PROVIDENCE, R.I (April 5, 2024)  -- The Anchormen of Rhode Island College Softball team hands UMass Boston's best pitchers their first pair of losses this season, as the Beacons fall in a pair of Little East conference matchups on the road from Providence, Rhode Island on Friday evening.

Game One

In game one, the Beacons fell just short 1-4 in seven innings with senior Bri Melchionda pitching all six innings from the bump. She faced 28 batters, only allowed seven hits, but the Anchormen capitalized with four fatal runs that were too much for the Beacons' bats to contest.
Melchionda remains a dominant 7-1 on the season despite the setback.

The Beacons' offense put up one run on five hits and one RBI, left six on base, and struck out 11 in 26 ABs. Sophomore Sofie Richland led
the team from the plate with two hits and one run in four ABs in the effort.

Junior Kaitlyn Sawyer held the sole RBI for the Beacons in game one, batting home Richland after Richland's bunt was parlayed into a stolen base second base, where she was batted in from an RBI single to left by Sawyer.

Rhode Island College scored in only two of the six innings they batted, with the Anchormen knotting one run on just two hits in the first inning,
and again in the third inning recording three runs on just two hits.

Game Two

In game two, graduate pitcher Jacqueline Cherry took four innings of pitching duties and was relieved by senior Emily Doble following her four innings of action. Cherry faced 21 batters, and struck out three, followed by Doble who closed out the remaining nine batters through 1.1 innings. Cherry joins Melchionda with her first loss of the season yet remains a dominant 6-1 from the mound.

Beacons' first-years Mya Perron and Ella Delisle were the sole batters to record a hit in game two, as the Anchormen's defense shut down the Beacons at the plate and got the job done in six innings. Perron recorded a double down the left field line with two outs in the second inning but was left on base as Delisle lined out to end the inning. Delisle would recover on her next AB, singling up the middle to start the fifth inning, but was out at second on a fielder's choice the next play.

UMass Boston softball shakes this one off, and moves on to a 16-4 record in the 2024 campaign, with their next doubleheader slated for Tuesday evening from Rotch Field in Boston, Massachusetts against the Lions of Emerson College. Live stats and video coverage, as always can be found at UMass Boston - Official Athletics Website (beaconsathletics.com).