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Sydney and Jordan
Mary Jo Murphy
3
Winner Mass.-Boston UMB 9-4
2
Wellesley WEL 1-7
Winner
Mass.-Boston UMB
9-4
3
Final
2
Wellesley WEL
1-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mass.-Boston UMB 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 2
Wellesley WEL 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 2

W: Melchionda, Bri (4-1) L: M. Sgambati (0-2)

10
Winner Mass.-Boston UMB 10-4
2
Wellesley WEL 1-8
Winner
Mass.-Boston UMB
10-4
10
Final
2
Wellesley WEL
1-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Mass.-Boston UMB 9 1 0 0 0 10 9 1
Wellesley WEL 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 3

W: Doble, Emily (2-1) L: H. Moniz (1-3)

Game Recap: Softball | | Dave Walberg

Softball Sweeps Wellesley 3-2, 10-2

Beacons continue their winning ways with their first in-region sweep

WELLESLEY, Mass. – Softball picked-up their first in-region sweep as they downed Wellesley College 3-2 and 10-2 in five innings Wednesday afternoon at the Wellesley Softball Field.

THE BASICS

GM1: UMass Boston 3, Wellesley College 2
GM2: UMass Boston 10, Wellesley College 2 (5 inns.)

UMass Boston (10-4)
Wellesley College (1-8)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game one was a back-and-forth affair with the Beacons plating the first run of the day in the top of the first. Wellesley countered with a lone run in the bottom of the second. Aggressive base running in the third inning propelled the Beacons to a pair of runs Brianna Melchionda and Sarah Harlinski each stealing home.

Wellesley would score their final run of the day in the fourth on an RBI single, as Melchionda continued her dominance in the circle. In seven innings of work, she allowed the two-runs on four hits, while striking out eight for the second time in the last week.

The nightcap was all UMass Boston from the top of the first inning as they unloaded nine runs in the top half of the opening frame. Sydney Sanden and Jordan Toomey got the game off to a great start as they both knocked-in a pair of runs. Sanden would come back up for a second time in the first, ripped two-run double to cap-off the huge inning.
Toomey plated the Beacons final run of the afternoon on an RBI single in the top of the second.

Wellesley's two runs came in the fourth and fifth innings, but any chance of a comeback was denied by Emily Doble and the Beacons defense.

Doble had one strikeout in her five innings of work, while not allowing a walk to improve to 2-1 on the season.

BY THE NUMBERS
  • After recording just five hits in game one the Beacons finished with nine in game two
  • Melchionda is currently averaging over 8 strikeouts per game and sits with a 4-1 record overall
  • On Monday, Melchionda earned her first LEC Pitcher of the Week honor
  • Sanden and Toomey accounted for seven of the Beacons eight RBI in the nightcap
  • Wednesday's doubleheader marked the first-ever meeting between the Beacons and Wellesley
WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will travel to Rhode Island College on Saturday for a 1 p.m. Little East Conference doubleheader.
 
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