Game One - UNH 4, Merrimack 0
Game Two - UNH 10, Merrimack 1

WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The University of New Haven softball team defeated Merrimack College in both games of a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at the UNH Softball Field. The Chargers took the first game 4-0 and the second game by a 10-1 margin in five innings. Breanne Gleason (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Central ) led the Chargers with a home run in each game. UNH improves to 24-2 overall and a perfect 14-0 in the NE-10, while Merrimack sits at 10-15 overall and an even 6-6 in the league.

Game One
After two quick outs put UNH with no base runners on in the bottom of the first, the Chargers put together a sequence of five hits to drive in three runners. Nicole Downs (Seymour, Conn./Seymour) started the two-out rally with a double to left field. Gleason followed that with her first home run of the day - a ball the soared over the fence in center field. Meghan Walter (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore ) then doubled to left center and advanced to third on an illegal pitch the following at bat. Allison Vaughn drove her in on a single to left for the Chargers final run of the inning.

The bats for both teams remained fairly quite thru the fourth inning until New Haven added its forth and final run of the game. Chelsea Harold (Oxford, Conn./Seymour ) tallied an infield single and then stole second. Nicole Downs (Seymour, Conn./Seymour) followed with a infield single of her own. On the next at bat, Downs opted to steal second and on the throw Harold swiped home. Downs then attempted to take third, but was denied off a throw from the catcher to the third basemen who laid down the tag to end the inning.

In the pitching circle, Gleason went the distance facing 26 batters, while striking out eight and allowing just three hits.

Game Two
Once again it was the Chargers who took the early lead with a run in the first inning. Christina Gelardi (Derby, Conn./Derby) singled to center field and then stole second to put herself in scoring position. Gleason then picked up her first hit of the day with a single to center that brought in Gelardi.

In the top of the second, the Warriors tied the score at one apiece. With some help from a pair of fielding errors from the Chargers, Merrimack was able to get a some runners on the base path. The Warriors' Emily Cummings singled to left, driving in Merrimack's lone run of the day.

With the game tied at 1-1, the Chargers opened up the game in the bottom of the third. In a two-out rally, New Haven accumulated nine runs off of seven hits. Gleason led the charge with a two-run home run over the left field fence. From there, the Chargers kept producing hits, as the runners continued to cross the plate.

Ahead 10-1 and behind UNH slinger Keri Tricinelli (Brick, N.J./Monsignor Donovan), the Chargers shut the door on the 20th consecutive win of the season.

Gelardi paced UNH, going 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI, while Gleason went 2-for-3 with three RBI.

On the mound, Tricinelli picked up her fifth win of the season and her third this week.

After a 10-game home stand, the Chargers are hitting the road for the next four doubleheaders. The first will be an exciting matchup with nationally ranked No. 21 C.W. Post on Thursday. The Pioneers currently sit at No. 2 in the NCAA East Region Poll - just one behind New Haven. Additionally, the Pioneers are looking to avenge a pair of losses at the hands of UNH during the 2009 NCAA East Region tournament.