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BRONX, N.Y. – Sophomore Courtney Cashman (Danvers, Mass.) batted .571 (4-7) with three RBI in a 1-1 day for the UMass Lowell softball team (4-14), as the squad closed out its weekend at the Fordham Tournament.
 
The River Hawks first defeated Holy Cross, 6-0, for their second straight win and first shutout of the season before facing an 8-5 setback against Detroit Mercy.
 
"We were very good at the plate in both games," said Head Coach Danielle Henderson. "We needed to clean up our defense in the second game."
 
Cashman slugged 1.000 with three runs scored. Sophomore Marianne Sparacia (Spring Hill, Fla.) and freshman Sara Siteman (Hudson, N.H.) each went 3-for-6 at the plate to add to the offense. Siteman also totaled three RBI, while Sparacia tallied a team-high four runs scored. Senior Samantha McQueen (Ewing, N.J.) chipped in with three hits of her own.
 
Cashman put the River Hawks on the board in the first inning of game one against Holy Cross thanks to a two-run home run over the wall in right center. Both sides went three-up and three-down in the second, but UMass Lowell extended its margin to 5-0 in the third with the help of a hard-hit ball down the left field line by Siteman.
 
The team's final run of the contest came in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Sparacia.
 
Freshman pitcher Lovina Capria (Deltona, Fla.) allowed just one hit in the 6-0 contest with a personal-best eight strikeouts en route to her first career complete-game shutout.
 
In the final game of the weekend against Detroit Mercy, the River Hawks once again scored the first run of the day with a RBI two-bagger by Siteman in the first. However, the Titans rallied for six runs on four hits in the second to pull ahead.
 
UMass Lowell chipped away with one run in each of the next two innings, as freshman Maria Moccio (Feeding Hills, Mass.) put a ball in play that plated Cashman in the third and Sparacia scored on a wild pitch in the fourth, making the score 6-3.
 
The Titans took an 8-3 advantage in the top of the sixth with a two-run double to right center, but Cashman and Siteman each tallied a RBI in the home half of the sixth to cut the difference to 8-5. Both teams would leave one on in the seventh, as Detroit took the decision.  
 
The River Hawks will square off against Holy Cross on Wednesday, March 21 in Worcester, Mass. First pitch is set for 4 p.m.