FAIRFIELD, Conn.- The Sacred Heart University softball team dropped a pair of games at home this afternoon to Merrimack 5-0, and 3-1.

Team Records 

Sacred Heart Pioneers (4-10 overall, 2-4 NEC)

Merrimack Warriors (6-8 overall, 4-2 NEC)

Game 1

Score: Merrimack 5, SHU 0

Of Note   

• The Pioneers were held to just three hits in the game in which two came off the bat of first-year Emily Carroll.
• An RBI triple by Merrimack in the top of the third inning jumped the Warriors to a 3-0 lead as it scored in two runs.
• Merrimack would score two more including one run in the top of the seventh to result in the 5-0 loss.  

Game 2

Score: Merrimack 3, SHU 1 

Of Note  

• Game two would be tighter as the Pioneers would jump on the board first with an RBI double to right-center by junior Amy Petrovich in the bottom of the third to put SHU ahead 1-0.
• But Merrimack answered right back with three runs in the top of the fourth to take a 3-1 lead and eventual victory.
• First-year Jenna Pfister gave the Pioneers three strong innings in relief as she allowed just one hit with three strikeouts in game two.

Up Next 

The Pioneers return to action in 11 days when they continue their home front as they host Merrimack again on April 7 at 2:00 p.m.