WENHAM, Mass. – The Nichols College softball team split its Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) doubleheader with Gordon College Saturday afternoon at the Gordon Softball Field.
Game One: Nichols 3, Gordon 2 (8 innings)
Back-to-back doubles from sophomore
Erin Kelley and freshman
Jessica Soucie to open the third staked the Bison (6-6, 1-1 CCC) to a 1-0 lead. After the Fighting Scots pushed across a run in the sixth to tie the game at one, senior
Courtney Manarky singled home Kelley in the seventh to give the Bison a 2-1 lead.
Gordon (6-13, 2-4 CCC) answered back with a run in its half of the frame to send the game to extras, where NC senior
Kendall Meehan doubled home freshman
Colleen Callahan in the eighth for the winning run. Kelley finished with two runs scored.
Sophomore
Alexis Ferris fanned 10 in eight innings of work to earn the win. She surrendered eight hits and two runs (one earned) with four walks to improve to 4-3 on the season.
Game Two: Gordon 3, Nichols 2
Meehan opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning. Sophomore
Cara Mayhew doubled home junior
Callie Andrews in the third to double the lead before the Fighting Scots tied the game with runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Then, in the bottom of the seventh, sophomore Caitlin Catalanotto plated junior Megan Jenkerson with a sac fly to right to win the game for Gordon.
Freshman
Shannon Morin tossed 6.2 innings for the Bison, allowing five hits and three runs with three walks and a pair of strikeouts.
All-Time Series
Today's games marked the 48th and 49th all-time meetings between Nichols College and Gordon College. With the split, the Bison now lead the series, 31-17.
