HANOVER, N.H. – The Hartford softball team continued its busy week this afternoon with a doubleheader against Dartmouth. The Hawks dropped both games to the Big Green, losing game one, 2-1, while falling in game two, 7-2. Hartford drops to 11-17 on the season, while Dartmouth jumps up to 9-20 overall. 
 
DARTMOUTH 2, HARTFORD 1
Dartmouth struck the board early in game one, taking a quick 1-0 lead after the first inning. Hartford was able to respond quickly in the top half of the second, tying the game at one off of a no-doubt homerun hit by Samantha Ganaden. After the scoring was done in the first and second innings, Hartford's starter, Caylee English was locked in a pitcher's duel against Dartmouth's ace, Brooke Plonka. However, the Big Green would regain their lead in the fourth tacking on one more run to lead the Hawks 2-1. Despite getting a runner into scoring position in the final frame, Hartford would fall in game one, 2-1.   
 
DARTMOUTH 7, HARTFORD 2
The Big Green jumped out to another early 1-0 lead after the first in game two. Dartmouth would tack on one run in the second, before adding five more in the bottom halves of the fourth and fifth innings to take a 7-0 advantage over Hartford heading into the sixth. The Hawks were able to get two runs back in the seventh after a few fielding miscues were made by the Big Green's infielders, which brought Jordan Nastos for the first run of the game. Hartford tacked on one more in the final frame off of a sacrifice fly lifted out to center field by Olivia Wolk which drove home Ganaden. Despite the effort to mount a comeback in final inning the deficit would prove to be too much for the Hawks to overcome, as Dartmouth took game two, 7-2.
 
NEWS AND NOTES

• English (5-4) got the start in game one, taking the loss after allowing two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out one over 6.0 innings of work
• Ganaden hit her first career homerun in game one
• Cassidy laced her team leading eighth double of the season in game one
• Julianna Kocenski (6-8) received the start in game two, she took the loss after throwing 3.2 innings and allowing six runs on eight hits and one walk while tallying one strikeout
• Lauren Card entered the game in relief for Kocenski in the fourth
• She allowed one run on two hits and three walks while setting down one batter on strikes over 2.1 innings of work
• Mara Sczecienski and Samantha Nagel led the Hawks at the plate in game two, each going 2-for-3 at the dish

 
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks return to America East play this weekend when they take on UMBC in a three-game set at home. First pitch from the Hartford Softball Field on Saturday, April 9 is set for 1 p.m.