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Raiders Clean House; Sweep Saints

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Nashua, NH - The Raiders (22-1; 16-0) did their best to battle through some fatigue and really push through for each other. The home team struck early as a 3-run homer by freshman Marissa Mercier (N. Smithfield, RI) got things started in the second inning. A single run in the fourth followed by four more in the sixth was more than enough run support. The sixth inning was highlighted by a 2-run triple from freshman Taylor Cournoyer (Mansfield, MA) followed by RBI singles by freshman Mandy Thornton (Hanover, MA) and junior Amanda Ryan (W. Bridgewater, MA). Senior Monica White (Augusta, ME) picked up win #17 as she gave up just 2 hits while striking out 15.

Game 2 - The Blue and Gray scored in five of the six frames but the Saints did a good job of keeping things close. Freshman Taylor Cournoyer (Mansfield, MA) got on with a 1-out single in the opening frame. Freshman Mandy Thornton (Hanover, MA) followed suit with a single of her own. Senior Monica White (Augusta, ME) picked up the RBI with a single up the middle. Emmanuel tied things up in the top of the second with a single, a walk and a run scoring base hit. Riv jumped right back on top with a solo shot over the leftfield fence by freshman Marissa Mercier (N. Smithfield, RI). A run scoring groundout in the fourth by freshman Katie Bachinski (Northfield, MA) pushed the lead to 2 runs. The Saints refused to go away as they got a leadoff hit in the very next frame followed by a sacrifice bunt and a seeing-eye single to cut the lead in half. Thornton led off the fifth inning with a double. After being sacrificed over to third base, pinch runner Danielle Magnant (Franklin, VT), scored on a wild pitch. Three more Raider runs extended the lead yet again and would be all they needed to take the sweep. Magnant got the start and gave up 1 earned run in 2 innings of work. Senior Brenna Campbell (Nashua, NH) pitched a 1-2-3 inning of relief. Senior Monica White (Augusta, ME) picked up her second win of the day as she went 4 innings. She gave up 1 earned run on 5 hits while striking out an additional 7 batters.