Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

BEVERLY, Mass. -- Sam DiBella and Krista Fales accounted for 11 hits and five runs batted in to lead the Endicott College softball team to an 8-0, 10-8 sweep of the University of New England in a Commonwealth Coast Conference doubleheader on a blustery Sunday (April 7) afternoon at the Gulls Softball Complex.

The two victories make it four in a row for the Gulls (4-10, 4-0 CCC), who have recovered from an 0-10 start to the season. UNE now stands at 11-9 overall, 5-5 in CCC action.

The bats of DiBella and Fales and the arm of Nell O'Connor were the storyline in game one. DiBella had a three-run home run for one of her three hits, while Fales went 4-for-4 at the plate. O'Connor allowed just three UNE batters to reach base, allowing three hits and no walks. She struck out five to even her record at 2-2.

Endicott struck early with two runs in the home half of the first. The Gulls would push their advantage to 6-0 with a four-run third frame. DiBella's homer to center field was the key blow in the inning. The game ended in the bottom of the sixth on the eight-run rule when a pair of runs came home on a passed ball and an error.

Adrienne Chase, Amanda Vallante and Jess Lemos had the Nor'easters' three hits. Rookie Chelsea Damon (2-4) was charged with the loss, surrendering nine hits and six earned runs in three innings. Abby Lambert worked the final 2.2 innings and allowed zero earned runs.

Game two was a back-and-forth affair.

The Nor'easters jumped out in the top in the first, scoring a pair of runs on Chase's homer to center field.

Endicott recovered with five runs in the home half of the second to take a 5-2 advantage. Kelley Michael blasted a two-run home run, DiBella lifted one out of the park to left-center, Jesse Bilafer provided a run-scoring triple, and Fales plated a run on a groundout.

Big Blue exploded for four runs in the top of the fourth to grab a 6-5 lead. Vallante produced a pair of runs with a bases-loaded double and would later score when Amanda Vaudreuil knocked her and Allie Frazier home on a two-bagger to left.

The Gulls responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead for good. Byrne Katz and Michael each had two-RBI singles to account for Endicott's four runs.

Endicott grabbed another run in the fifth before UNE scored a pair of runs in the seventh on Chase's second long-ball of the game.

Meg Donegan (1-2) came on in relief of starter Cam Sprague to record the victory. O'Connor worked a perfect seventh inning to get a save.

For UNE, Lauren Doneski (5-2) went the initial 3.2 innings, giving up five earned runs. Lambert allowed a run over the final 2.1 innings.

Chase finished with three hits, while Vallante and Vaudreuil contributed two each.

The Nor'easters will start a busy week Tuesday with a road doubleheader at the University of Southern Maine. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m.