Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CLERMONT, Fla.—The University of Mary softball team (14-8) opened Saturday on a high-note pounding out a season-high 16 hits in a 12-1, five inning win over Saint Anselm College (6-4), but ended with a disappointing 7-6 loss to Holy Family University (6-3) at the Dot Richardson Spring Games.
 
Allison Brown and Alana Norman both extended their double-digit hitting streaks Saturday and both finished 5-for-8. Brown had a double, a home run, scored four runs and drove in six. Norman scored three runs, had one RBI and stole four bases. Brown's streak now sits at 17 games and Norman's at 19.
 
With 27 stolen bases in 22 games, Norman has equaled U-Mary's 2013 team total.
 
Cherlyn Trujillo went the distance in the first game and pitched five innings of relief in the second game and allowed just one earned run, while striking out six.
 
Game 1: U-Mary 12 Saint Anselm 1
 
U-Mary scored early and often against Saint Anselm adding runs in all five innings en route to a 12-1 five-inning victory. All nine batters finished with a hit in the Marauders top hitting performance of the season.
 
Going 3-for-4 with a home run, Brown was a part of seven of the Marauders 12 runs. Brown scored three runs and drove in five, while also adding two stolen bases.
 
U-Mary got on the board in the first inning as Norman singled, stole second and came around to score on a Julissa Perales single to left field.
 
The Marauders offense caught fire in the second inning as Brown launched a line drive home run off the scoreboard in left field to score Francine Villalobos and Erin Keen, who singled and doubled respectively. U-Mary added one more run as Perales hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Norman who narrowly avoided a tag from Saint Anselm's catcher at the plate.
 
Amber Gamboa got U-Mary on the board in the third inning doubling and scoring on an error. Brown delivered her second hit of the game to score Keen who walked. Norman added the Marauders final run of the inning on an infield single to score Brown as U-Mary took a commanding 8-0 lead heading to the fourth.
 
The Marauders added four more runs in the fourth on four hits to balloon their lead to 12-0.
 
U-Mary surrendered a run on in the fifth inning, but held on for a 12-1 win.
 
Norman was 3-for-4 in the game with three stolen bases and two runs scored. Kristin Ormsby, Taylor Mendez and Gamboa each finished with two hits for the Marauders.
 
In a complete game effort Trujillo struck out four.
 
Game 2: U-Mary 6 Holy Family 7
 
A seventh inning six-run rally by the Marauders came up short as U-Mary fell 7-6 against Holy Family in game two. U-Mary trailed 7-0 heading to the final inning before exploding for a six-hit, six-run seventh inning.
 
Demaree Rodriguez was 3-for-3 against the Tigers with a double and an RBI.
 
The second game of the day started promising as Brown led off the first with a double and Norman followed with a bunt single. After Norman stole second the Marauders had runners at second and third, but a double play and a strikeout ended the threat.
 
Nothing went U-Mary's way in the bottom of the inning as the Tigers rattled off six runs on four hits while taking advantage of a Marauders error to take a 6-0 lead.
 
Holy Family added another run in the second as a result of a throwing error on a steal attempt.
 
The Tigers threatened in the third inning loading the bases, but stranded three.
 
U-Mary recorded just two hits between the second and the sixth inning as it went into the seventh trailing 7-0.
 
The Marauders finally showed signs of life in the 7th as Mendez led off the inning with a single and Gamboa walked.  After a sacrifice bunt from Villalobos, D. Rodriguez drove in U-Mary's first run of the day on a single to left field.  Two batters later Brown drove in Gamboa with a two-out single to right. Norman followed with a single to left to score Keen who walked. Swinging first pitch Ormsby single to centerfield to score Brown to pull within three.
 
With runners at first and third, Perales also swung first pitch, which resulted in a double to left field to put the game-tying run at second. Looking to replicate Ormsby and Perales, Mendez swung first pitch driving the ball to right, but the Tigers right fielder secured the final out of the game as the Marauders fell 7-6.
 
Brown and Norman both finished with two hits.
 
Up Next
 
With a split today the Marauders are now 9-3 at the Dot Richardson Spring Games. U-Mary will conclude its spring trip on Sunday as it takes on Queens College at 8 a.m. and Urbana University at 12 p.m. (CT). Follow along with livestats at goumary.com/coverage.