Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University softball team played host to the Skyhawks of Stonehill College on Sunday, March 24 in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Janet L. Ficke Field. The Panthers came from behind in both games, picking up wins of 6-5 and 10-8 to improve to 15-6 overall and 6-0 in the Northeast-10, while Stonehill falls to 8-12 overall and 0-2 in conference.

Game One
Sophomore Victoria Wink went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and two runs to pace the Panthers in game one, while junior Katie Andrews chipped in with three hits and an RBI of her own for Adelphi.

Devon Kelly was credited with the victory for Adelphi in game one. Kelly pitched a complete game, yielding five runs (three earned) on 11 hits and one walk. The senior struck out four batters in the win.

Adelphi struck first in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-0 lead. After Emily Dorko singled and Heather Salerno walked to lead off the inning, Wink launched a three-run home run over the wall in dead center.

Stonehill responded in the top of the second with four runs of its own. With two outs and the bases loaded, Wilcox got the Skyhawks on the board when she singled to left field. Eisenmann followed with a single of her own, scoring two. Wilcox scored to make it 4-3 when Staudle reached on an error, making it 4-3 Skyhawks.

The Panthers regained the lead with two runs in the bottom of the inning to make 5-4. With runners on second and third, Wink drove in her fourth run of the game to tie the score. Meghan Heiser then singled home another run to give the Panthers a one-run advantage.

The Skyhawks got a run in the top of the fourth to tie the game. With one out, Eisenmann reached base when she singled to left field. Staudle plated Eisenmann when she roped an RBI double to right ceter field.

Adelphi would post the game-winning run in the bottom of the fourth. With Wink on second, Andrews hit an RBI single to left field, driving in Wink for the sixth and final run of the game for Adelphi.

Game Two
Jaclyn Bistock went 2-for-4 with two singles, including the game-winning two-run single in the sixth to lead the way for Adelphi. Wink and Andrews also collected two-RBIs for the Panthers in game two.

Senior Laurin Watts captured her tenth win of the season for Adelphi. Watts went the distance, giving up eight runs (five earned) on ten hits and four walks, while striking eight.

The Panthers grabbed an early lead when they scored one run in the first inning. Dorko led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a groundout. Andrews put the Panthers ahead when she knocked in Dorko with an RBI-single to right center.

The Skyhawks took the lead in the second when they scored seven runs. After McKillop doubled and Ruonavaara singled, Jocelynne Morrell hit an RBI-single to right center to put Stonehill on the board. Three batters later, with the bases loaded, Alison Sumski reached on an error by the left fielder to score Morrell an Ruonavaara and give Stonehill a 3-1 lead. Two batters later with runners on first and third and the score 4-1, Eisenmann launched her fourth home run of the season to make it 7-1.

After Stonehill added a run in the top of the third, the Panthers began to chip away at the lead in the bottom of the inning. With a runner on first and one out, Wink registered her second home run of the day to cut the lead to 8-3.

Adelphi corralled two more runs in the fourth inning. After the Panthers scored on an error by the first baseman, Amy Caird hit an RBI single to  center field, cutting the Skyhawk lead to three runs.

The Panthers took the lead for good during a five-run sixth inning. With runners on first and second and the score 8-6, Andrews knocked in Caird with an RBI single to make it a one-run game. Binstock then roped a two-run single to center to make it 9-8 Adelphi. The Panthers added an insurance run when Jeanine Leo drove home Binstock with an RBI double.

Stonehill was shut down in the seventh as Watts closed the door for Adelphi, striking out two in the inning.

The Brown and Gold return to action on Wednesday, March 27 when they travel to Pleasantville, New York for a doubleheader against Pace University with first pitch scheduled for 3:00 pm.