'FORT MYERS. FLA.  3/16/03 – The Keene State College softball team begin its Spring Week trip in Fort Myers, Fla., with a pair of wins on Sunday.  The Owls blanked Framingham State 10-0 and then came back to defeat Lasell College of Newton, MA., 14-6 in the nightcap.

Sophomore Stephanie Carter (Cohoes, N.Y.) tossed one-hitter and had four strikeouts in four innings of work to get the win in the opener.  Jennifer Smith (Salem, N.H.) pitched a scoreless fifth inning.

Scoreless through three innings, the Owls broke the game open with a 10-run fourth inning.  The inning featured three home runs, a solo shot by Adria Reynolds (Portsmouth, N.H.), a two-run blast by Shauna Mullen (Hooksett, N.H.), and a grand slam by Jennifer Norman (Penacook, N.H.).  Freshman Abby Blanchette (Webster, N.H.) also had an RBI single in the frame.

Reynolds, Mullen, and Blanchette all went two for three in the game.

Called " a strange game with many unusual plays, by KSC coach Charlie Beach, the Owls overcame a 6-5 deficit to win the second game.

Trailing 6-5 in the top of the third, KSC pulled ahead with five runs.  "There wasn't a big hit," Beach said.  "They're were a lot of misplayed balls and we just chipped away."

KSC added three more runs in the fifth and a single run in the sixth.

Reynolds had a big game at the plate going two-for-four with four RBIs.  Jan Rissacher (Voorheesville, N.Y.) and Norman also had a pair of hits each.  Mullen had a two-run double in the first inning.

Starter Meghan McLoughlin (Brattleboro, Vt.) went three innings to pick up the win.  Katie Thompson (Stratham, N.H.) tossed three strong innings in relief to notch the save.

"Hopefully we got a bad game out of our system, said Beach.  "We have a couple of tough games against Pine Manor College and Smith College ion Monday. "

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