BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (Thursday, May 1, 2025) -- Madeleine Oswald went 3-for-3 with a home run and a double to lead Salve Regina University softball to a 9-2 win in the opener of a non-league doubleheader at Bridgewater State University at Alumni Park on Thursday afternoon. The Bears rallied from a 4-2 deficit (after Jacey Cosciello hit a two-run, inside-the-park home run for the Seahawks) and won the nightcap, 7-4, to gain the split.

Seahawk starter Shea Murphy (W, 2-2) went the distance in the opener for her second win of the season.

INSIDE THE MATCHUPS
Finals: [1] Salve Regina 9, Bridgewater State 2; [2] Bridgewater State 7, Salve Regina 4
Records: Salve Regina (NEWMAC), Bridgewater State (LEC)
History: With its win in Game One, Salve Regina tied the all-time series at 3-3 before the Bears stepped ahead again. The first-ever meetings took place in Florida in 2009 (Bears swept a doubleheader) and 2010 (Seahawks won, 7-3).

SUMMARY GAME ONE

• T1 - Emily Cronin reached first on a dropped fly by cf, advanced to second on the error; Emily Lane scored on the error, unearned; Jacey Cosciello scored on the error, unearned. | SEAHAWKS 2, BEARS 0
• T2 - Emily Moskal advanced to second on the error; Madeleine Oswald scored on the error, unearned. | SEAHAWKS 3, BEARS 0
• T3 - Madeleine Oswald homered to left field, RBI. | SEAHAWKS 4, BEARS 0
• B3 - A. Blake grounded out to 2b, RBI; S. Schaefer advanced to second; M. Ansell scored. | SEAHAWKS 4, BEARS 1
• T6 - Emily Cronin singled to second base, RBI; Emily Lane advanced to third; Sam Franceschi scored. Kylie Lanteri singled through the right side, RBI; Emily Cronin advanced to second; Emily Lane scored. K. Lanteri advanced to third on a wild pitch; Madi Allard scored on a wild pitch.    Madeleine Oswald doubled to right field, RBI; K. Lanteri scored. | SEAHAWKS 8, BEARS 1
• B6 - R. Fitzgeral doubled to right field, RBI; A. Curran scored. | SEAHAWKS 8, BEARS 2
• T7 - Sam Franceschi doubled down the lf line, RBI; Jacey Cosciello scored. | SEAHAWKS 9, BEARS 2

NOTEWORTHY

• Seahawk starter Shea Murphy (W, 2-2) went the distance in the opener for her second win of the season with five strikeouts.
• Madeleine Oswald went 3-for-3 with a home run and a double.
• Sam Franceschi also had a double among her two hits.

SUMMARY GAME TWO

• T1 - Emily Lane singled up the middle, RBI; Sam Franceschi advanced to second; Jacey Cosciello scored. | SEAHAWKS 1, BEARS 0
• B1 - A. Blake singled to center field, 2 RBI; A. Lynch scored; M. Ansell scored. | BEARS 2, SEAHAWKS 1
• T3 - Sam Franceschi flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Skylar Wicklund out at third lf to c to 3b; Jacey Cosciello scored.| SEAHAWKS 2, BEARS 2
• T4 - Jacey Cosciello homered to left field, inside the park, 2 RBI; Chloe Nittoly scored. | SEAHAWKS 4, BEARS 2
• B4 - M. Ansell doubled to right field, out at third cf to 1b to c to ss, RBI; V. Becker advanced to third, scored on the throw; E. Marcotte scored. | SEAHAWKS 4, BEARS 4
• B6 - A. Lynch doubled to left field, RBI; V. Becker scored. A. Blake advanced to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on the throw; A. Lynch scored on a wild pitch. A. Blake scored on a throwing error by c, failed pickoff attempt, unearned. | BEARS 7, SEAHAWKS 4

NOTEWORTHY

• Jacey Cosciello slashed an opposite-field inside-the-park homer for a two-run lead in the fourth inning.
• Cosciello scored three runs.
• Skylar Wicklund had a double among her two hits. 

NEXT UP
Salve Regina hosts its final regular season NEWMAC doubleheader at Toppa Field on Saturday, May 3, 2025, with a noon first pitch on FloCollege. Seahawks will celebrate their seniors -- Morganti Bello, Jacey Cosciello, Sam Franceschi, Alex Kelly, Emily Lane, Kylie Lanteri, Olivia Saccoccio.