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Dudley, Mass. Nichols College scored a total of 31 runs to sweep Regis College 20-6 and 11-1. The Bison improve to 15-8 overall and 12-0 in the conference. The Pride fall to 9-7 overall and 4-4 in the conference.

Game one was a slugfest for the Bison as they put at least one run in every inning. Freshman Larissa O'Rourke (Malden, Mass.) got the start in left field and went a solid 2-4 with a team leading four RBI. Senior Tracy Cullity (Manchester, N.H.) went 2-2 in the game and had two RBI. Her first RBI came on a double in the first inning. Seniors Joanne Brignoli (Feeding Hills, Mass.) and Lauren Person (Vernon. Conn.) each went 2-3 in the game with three RBIs. Person got all three of her RBIs on a three-run blast to deep left in the fifth inning to make the score 20-6.

Senior Stephanie Magni (Newton, Mass.) led the team with three hits and also drove in two runs. Sophomore Valeri Calcagni (Rocky Hill, Conn.) also hit the ball hard today as she had two hits and three RBI.

A bright spot in the game for Regis was that they got two runs off of homeruns by Amanda Carlson (Ayer, Mass.) and Ashley Paolini (Epping, N.H.).

Sophomore Ashley Wyland (Schenectady, N.Y.) pitched the complete game only giving up three earned runs off of five hits and one walk. She also stuck out six batters. Paolini had a rough start as she gave up 13 earned runs on 17 hits and eight walks. She also struck out six batters.

The Bison seemed to run out of steam early in the second game. Kristen Tavares (Acushnet, Mass.) pitched well as the Pride led 1-0 through five innings. The Pride scored their lone run on a deep single to right center by Erin Johnson (West Springfield, Mass.) that scored Paolini.

In the top of the sixth inning, the Bison got their grove back. They scored seven runs off of four hits with a little help from the Pride as they had four errors in the inning. The tying run was scored by sophomore Kayla Hebert (Johnston, R.I.) who was pinch running for Brignoli who singled earlier in the inning. Big sister Christina Hebert (Johnston, R.I.) and Magni scored next on a single by Person to right field. The two RBI gave Person five on the day. Cullity also had another two RBIs as she singled home sophomores Lauren Lombardo (Wolcott, Conn.) and Loren Rozanski (Plainville, Conn.).

The Bison scored four more runs in the top of the seventh as the first three batters reached base. After a pop out to third base, freshman Shaleese Young (Salt Lake, Utah) hit a grand slam for her fourth homerun of the season. The Bison now led 11-1.

Freshman Kara Buckley (Nashua, N.H.) got the no decision as she pitched 4.1 innings and only gave up one run off of four hits and two walks. Freshman Lindsay Hassett (Oxford, Mass.) picked up her fifth win of the season as she came in struck out seven of the eight batters she faced. Tavares ended up getting the loss as she pitched a complete game giving up six earned runs off of 10 hits and three walks.