'FORT MYERS, FLA. 03/16/06 - The Keene State College softball team improved its Spring Week record to 6-3 with shutout wins over Fitchburg State (5-0) and Salem State (12-0) in Fort Myers, Fla., on Thursday. 

The Owls got on the board early against Fitchburg State. Following back-to-back doubles by Sarah Campbell (Auburn, Mass.) and Ashlee Nicholson (Swanzey, N.H.), Julia May (Deep River, Conn.) delivered an RBI single. KSC added two more runs in the fourth with Emily Crompton (Concord, N.H.) getting an RBI single.  In the seventh, Jenna Patnode (Swanzey, N.H.) singled, stole second and third, and came home on Campbell's RBI single.  Campbell went two-for-three in the game.

Erin Fuoroli (Warwick, R.I.) started for KSC, but had to leave the game after one inning with an injury.  Nicholson came on to pitch two-hit ball over the last six innings with six strikeouts to pick up the win.

KSC erupted for nine runs in the first inning on the way to its five inning shutout win over Salem State.  Campbell had a two run single and Kari Gardner (Grafton, Mass.) cleared the bases with a three-run double in the uprising.

Katie Allenson (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Kaity Conklin (Selkirk, N.Y.), and Gardner finished the game with three hits each.

Gardner got the complete game win on the mound.  She gave up three hits, fanned eight, and didn't walk a batter.

Keene State wraps up its trip on Friday with games against

Bowdoin College and Norwich University.