SMITHFIELD, RI- Let's take two as the Sacred Heart University softball team took a pair of games from Bryant this afternoon winning 11-2 and 2-1.

Team Records

Sacred Heart Pioneers (13-21 overall, 11-15 NEC)

Bryant Bulldogs (3-22 overall, 2-19 NEC)

Game 1

Score: SHU 11, BRYANT 2 (5 innings)

Of Note 

• Junior Alyssa Gonzalez was the highlight of the first game firing a pair of home runs to make her total to 16 on the year putting the Pioneers ahead 4-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning.
• The home runs kept coming as in the top of the fifth inning senior Kira Ferraiolo launched her fourth home run of the year this time in style with a grand slam to put SHU ahead 8-1.
• Then a couple of batters later, fellow senior Caroline Kruger would follow with a three-run home run to seal the 11-2 victory in five innings.
• Senior pitcher Colleen Walsh pitched a solid outing going all five innings allowing just two runs on three hits and striking out three batters.

Game 2

Score: SHU 2, BRYANT 1

Of Note 

• While fewer runs were scored in game two, the Pioneers got on the board early with a sacrifice fly by junior Amy Petrovich scoring in Caroline Kruger from third to put the Pioneers ahead 1-0.
• Kruger would knock in the Pioneers' second run of the game coming in the top of the fourth inning scoring in Kira Ferraiolo to secure the 2-1 victory.
• In the circle, sophomore Olivia Vadas would pick up her fifth victory of the year going six innings allowing six hits, just one run, and striking out six batters.

Up Next

• The Pioneers look to do the same tomorrow as SHU wraps up the regular season with a pair of games against the Bulldogs beginning at 12:00 p.m.