CLERMONT, FLORIDA 3/14/10 – The Keene State College softball team began its 12-game spring week schedule in Clermont, Florida with mixed results on Sunday.

The Owls defeated Wartburg (IA) College 4-3 in their first game before dropping a 7-3 contest to Frostburg (Md.) State later in the day.

Junior Katie Bradford (Lebanon, N.H.) was the hitting star for the Owls in their first-game victory.  She had a RBI double in the first inning that put KSC 1-0 and a sacrifice fly in the third that tied the score at 2-all.

Sophomore Haley Chandler (Wakefield, Mass.) drove in a run in the fourth, giving KSC a 3-2 lead.  In the fifth, Bradford tripled to right center and came home on freshman Jessica Fiorenza's (Wakefield, Mass.) RBI single to make it 4-2.   

Bradford finished the game with two hits and two RBIs.  Sophomore Laura Chandler (Wakefield, Mass.) also had two hits in the game.

Sophomore Courtney Savoie (Stratham, N.H.) pitched into the fifth inning to pick up the win.  She gave up three runs on six hits with a couple of walks. Sophomore Samantha Pratt (Bristol, Conn.,) came in to get the save. She allowed just one hit while fanning three in her 2 1/3 innings of work in the circle. 

 Keene State did all its scoring against Frostburg in the first inning. Freshman Nicole Dupuis (Fitchburg, Mass.) made her first college hit memorable with a bases-clearing three-run double that gave KSC a 3-0 lead.

Frostburg took advantage of walks and shaky play in the field to score four unearned runs in the second and three more times in the fifth.

“We stumbled a little bit in the first game, but found a way to get the win,” said KSC Coach Charlie Beach.  “In the second game, we had some confusion in the field and they had some timely hits.  One of the reasons we're down here is to correct those mistakes.”

Makin her first start for the Owls, sophomore pitcher Sara Stocklinski (Newton, N.J.) took the loss. She gave up six runs on four hits while walking five and striking out six batters.

Keene State (1-1) plays Franciscan University of  Ohio and Concordia (Wis.) University on Monday.