'WILLIMANTIC, CT – Sandra Pariseau (STRATFORD) drove in Megan Lemos (GRANBY) with an infield single with two outs in the sixth inning to

give the Eastern Connecticut State University softball team a 1-0 Little East Conference win over Keene State College Wednesday at Howard Spector

Field on the way to a split of a doubleheader.

Keene  (13-6, 3-3 little east), ranked sixth in New England, gained a split when Nicole Foote drove in Adria Reynolds from third base with the

only run of the game with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning of the nightcap. Eastern is ranked ninth in New England.

Eastern (13-10, 5-3 little east) freshman Lindsay Savelle (CHESHIRE) pitched complete-game three-hitters in each game without allowing an earned

run in lowering her ERA to 1.59. She fanned a collegiate-high ten in the opener with one walk.  She struck out two without a walk in the nightcap but

was outdueled by  Keene's Stephanie Carter (5-1), who also pitched a three-hitter with eight strikeouts and two walks.

Savelle pitched her third complete-game shutout in the first game and Eastern broke a scoreless duel with the only run of the game in the bottom of the fifth. A walk to Lemos, a single by Stacey Schofield (WOODSTOCK) and an outfield error put runnrs on the second and third without an out. Losing pitcher Missy Zimmerman (2-4) got two ground outs before Pariseau drilled a hard shot off Keene third baseman Jennifer Norman. Lemos

scored easily as Schofield managed to avoid the tag of Keene shortstop Shauna Mullen at third. Pariseau had two of Eastern's three hits in the game.

In the nightcap, Eastern stranded runners in scoring position in the fifth and sixth innings before Keene broke through for an unearned run in  the seventh.Reynolds reached on an infield error to open the inning, was sacrificed to second by Mullen and moved to third on a ground out. Foote ended the game by stroking a 1-0 pitch cleanly into center field as Reynolds scored standing up. Foote had two of her team's hits.