Game Two Box Score
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Colleen Matthes (Severn, Md.) pitched two complete games and allowed no earned runs as the Stony Brook softball team swept Binghamton (20-17, 8-5 AE) by scores of 3-0 and 6-1 on Saturday.
In the first game, Matthes allowed only three hits and struck out nine to pick up her second consecutive shutout after blanking Quinnipiac on Wednesday. The Seawolves' offense did its part, meanwhile, notching six hits and three runs to give Matthes enough support on the scoreboard.
Stony Brook (19-24, 5-9 AE) went to work in the first inning and took a 1-0 lead when junior Bernadette Tenuto (Audubon, N.J.) smacked an RBI double to left, scoring freshman Jessica Combs (Hammonton, N.J.). The Seawolves then added another run in the third as Combs knocked in junior Lauren Maloney (Las Vegas, Nev.) with an RBI single to left. Stony Brook tacked on a third run in the fifth when junior Alyssa Hawley (Spokane, Wash.) scampered home on a fielding error by the third baseman.
Both Combs and Hawley registered 2-for-3 performances in game one, while Tenuto and freshman Elise Fortier (Coventry, R.I.) accounted for the Seawolves' other hits.
Matthes got the ball once again in game two and picked up right where she left off, firing another complete-game, nine-strikeout effort. Binghamton's lone run came in the the top of the seventh and was unearned, allowing Matthes to extend her streak without allowing an earned run to 21 consecutive innings.
The Seawolves scored all six runs with two out in the bottom of the fifth. Hawley opened the account with a squeeze bunt to third, bringing in Fortier to make it 1-0. Combs followed with an RBI single to score Maloney, before sophomore Taylor Chain (Gloucester, N.J.) stepped to the plate and delivered the hit of the day. With the bases loaded, Chain crushed a pitch over the left-centerfield wall for a grand slam to blow the game open and make it 6-0. It was Chain's first collegiate grand slam and second home run of the season.
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Three Seawolves posted multi-hit efforts in game two, including Combs, who added another 2-for-3 performance. The top five hitters in Stony Brook's lineup scored runs in the game and were a combined 7-for-15.
The teams will play one more game on Sunday starting at 12 p.m
