innings)
 
UMass Boston (11-3)
Suffolk University (1-10)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
A pair of walks to open up the game would kick off a five-run first for the Beacons who used an RBI double by senior outfielder Sydney Sanden, a two-RBI double from senior designated player Bri Melchionda, and two-run home run by freshman infielder Lauren Miner to go ahead 5-0 before Suffolk University would record the first out of the inning and escape the half inning without any further damage.

Sophomore pitcher Ava Brandow would get one back for the Rams in the bottom of the first with an RBI groundout which the Beacons would match in the third inning on a wild pitch by Brandow that scored sophomore utility player Amauri English. That would be the first of three runs for UMass Boston in the third who took a commanding 8-1 lead as a passed ball on a strikeout by freshman outfielder Sofie Richland scored two more runs via an error by sophomore catcher Becky Zellin.

A two-out triple from Miner, her team-leading fourth of the season, led to an RBI single by English which put the Beacons into mercy rule territory with an eight-run advantage, 9-1, in the fourth, but three hits by Suffolk would plate a run on an RBI single by sophomore pitcher Ashlyn Conley to push their deficit back down to seven, 9-2.

The eight-run lead would quickly return as a leadoff walk to sophomore infielder Kaylee Bruce eventually came around to score on an RBI single from Sanden who would also score in the inning on an RBI single by freshman outfielder Kyleigh Gray who notched her first collegiate hit and RBI in that at-bat to make it 11-2 which would be the final score as Melchionda retired the side in the sixth in the mercy rule victory.
 
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Lauren Miner's first inning home run was her second of the season, tying her with Amauri English for the team-lead and giving UMass Boston their fifth of the season, their most single-season home runs since 2019 (8 home runs)
  • With four triples this season, Lauren Miner ties Rhode Island College's Noelle Simmons for the Little East Conference lead this season
  • Junior pitcher Emily Doble earned her fourth win of the season, going three innings and allowing one run (unearned) while striking out one and walking one
  • For the ninth time in 14 games this season, UMass Boston recorded 10-plus hits
 
WHO'S NEXT
UMass Boston returns to action on Monday afternoon at home, taking on Emerson College in a doubleheader that sees game one start at 2:30 PM. This will be the first matchup between both teams since they met in 2009 down in Clermont, Florida during the spring trip. The Beacons are 5-4 all-time against the Lions, having won the first four head-to-heads before dropping four of the last five.   
 
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