NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University softball team picked up two wins on Saturday with a sweep of Saint Michaels, 8-0 and 10-2.
 
In game one, Audrey Dolloff (Raynham, Mass.) went five innings while allowing no runs on three hits with three strikeouts.
 
SCSU scored two runs in the second inning when Kate Hoffman (Orange) scored on a wild pitch and an RBI single from Nicole Buch (Darien, Conn.) made it 2-0.
 
The Owls then scored three in the third inning on Stacy Pouliot (Ledyard, Conn.) reached on an error and scoring two runs, and then she scored on a throwing error to make it 5-0.
 
Three Owls had two hits. Pouliot went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI and scored three runs, Buch went 2-for-2 with 2 RBI and one run while Hoffman also went 2-for-3 and one run scored. 
 
In game two, the Owls scored four runs in the fourth and sixth inning to get the win.

Brittany Bucko (Wallington, N.J.) gave SCSU a 2-0 lead with a solo home run in the third.

After St. Michael's tied the game at 2-2 with two runs in the fourth, the Owls scored four runs in the bottom half of the inning.

Julie Muscarella (Suffield, Conn.) had an RBI walk and Bucko chipped in three-run triple to make it 6-2.

In the sixth, the Owls scored four more runs led by bases loaded walks from Bucko, Muscarella and Kristin Whitley (N. Andover, Mass.).

Yesenia Evaristo (Bethel, Conn.) went five innings and allowed two runs on one hit with six strikeouts.

The Owls improve to 9-6 on the year and 4-1 in Northeast-10 Conference play. They will be back in action on Sunday at home at 12 p.m. against Saint Anselm.