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Eagles Go the Distance in Game One; Drop Game Two to Colby

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

Husson University faced Colby College at Husson's O'Keefe field and recorded an 8-6 extra inning win in game one.  In the second game, the Eagles would fall to the Mules 1-0 behind the sharp pitching of Colby's Lauren Becker (Fy., Falls Church, VA).  With the split, the Eagles move to 4-12 while the Mules post a 2-9 record.

Colby scored two first inning runs beginning with a run scored by Barbara Santos (Jr., Topsfield, MA) off a passed ball.  Alex Essman (Jr., Littleton, MA) doubled to right field, gaining an RBI.   The Mules scored 2 runs in the third inning when Alyssa Lepore (Jr., Victor, NY) doubled to left field.  Colby would tack on additional runs in the fifth and sixth innings to bring the Mules' lead to 6-0. 

The Eagles exploded in the bottom of the sixth inning, scoring 6 runs on two outs.  Cassie Berry (Sr., Newcastle, ME) doubled to left, plating Dottie Cameron (Jr., South Plainfield, NJ) who had reached by an error.  Sarah Risser  (So., Brewer, ME) hit another double and tallied two RBI's.  A single to left by Bri Webster (So., Belfast, ME) plated Risser.

Husson and Colby would finish 7 innings tied at 6 apiece.  In the top of the 8th inning, Colby's Christine Gillespie (Jr., North Andover, MA) hit a clutch two RBI double.  Husson answered in the bottom of the eighth inning when Kody Lyon (Fy., Dalton, NH) hit an RBI single.  With the bases loaded, Lona Sargent (Fy., Sullivan, ME) sent a sharply hit ball to the third to plate Lyon, knotting the game at 8.  Cassie Berry (Sr., Newcastle, ME) hit a sharp line drive to left field for the game winning walk-off RBI hit, ending the game with a 9-8 Eagle win. 

Game two proved to be a pitcher's duel between Colby's Lauren Becker and Husson's Kody Lyon (Fy., Dalton, NH) who held the opposition to 2 and 3 hits respectively. 

Colby would score the game's only run in the first inning when Lepore hit an RBI single to right field, driving in Santos.  Husson's Megan Richardson tripled to right field but was thrown out by the cannon shot of Jen Goldman (So., Cedar Grove, NJ) .  Colby's ace, Becker, would strikeout the side in the third inning en route to 10 strikeouts on the day. 

Husson will travel to Bates on April 6.

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Players Mentioned

Cassie Berry

#11 Cassie Berry

INF
Senior
Kody Lyon

#17 Kody Lyon

P
Freshman
Megan Richard

#12 Megan Richard

INF/P
Junior
Sarah Risser

#1 Sarah Risser

C
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Cassie Berry

#11 Cassie Berry

Senior
INF
Kody Lyon

#17 Kody Lyon

Freshman
P
Megan Richard

#12 Megan Richard

Junior
INF/P
Sarah Risser

#1 Sarah Risser

Sophomore
C