Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CLERMONT, Fla.--Senior tri-captain Maria Francese and sophomore Alexis Bukowski had two hits apiece as Western New England Softball won the second game of a split-doubleheader 3-1 over UMass-Boston in six innings due to thunderstorms on the third day of the Dot Richardson Spring Games at the National Training Center on Monday.  The Golden Bears, who are now 3-3 on the season, lost to Dubuque, 10-2, earlier in the day.

The Golden Bears scored the go-ahead run against the Beacons (1-2 overall) in the top of the fifth inning on an error, and then Bukowski delivered a run-scoring single for insurance.

Junior Lauren Zambrano pitched 5-1/3 innings to get the win before the game was stopped for a second time due to bad weather, scattering five hits and two walks. She allowed an unearned run and struck out five batters.

The teams traded a run apiece in the first inning. Senior tri-captain Katie Eckert reached an error by the second baseman that brought home Francese from second for a WNE 1-0 lead. But UMB cleanup hitter Kristina Bove, who went 2-for-2 in the contest, had a run-scoring single through the right side to tie it.

Dubuque pitcher Hannah Koerperich no-hit the Golden Bears. Western New England actually took a 1-0 advantage in the bottom of the first inning when Francese scored on an error by the catcher after leading off with a walk, advancing to second base on a sacrifice bunt by freshman Gabby Lavinio and going to third on another error.

The Spartans (7-1 overall) pounded out 15 hits including Meggie Schmidt with three and two runs batted in; Koerperich helped her own cause with two hits and a pair of RBI; and Kelli Gerace, Amber Meyer, Tori Woltz had two hits apiece.

Dubuque went up 2-1 in the third when Schmidt had a RBI-single to left center and Meyer had a RBI-single to left field. Then the Spartans scored five times two frames later for a commanding 7-1 lead.

The Golden Bears got another run back in the "home" half of the fifth as freshman pinch-runner Kacey Dory scored on a wild pitch.

The Golden Bears will take Tuesday off before resuming NTC action on Wednesday against Rowan (9 a.m.) and Southern Maine (11 a.m.) here at Hancock Park.