'KEENE, N.H. .  4/24/02  –  Caroline Kurkowski (Niskayuna, N.Y.) had two home runs and seven RBIs to lead the Keene State College softball team to a non-conference doubleheader sweep against Fitchburg State on Thursday.

Keene State (17-10) exploded for seven runs in the sixth inning to win the opener 11-2.  The Owls posted a 6-5 come-from-behind victory in the nightcap.

In the first game, KSC took the lead (4-2) in the bottom of the fourth on Nikki Foote's (Hudson, N.H.) two run home run.  Her first round-tripper of the season.

KSC's seven run sixth inning included a grand slam home run by Kurkowski  and a two run blast by Tiffany Underhill (Eastham, MA.) Shauna Mullen (Hooksett, N.H.) had three hits and three RBIs in the game.

Meghan McLoughlin (Brattleboro, Vt.) (3-1) got the complete game victory for the Owls.

Kristen Bourgalt (Fitchburg MA) had a two run double for FSC.

Trailing 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning of the second game, KSC tied the score on a three-run home run by Kurkowski.  Abby Blanchette (Webster, N.H.), who opened the bottom of the sixth with a double, scored the go-ahead run when she was sacrificed to third and scored on an error. Blanchette went three-for-three in the game.

Missy Zimmerman (Leyden, MA.)(4-5), in relief of starter Stephanie Carter (Cohoes, N.Y.) got credit for the win. 

Alyssa Freda (Leominster, MA.), Lacy Gillottti, and Bourgalt had two hits each for the Falcons (12-12). Kristen Bissonette (So, New Salem, MA.) took the loss for Fitchburg.

KSC host UMA-Boston in a LEC twinbill on Friday (1:30 p.m.).