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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - The Wesleyan University softball team
scored ten runs in the first two innings on their way to a 12-6 win
over Bowdoin in the second day of the NESCAC Tournament at Williams
College on Saturday. With the loss, the Polar Bears will play an
elimination game against the Ephs on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m.
The winner advances to play Wesleyan at 11:30 a.m. and, if
necessary, again immediately following.
Sam Epstein drove in four runs and Allee Beatty went 4 for 4 to
lead the Cardinals, who trailed 3-0 after a half inning but scored
four times in their half of the first off Bowdoin starter Julia
Jacobs. Tori Redding started the uprising with a one-out single,
taking second on an error. Chrissy Bello followed with a single.
Another error allowed Redding to scor. With two outs, Epstein
crushed a three-run home run over the fence in center field for a
4-3 Wesleyan lead.
The Cardinals added six runs in the second on six hits and two
Bowdoin errors. Bello, Taila Bernstein and Epstein all had RBI
singles in the big inning and Taylor Zavadsky had a sacrifice fly.
Bowdoin attempted to mount a comeback in the top of the third,
scoring three times and driving Wesleyan starter Caitlyn Grudzinski
from the game. Singles by Caroline Dewar and Shavonne Lord put
runners on first and second with no outs. Clare Ronan followed with
a double to center that scored Dewar. Wesleyan brought in Dana Levy
to replace Grudzinski in the circle and, after hitting a batter to
load the bases, Levy struck out Gen Barlow and induced Molly Nestor
to hit into a fielder's choice with the out coming at the
plate. After an error allowed two runs to score, Levy got redding
to pop out to end the threat with Wesleyan still leading 10-6.
Levy earned the win, going the final five innings and allowing
just two hits and one walk while striking out three. She did not
allow a run. Jacobs took the loss for Bowdoin. Allowing 11 runs,
only five earned, over three frames.
Wesleyan had 16 hits in the win, with five players having two and
Beatty going 4 for 4 with a run scored. Epstein was 2 for 4 with
four RBI. Zavadsky was 2 for 3 with two RBI. Alexis Kral was 2 for
4, Meaghan Dendy 2 for 4 and Bello 2 for 5 with an RBI. Ronan went
3 for 3 with an RBI and two runs scored to lead the Polar
Bears' eight-hit attack.
