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9
Winner Worcester St. WOR 15-17-1
3
Nichols NC 12-13
Winner
Worcester St. WOR
15-17-1
9
Final
3
Nichols NC
12-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Worcester St. WOR 2 0 5 0 0 2 0 9 13 2
Nichols NC 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 2

W: Marissa Avanzato (1-1) L: Fountain, Haley (5-5)

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Winner Worcester St. WOR 16-17-1
0
Nichols NC 12-14
Winner
Worcester St. WOR
16-17-1
6
Final
0
Nichols NC
12-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Worcester St. WOR 0 0 1 0 5 6 9 1
Nichols NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

W: Mary McKeown (1-3) L: Meehan, Kendall (3-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Lancers sweep doubleheader from Bison

DUDLEY, Mass. – Sophomore Kendall Meehan (Danvers, Mass.) recorded three hits for the Nichols College softball team, which dropped a pair of games to Worcester State University in non-conference action Wednesday afternoon at the Nichols Softball Field.
 
Game One: Worcester State 9, Nichols 3
Sophomore Sydney Despres (Sterling, Mass.) belted a two-run home run and drove in three runs for the Lancers while junior Dakota Smith-Porter (Montague, Mass.) recorded three hits.
 
Despres hit a two-run homer in the first and laced an RBI double in the sixth as Worcester State pounded out 13 hits. Seniors Sarah Pelletier (Leominster, Mass.) and Taylor Daniels (Norco, Calif.) each had two hits and an RBI.
 
Senior Marissa Avanzato (Pittsfield, Mass.) came on in relief and pitched the last four innings to earn her first collegiate victory. She allowed three hits and two unearned runs with two walks and one strikeout.
 
Meehan and sophomore Kasey Ayer (Niantic, Conn.) each had two hits for Nichols while freshman Zoe Chevrette (Wilbraham, Mass.) had an RBI single, giving her 14 hits in her last 12 games. Senior starter Haley Fountain (Warren, Mass.) gave up nine hits and seven runs (five earned) in three innings to fall to 5-5 on the season.
 
Game Two: Worcester State 6, Nichols 0 (5 inn.)
Despres launched a three-run home run in the fifth and finished 3-for-3 with four RBI. Junior Mary McKeown (Shrewsbury, Mass.) struck out six in five innings of work to earn her first win of the season.
 
Meehan was tagged with the loss as she surrendered seven hits and five runs in four innings.
 
All-Time Series
Today's games marked the 32nd and 33rd all-time meetings between Nichols College and Worcester State University. With the sweep, the Lancers improve to 22-11 all-time against the Bison.
 
Quotes
"Our energy level has been low the past few games. Part of it is the time of year, but we also have to focus on the things that we can control. We weren't hitting. We made some key errors in key situations. It's been an issue with us all year long. We're working on it, but obviously, we're not there yet." – Nichols head coach Heather Korzec
 
Next Games
Nichols (12-14) – Thursday, April 21 @ Fitchburg St., 3:00 p.m.
Worcester St. (16-17-1) – Saturday, April 23 @ Salem St., 12:00 p.m.
 
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