Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The softball team opened up the home portion of its schedule with a doubleheader sweep of Dominican College, improving to 4-0 on the season. The Chargers dropped to 0-4 with the losses.

Game One: Molloy 6, Dominican 0

• Junior Marissa Nicoletti led off the Molloy offense with a solo home run in the top of the first inning.
• After a scoreless second inning, the maroon and white doubled its lead. Freshman Chrissie Huhn led off with a walk before eventually being driven in by a single from junior Amanda King.
• King added another RBI in the fifth inning, trading places with senior Courtney Greene following a double to center field.
• The Lions plated three runs in the sixth inning on a double from sophomore Emma Bachman and back-to-back singles from Huhn and Nicoletti. 
• Nicoletti, King, and sophomore Akemi Poyer each tallied two hits for the Lions. Poyer and Huhn each stole a base with Greene, King, Poyer, Bachman, and senior Megan McCormack all hitting doubles.
• Greene tossed a complete game shutout, allowing only four hits while striking out six batters.

Game Two: Molloy 11, Dominican 4

• Dominican plated the game's first run with a bunt RBI single in the first inning.
• The Lions responded in the bottom of the second as redshirt senior Mikaela Tribby hit a two-run home run while Huhn drove in one run with a double to make it 3-1 in favor of the home team.
• The Chargers took a 4-3 lead in the top of the third on a sacrifice fly and two singles. 
• Greene knotted the score in the home half of the third inning with a leadoff home run.
• Molloy plated three runs in the fourth inning on a double from Nicoletti and a two-run error from the Chargers. 
• Nicoletti continued her hot day at the plate with a triple in the fifth to put the Lions in front, 9-4.
• Junior Angelique Serrano rounded out the Lions' scoring with a two-run homer in the sixth inning. 
• Nicoletti drove in three runs on a 2-for-4 afternoon. Huhn, Tribby, and Serrano each recorded two hits with Serrano adding a stolen base.
• Senior Tonianne Larson tossed three innings and struck out three batters. Greene tossed four innings in her second win of the day.

Up Next
The Lions return to action on Wednesday (Mar. 17) at 3:00 p.m. against Pace from Bob Klein Field.