Dave Geringer   
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March 28, 2006

CORSAIR SOFTBALL TEAM SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER TO COMPLETE SPRING TRIP

ORLANDO, FL-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s softball team split the final two exhibition games on their spring trip.

The Corsairs won the first game of a doubleheader against Hudson Valley Community College Tuesday, 6-3, then dropped the nightcap, 9-3, at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. HVCC is a two-year school from New York. UMD won one of the six exhibition games on their trip.

Freshman pitcher Amie Nickerson (Wrentham, MA/King Philip HS) earned the victory in the opening game Tuesday, and junior outfielder Shannon Alberry (Attleboro, MA/Attleboro HS) tripled with the bases loaded to drive in three runs in the fifth inning.

Freshman pitcher Brittney Kannan (Methuen, MA/Central Catholic HS) was the losing pitcher in the nightcap. Kannan drove in one run for the Corsairs, while senior infielder Amanda Leal (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS) had two singles.

The Corsairs will return to action when they open their season at Fitchburg State next Tuesday evening.

UMASS DARTMOUTH SOFTBALL