AMHERST, MASS. 4/5/10 – The Keene State College softball team dropped both ends of a non-conference doubleheader against Amherst College on Monday, losing 6-1 in the opener and 9-5 in the second game.

Keene State falls to 10-6.  The Lord Jeffs improve to 11-7.

The Owls scored their only run of the opener in the first inning when sophomore Haley Chandler (Wakefield, Mass.) tripled and came home on a sacrifice fly from junior Katie Bradford (Lebanon, N.H.).

Amherst took the lead for good with two runs in the bottom of the second.

Junior Heather Harold (Newton, N.J.) and freshman Nicole Dupuis (Fitchburg, Mass.) each had two hits for the Owls.

KSC starter Ashley Clark (Alton, N.H.), 1-2, took the loss in the circle.

Keene State had a short-lived 1-0 lead in the second game after Bradford hit her first home run of the season. 

The Lord Jeff scored three runs in the bottom of the first and second to pull ahead 6-1. KSC got three runs back in the top of the third with sophomore Laura Chandler (Wakefield, Mass.) hitting a three-run home run, her second round-tripper of the season, to make it 6-4.  She added an RBI single in the fifth to close the gap to 6-5, but KSC got no closer.  Amherst tagged on three more runs in the sixth. 

Laura Chandler finished the game with two hits and four RBIs for the Owls.

Sophomore Courtney Savoie (Stratham, N.H.) started for KSC and took the loss. She is 3-2 in the circle this season.

Keene State is at Westfield State on Thursday.