Esposito Pitches Complete Game Shutout to Earn First Collegiate Win

From StonehillSkyhawks.com

Freshman Lauren Esposito (Middleton, Conn./Coginchaug) pitched a complete game shutout to collect her first collegiate win. Esposito relinquished three hits and one walk, while striking out three batters for Stonehill.

Freshman Emily Padilla (Wappinger Falls, N.J./Roy C. Ketcham) roped an RBI triple to lead the Skyhawks to victory. Megan Staudle (New Windsor, N.Y./Cornwall Central) chipped in with two hits of her own for Stonehill.

Junior Tiffany Irrera (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) earned the loss for Bridgeport. Irrera went seven innings but gave up two runs (zero earned) on five hits for the Purple Knights.

Stonehill jumped on the board in the first to take an early lead. After Kelsey Wilcox (Canterbury, Conn./Griswold)doubled, Eisenman reached on an error to score Wilcox and give the Skyhawks a 1-0 advantage.

The Skyhawks would double their lead in the second. After Jocelynne Morrell (West Haven, Conn./West Haven)reached on an error, Padilla roped an RBI triple to right field to plate Morrell.

Esposito shut down the Purple Knights from that point on. The freshman allowed just two hits after the second inning and retired the final nine batters she faced to close out the win for Stonehill.

The Skyhawks (4-6, 0-0 NE-10) return to action tomorrow morning when they face off with Molly College for a double-header beginning at 10:00 am. The University of Sciences (4-4, 0-0 CACC) continues spring training tomorrow when it faces Lock Haven for a pair of games starting at 2:00 pm. Next up for Bridgeport is double-header versus Assumption college tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 pm.