Cancelled Event: Softball versus Tarleton State


2/15/2025 7:53:00 PM | Softball
Cameron Dunn recorded a home run in game one and an RBI double in game two.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.- The Providence College softball team lost a pair of games on day two of the Bubly Invitational on Saturday, February 15, in Gainesville, Fla. The Friars were defeated by Boston College, 6-4, in the first game and later fell, 10-2, in five innings, to No.12 Duke. Providence moved to 0-8 on the season. Sophomore Cameron Dunn (Bothell, Wash.) led the Friar offense with a home run in the Friars' first game of the day against Boston College. She followed with an RBI double and scored a run in the second game versus nationally-ranked Duke. Â
VS. BOSTON COLLEGE NOTES (GAME ONE)Â
• The Friars got on the scoreboard (1-0) in the bottom of the first after Hanna Aldrich (Taunton, Mass.) hit an RBI single, scoring Elisa Smith (Glen Allen, Va.). Â
• The Eagles tied the score in the second inning with an unearned run (1-1). Â
• Smith registered two RBI in the bottom of the second to give Providence a 3-1 lead. Â
• Dunn homered home in the fourth inning to extend the team's lead to 4-1. Â
• The momentum swung in favor of Boston College in the seventh inning as the Eagles added five runs to take a 6-4 lead and claim the win. Â
• Tori Grifone (Sussex, N.J.) pitched the game for the Friars. The graduate student faced 24 batters, struck out five and conceded four hits and four runs. Â
VS. NO.12 DUKE (GAME TWO)Â
 • Duke struck first with a run in the top of the first inning. The Blue Devils added another run in the second and five more in the third to jump out to a 7-0 lead. Â
• The Friars rallied in the fourth after Dunn hit an RBI double to score Aldrich. Rachael Petraca (Tampa, Fla.) subsequently scored Dunn after hitting a single to shortstop. Â
• Duke added three more runs in the fifth to bring the score to 10-2. The Friars were unable to answer in the bottom of the inning, ending the game in five innings. Â
• Alyssa Twomey (Warwick, R.I.) spent four innings in the circle for the Friars. She recorded two strikeouts while conceding seven hits and six earned runs. Â
ON DECK...Â
The Friars will round out Bubly Invitational play with a rematch against Binghamton tomorrow, February 16, at 10:00 a.m.Â
-GO FRIARS!-Â
Pitching:
W: Kelly Colleran (3-0)
L: Grifone, Tori (0-4)
S: Bailey Kendziorski (2)
Batting:
2B: Jordan Stephens 1
3B: Emma Jackson 1
RBI: Gator Robinson 2 ; Jordan Stephens 2 ; Janis Espinoza 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tavye Borders 1 ; Emma Jackson 2 ; Jordan Stephens 1 ; Janis Espinoza 1 ; Kali Case 1
SB: Jordan Stephens 1

Batting:
HR: Dunn, Cameron 1
RBI: Smith, Elisa 2 ; Aldrich, Hanna 1 ; Dunn, Cameron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Elisa 1 ; Dunn, Cameron 1 ; Weaver, Becca 1 ; Petrarca, Rachael 1
SB: Petrarca, Rachael 1
CS: Aldrich, Hanna 1 ; Jonte, Emily 1