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LEWISTON, Maine - The Bates College softball team took advantage
of seven Bowdoin errors en route to an 8-1 victory on Friday
afternoon. The Bobcats raised their NESCAC East record to 4-3 and
are 7-10 overall with their fifth win in the past six games. The
Polar Bears dropped to 15-11 overall and 1-3 in NESCAC East play.
Kristen Finn (4-5) scattered eight hits and four walks while
striking out three in earning her fourth straight win for Bates.
Karen Reni (3-4) accepted the loss in a complete-game effort,
allowing eight runs (five earned) on seven hits and two walks.
The Polar Bears put a run up in the second for an early lead, as
Clare Ronan hit her fifth home run of the season with a leadoff
shot to left.
Bates came back with five runs on five hits in the bottom of the
second, beginning with Monica Berube's second homer of the season,
a two-run shot to left. Leah Citrin and Val Beckwith followed with
a single and a double, respectively, and Jean McIntyre drove Citrin
in with an RBI single. Lauren Dobish followed with a two-run double
to left, scoring Beckwith and McIntyre. Bates added three more in
the fifth inning. Three Bowdoin errors led to two scores, and
Berube capitalized with an RBI double to finish the scoring.
Ronan had three of Bowdoin's eight hits, while Shavonne Lord and
Hillary Smyth had two apiece.
The teams will play a doubleheader at Bowdoin tomorrow at 12 p.m.
