AMHERST, MA (4/16/01) - The St. Joseph's softball team went toe-to-toe with UMass on Easter Monday afternoon, leading through 6 ˝ innings over the #25 Mnutewomen in the first game of a doubleheader, only to let it slip away in the final frame, 3-2. UMass used the momentum of its seventh inning comeback to jump on the Hawks early in game two, winning by the score of 8-2. Sophomore Brandie Adams (4-9) pitched another masterpiece for SJU in the opener, only to again come up on the short end of the score. The Hawk ace allowed just one earned run on seven hits. The Hawks jumped out early on UMass, taking a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Junior shortstop Kristin Nau singled with one out to start things off for SJU. Teresa Andreani singled and then advanced to second with Nau heading to third on an error by UMass centerfielder Teri Rooney. Lindsey McNamara then drove home a run with an RBI ground out to second. In the fifth, the Hawks picked up an insurance run with Heather Chapman driving in Megan Brown with an RBI single. Brown had led things off with a single and reached third on an another Minutewomen error. UMass closed it to 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth. Ashley Bakken singled to start the inning, moved to second on a sacrifice and third on a single by Anne Perey. Andreani threw out Perey stealing second, with Bakken scoring the first UM run on the play. Gale Treskot ended the inning with a solid defensive play on a liner off the bat of Emily Robustelli. In the seventh, Debbie Tomoguchi singled to left to open the inning. Aisha Franke came into run for Tomoguchi. Bakken laid down a sacrifice bunt to Kristin Doris at third who threw wildly, putting runners on first and second. Jamie Calahan then hit one to Doris, who fielded the ball and tossed to Nau at third, but Franke was called safe at third on a disputed call. With the bases loaded, Perey flied to left, scoring Franke with the tying run. Robustelli then walked to load the bases with Rooney ending the game with a single to left center over a drawn in outfield. UMass carried the momentum from game one into the nightcap and jumped all over freshman pitcher Dana Travis (8-7) for five runs on eight hits over 3 2/3 innings. The Minutewomen scored in each of the first four innings, tallying twice in the fourth before Travis was relieved by Doris. Trailing 5-0, SJU got on the board in the sixth by virtue of a two-run homer to right by Andreani, her first of the season. Nau, who doubled with one out, scored on the play. The Minutewomen answered with three in the bottom half of the inning, as Rooney connected on a three-run homer off Doris. SJU, 14-18-1, 5-6 in A-10 play, will try to end UMass' (25-9, 11-0) 19-game win streak on Tuesday (noon).