KEENE, N.H. 4/27/04 - Junior pitcher Jennifer Smith (Salem, N.H.) tossed a complete game two-hitter in the second game enabling the Keene State College Softball team to split a non-conference doubleheader against Springfield College at Owl Athletic Complex on Tuesday.

Springfield College erupted for eight runs in the top of the seventh inning on the way to a 9-1 victory in the first game.

Smith fanned three and didn't give up a walk to improve her record to 4-1. 

The Owls scored single runs in the first three innings of the second game.  Kathleen Gambino (Freeport, N.Y.) scored on a infield out in the first and Annie Devine's (So. Hadley Mass.) infield hit scored Kari Gardner (Grafton, Mass.) who opened the second with a double.  Gambino hit her third home run of the season in the third.

Pitcher Brittany Dielemans (Middlebury, Conn.) took the loss for the Pride. 

Jackie Agrillo (Acton, Mass.), Missy Edwards (Calverton, N.Y.), and Amanda Johansson (Leominster, Mass.) cracked home runs for Springfield in the seventh inning of the first game.  Laurie Cersosimo (West Hartford, Conn.) also had a two-run double for the Pride in the inning.

Caroline Kurkowski (Niskayuna, N.Y.) who went three-for-four in the opener, finished the doubleheader with five hits for KSC.

Stephanie Carter (Cohoes, N.Y.) (1-5) took the loss for the Owls while Amy Brucker (Westerly, R.I.) picked up the win in the first game. 

Keene State (26-8) will be the host and top seed in the Little East Tournament, which begins Thursday at Owl Athletic Complex.  Springfield goes to 20-15.