BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott softball team split its conference doubleheader against Roger Williams (5-3, 0-6) on Friday evening.

GAME ONE: Endicott 5, Roger Williams 3

WP (6-1): Kristen Beebe (Brentwood, N.H.) — 5 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
LP (3-4): Raegen Germano (Old Tappan, N.J.) — 6 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 10 K
SV (2): Analise Grady (Reading, Mass.) — 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

The Gulls slugged their way to victory in game one, as Christina Nowicki (Chelsea, Mass.) and Abby McClaflin (Easthampton, Mass.) highlighted the action with back-to-back homers in the second inning.

Trailing 2-0 in the frame, Dani Lear (Groveland, Mass.) sparked the offense with a sacrifice fly to left field.

Nowicki and McClaflin followed with a two-run shot and a solo homer to double up the Hawks on the scoreboard. Both round-trippers came with two outs in the inning. 

From there, both teams traded solo runs in the sixth before Grady secured the save on a lineout with the go-ahead run at the plate.

Ella Tower (Windham, N.H.) drove in the all-important insurance run in the sixth with a pinch-hit line drive double to right center, scoring Paige Berdos (Plainville, Mass.). 

Berdos worked a leadoff walk, and Mia Mitchell (Medford, Mass.) executed a perfect sacrifice bunt (5-3) to put Berdos into scoring position for Tower with one out in the frame.

GAME TWO: Roger Williams 6, Endicott 0

WP (6-2): Keira Quadros (East Providence, R.I.) — 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K
LP (2-4): Jaylin Couto (Taunton, Mass.) — 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

Roger Williams scored five runs on six hits in the sixth inning to earn a split with the Gulls.

Nowicki, Elyse Saccoccio (Coventry, R.I.), Lear, and Tower all had one hit in the loss.

Endicott's best scoring chance came in the fourth, but Quadros stranded the bases loaded with a swinging strikeout en route to completing her complete game shutout.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott leads the all-time series, 50-16 (30-6 at home).
• Nowicki hit her fifth career homer (first this season).
• Beebe picked up her 14th career win (24th appearance, 20th start).

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (11-7, 5-1 CNE) hosts Suffolk on Wednesday, April 9 at 3 PM. Roger Williams (13-9, 4-2 CNE) welcomes Curry to its campus on Sunday, April 6 at 12 PM. 

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(Photo Credit - Adrienne Rioux '28)