SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Le Moyne extended its winning streak to nine straight with a 3-2 win in the opener, but Southern Connecticut State rallied for an 8-6 win over the Dolphins in the second game of a Northeast-10 Conference softball doubleheader at the Thomas J. Niland Athletic Complex. The Dolphins (13-9, 5-1 Northeast-10) hit the road for eight straight games, starting on Tuesday at Saint Rose.
In the opener, Le Moyne scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to break a one-all tie. Jennifer Winters (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) and Emma Murphy (East Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa) singled and scored the go-ahead runs. Winning pitcher Sarah Reed (DeWitt, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) struck out four and allowed two runs on five hits in the complete game effort. Murphy and Winters had two hits each to account for four of Le Moyne's five hits.
In the second game, Lindsey Castano's two-run single highlighted a four-run first inning for Southern Connecticut. Le Moyne rallied to tie the game with four runs in the bottom of the third. Junior Lindsay Spaziani (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads) announced her return to the lineup with a two-run home run and Ashley Anderson (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) drove in a pair with a single. Spaziani doubled and scored as Le Moyne took a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the fourth.
The Owls plated four runs in the top of the sixth. Lindsey Castano, Kelly Ahearn and Monica Savarese knocked in three of the inning's four runs.
Including today's setback, Le Moyne is now 58-6 at home over the past four seasons. Three of those losses were in last season's post-season tournaments. The last regular season conference home loss for Le Moyne came in a 6-0 loss to UMass Lowell on April 12, 2005.