Wellesey took an early lead in the opening game when Alex Warren
(Delta, BC) homered to right center in the bottom of the second.
The Blue added a run in the third when a single from Brittany
Bakacs (Millstone Township, NJ) drove in Jesse Haladyna (St.
John's, FL) to give Wellesley a 2-0 lead. WPI rallied in the top of
the fourth, when the Engineers combined singles from Katherine
Fitton (Lebanon, CT) and Erin Beaulieu (Bethany, CT) and a
Wellesley miscue to trim the lead to 2-1.
After two scoreless innings, Wellesley was one out away from
victory, but a pinch hit homerun from Courtney Rosales (Ipswich,
MA) tied the score at 2-2 in the top of the seventh. Amanda Martori
(Haverhill, MA) followed with a walk, then Kelly Johnson (Buxton,
ME) tripled to right center, driving in pinch runner Emily Hartzell
(Brunswick, ME) to give WPI a 3-2 lead.
With one out in the bottom half of the inning, Megan Townsend
(Saline, MI) walked. Haladyna followed with single to left field,
then Ilana Oroloff's (Weston, MA) single advanced Haladyna to
second and Townsend to third. Bakacs ended the game with a single
to left, driving in the tying and game-winning runs.
Kelly Johnson paced WPI in game one, going 2-4 with an RBI.
Wellesley's Brittany Bakacs (Millstone Township, NJ) went 2-4 with
three RBI, while Alex Warren (Delta, BC) was 2-4 with a homerun and
a triple.
The Blue carried the momentum into the first inning of game two,
capitalizing on a walk, three singles and a grand-slam from Warren
to grab a 5-0 lead. Haladyna reached on an error to open the inning
and promptly stole both second and third. Orloff singled, driving
in Haladyna. Bakacs and Megan Wood (Jacksonville, FL) followed with
back-to-back infield singles to load the bases. After a fielder's
choice and a force out at home, Warren hammered her second homerun
of the day, this one, a grandslam, to give the Blue a 5-0 lead.
Wellesley hurler Lauren Goldfarb (Albuquerque, NM), after
allowing a single in the first, took advantage of the lead and
pitched hitless ball for the next four innings. In the bottom of
the fifth, three straight singles from Orloff, Backacs and Wood
pushed the lead to 6-0. A bouncer to short, drove in one more run,
and Wood's grounder to short drove in Wood for the game-ending 8-0
lead.
Johnson had the only hit for WP in game two. Allie Hardy took
the loss, giving up eight runs and nine hits in five innings.
For Wellesley, Warren again led the show, going 2-3 with five
RBI. Ilana Orloff (Weston, MA) was 3-3 while Bakacs and Megan Wood
(Jacksonville, FL) each added two hits. Goldfarb gave up one hit
and no runs in the win, pushing her record to 7-2.
The Blue are back in action on Tuesday, hosting Wheaton in a
rescheduled doubleheader beginning at 3:00pm. WPI also returns to
the field on Tuesday, hosting Nichols in a 3:00pm non-conference
doubleheader.