KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Albertus Magnus College softball team fell to Plymouth State University, 4-0, and Ripon College, 2-1, at The Spring Games on Thursday.

Julianna Petruzziello (West Haven, Conn.) crossed the plate for the Falcons off a double by Amanda Savinelli (New Haven, Conn.) in the third inning to give Albertus a 1-0 lead against Ripon.

GAME 1

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus Magnus 4 | Plymouth State 0

RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (3-4) | Plymouth State (5-5)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Skylar Arent (Ridgefield, Conn.) pitched three scoreless innings until two RBI singles by the Panthers broke the 0-0 deadlock in the fourth frame. Jade Guertin doubled to lead off the inning before being sent home by Abby Kenison for the first run of the night.
• Albertus had a chance to put a run on the board after Colleen Edwards (Clinton, Conn.) walked and Isabelle Smith (Meriden, Conn.) singled to put a pair of Falcons on the bags in the fifth inning but a strike and two groundouts allowed Plymouth State to get out the inning.
• Plymouth State scored on back-to-back hits in the sixth inning.

ON THE HILL

Albertus

Skylar Arent (L, 0-2) 5 IP 8 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 2 BB | 2 K

Amanda Savinelli 3 IP | 3 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 1 BB | 1 K

Plymouth State

Kate McGrath (W, 2-1) 7 IP | 3 H | 2 BB | 7 K

AT THE PLATE

Albertus

Colleen Edwards 0-for-1 | 2 BB

Plymouth State 

Kaity Montelongo 2-for-4 | 1 R | 2 RBI

Jade Guertin 1-for-2 | 1 R

NOTEWORTHY

• Scheid has recorded a hit in four-straight games for Albertus and two doubles across her last three matchups.

GAME 2

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus Magnus 1 | Ripon 2

RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (3-5) | Ripon (2-8)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Petruzziello led off the top of the third after getting hit by the pitch and advanced to second base two batters with a bunt single by Paige Scheid (Cedar Grove, N.J. ) before Savinelli hit a two-bagger to left field to send Petruzziello home.
• After walking to lead off the bottom of the frame, Sydney Swanson evened the score to 1-1 after Mikaela Lawrence reached first on a fielder's choice as Savinelli and Edwards retired Abrianna Anderson at second.
• Lawrence scored two batters later to take the lead in the third inning.
• In the next frame, Annabelle Jabs (East Hartland, Conn.) retired three straight with a pop-up to Edwards at second base and fly balls to centerfielder Hailey Laforte (Branford, Conn.) and left fielder Alexis Enjem (Derby, Conn.).
• The Falcons had a chance to tie the game up in the sixth inning after Edwards stole third and Smith advanced to second with a pair of outs on the board, but Ripon retired the next batter with a fly out to right field,

ON THE HILL

Albertus

Annabelle Jabs (L, 2-2) 6 IP | 4 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 2 BB

Ripon 

Kenzie Pahang (W, 1-3) 7 IP | 6 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 3 K

AT THE PLATE

Albertus 

Julianna Petruzziello 1-for-1 | 1 R

Amanda Savinelli 1-for-4 | 1 RBI

Ripon

Mikaela Lawrence 0-for-3 | 1 R | 1 RBI

Kayla Cruz 1-for-3 | 1 RBI

NOTEWORTHY

• Petruzziello tallied her first career hit and run for the Falcons.

UP NEXT

The Falcons close out The Spring Games with a pair of games on March 15 against Skidmore College and Rutgers-Newark, with first pitch at 2:30 p.m.