GAME RESULTS
Game 1 – Saint Louis 3, Massachusetts 1
Game 2 – Massachusetts 6, Saint Louis 2
Friday, May 2, 2025
Amherst, Mass. (Sortino Field)
 
THE BASICS
Abby Mallo had two RBIs and set two Saint Louis single-season records, and Taylor Hochman equaled her career high for wins in the Billikens' 3-1 victory over Massachusetts in the opener of an Atlantic 10 Conference doubleheader Friday afternoon.
 
UMass won the nightcap 6-2, halting SLU's winning streaks at 15 games overall and 16 conference games, both school records.
 
Saint Louis' game-one win was its 30th of the season, giving the Billikens (30-20, 18-6 A-10) 30 or more wins for a third consecutive season and sixth time in program history.
 
Mallo hit her 17th home run of the year, a solo blast, to break the previous record of 16 held by Sadie Wise (2018). She also had an RBI double; the six total bases increased her total to 121, breaking Wise's school mark of 119 (2018).
 
Hochman improved to 15-6; she also had 15 victories a year ago. In addition to tying her career high for wins, she matched her career bests for appearances (32) and starts (26).
 
Natalie Sullivan recorded two walks in the opener to lift her career total to 131, tying Alex Nickel (2014-17) for the Saint Louis record.
 
GAME 1 – HOW IT HAPPENED
•Saint Louis grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Karsen Jany drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a double by Abby Ulsas.
•UMass scored its only run in the bottom of the first.
•The Billikens regained the lead in the third when Sullivan drew a leadoff walk, stole second and scored on Mallo's double.
•Mallo's record-breaking home run in the fifth, a shot to right-center, provided an important insurance run.
•UMass brought the tying run to the plate in the fifth, sixth and seventh, but Hochman silenced each Minutewomen threat.
 
GAME 1 – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Hochman struck out two and yielded five hits and three walks.
•Kendall Johnson and Scout Gallagher registered two singles apiece.
•Jany and Jane Kaniecki had a single apiece.
 
GAME 2 – HOW IT HAPPENED
•UMass scored three runs in the first, one in the third and two in the fifth to lead 6-0.
•Saint Louis got on the board in the sixth. Jany smacked a one-out double and scored on Sullivan's two-out double.
•The Bills added a run in the seventh. Chloe Rhine walked with two outs, and pinch runner Addie Duttlinger scored on Johnson's double.
 
GAME 2 – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Johnson added a single for a two-hit game.
•Kaniecki doubled.
•Reliever Anna Christ retired all four batters she faced.
 
UP NEXT
•The Billikens and Minutewomen conclude the series and the regular season on Saturday with an 11 a.m. (Central) single game.