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Bella Secaira-Cotto
Sam Robinson/Wesleyan
5
Winner Hamilton HAMILTON 7-6, 1-0 NESCAC
0
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 6-7, 0-1 NESCAC
Winner
Hamilton HAMILTON
7-6, 1-0 NESCAC
5
Final
0
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN
6-7, 0-1 NESCAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hamilton HAMILTON 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 2
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4

W: N. Beebe (1-2) L: Secaira-Cotto, Isabella (3-2)

5
Winner Hamilton HAMILTON 8-6, 2-0 NESCAC
4
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 6-8, 0-2 NESCAC
Winner
Hamilton HAMILTON
8-6, 2-0 NESCAC
5
Final
4
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN
6-8, 0-2 NESCAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hamilton HAMILTON 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 5 9 0
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 8 1

W: T. Graham (3-1) L: Brown, Revi (1-2) S: E. Tansky (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Swept by Hamilton in NESCAC-Opening Doubleheader

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – On a frigid afternoon with temps in the high 30's, the Wesleyan softball team dropped both games in a home doubleheader against Hamilton, 5-0 and 5-4, on what was the NESCAC opener for both teams. Wesleyan drops to 6-8 on the season while the Continentals jump to 8-6.
 
A four-run 1st inning for Hamilton proved more than enough for starting pitcher Natalie Beebe who tossed a complete game shutout with no walks and seven strikeouts. Two Cardinal errors in that 1st inning proved costly, leading to three unearned runs as the Hamilton offense took advantage with three run-scoring hits.
 
The Cardinals had their best chance up to that point in the 3rd inning as Darlene De La Cruz '25 led off with a double. Wesleyan later had two runners in scoring position with one out, but a fly out and strikeout left both on-base.
 
Hamilton tacked on another run as Alexis Mayer tagged up from third and scored on another error for the Cardinal defense.
 
Wesleyan again had runners on second and third in the 5th inning, but couldn't get the big hit as Waverly Smart '27 grounded out to third to end the frame. And then again in the 6th inning, for the third time in the game, Wesleyan had two runners in scoring position, but again came up empty as Beebe retired the next two batters.
 
Hannah Docktor '24 doubled to left center in the 7th, but the Cardinals ultimately fell 5-0 in game one. Seven different Cardinals recorded a hit in the contest while Isabella Secaira-Cotto '25 pitched well in defeat, going the distance and allowing eight hits, one earned run, and no walks with one strikeout.
 
Game two saw a back-and-forth battle as Wesleyan led 1-0 before Hamilton plated three runs in the 3rd to take a 3-1 lead. It was 4-2 Continentals entering the bottom of the 6th when the Cardinals loaded the bases trailing by one with two outs. Lizzie Marino '25 stepped to the plate and hit a hard grounder up the middle that was snagged by the second baseman. Jordynn Killion '27 scored from third to tie the game, but Docktor rounded third and made a play for home but was gunned down by the shortstop, keeping the game tied 4-4 after six.
 
That momentum-flipping play to end the 6th led directly to a go-ahead run in the 7th for Hamilton as Jordan Merklin led off with a double, was sacrificed over to third, and then came in on a Mayer single to left.
 
Mayer's RBI single proved to be enough as Emma Tansky entered in relief of Teagan Graham at the start inning and retired the side in-order to seal the Continental's sweep.
 
A promising start to game two saw Killion slap an RBI single to right in the 1st, giving Wesleyan an early lead. Revi Brown '23 retired six of the first seven batters they faced before Hamilton scored three in the 3rd, with two runs coming in on an error.
 
The Cardinals drew one run closer in the 5th as Smart hit an RBI groundout to second to make it 3-2 Hamilton entering a decisive 6th inning.
 
Brown threw well in defeat, going six inning with eight hits and five runs (three earned) allowed on one walk with three strikeouts.
 
Killion went 2-for-3 at the plate with 1 RBI and one run scored while Marino went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI to lead the Cardinal offense.
 
The Cardinals are back in action next weekend with a pair of road doubleheaders at Amherst on Friday and at Middlebury on Saturday.
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