MILTON, Mass. – Curry College and Salve Regina University split a doubleheader in The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) softball action Saturday afternoon in Milton. The Colonels captured the opener, 6-1, before the Seahawks bounced back in the nightcap, 2-0. Curry now stands at 12-16 overall and 7-7 in TCCC action, while Salve Regina is 9-17 overall and 7-9 in league play.

GAME ONE
Box Score

The Seahawks took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, thanks to an RBI single by Marissa Simpson. But the Colonels went on to score six unanswered runs, starting with a two-run double by Valarie LaSala in the bottom of the second. The hosts tacked on four more runs in the bottom of third, getting two more two-run doubles, this time from Janelle Mayo and Heather Carrier.

Mayo went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Simpson and Jennifer Edine each had a pair of hits for the visitors. Both starting pitchers went the distance, with Jennifer Lundstrom picking up the win by scattering eight hits over seven innings. Jen Cruver (4-12) took the loss, surrendering eight hits, two walks and two earned runs over six frames.

GAME TWO
Box Score

Simpson tossed a one-hit, complete-game shutout to allow Salve Regina to gain the split. In seven innings, she did not issue a walk while striking out five. The Seahawks got the only run they would need on a first-inning RBI triple by Edine that plated Ali Muehlbronner with an unearned run.  Simpson helped her own cause by driving in an insurance run in the fifth. Curry was held hitless until the bottom of the sixth when Megan Flaherty stroked a solid single to right field.

Muehlbronner and Cruver each collected a pair of hits. The win evened Simpson’s pitching record at 5-5 on the season. Lundstrom threw her second solid effort on the day, but was charged with the loss to fall to 4-3 on the year.