Wellesley scored first in game one, loading the bases with a
walk and back-to-back singles from Brittany Bakacs (Millstone
Township, NJ) and Megan Wood (Jacksonville, FL) before Sinta
Cebrian (Seattle, WA) drew a walk to make the score 1-0. Alex
Warren followed with a sacrifice fly to right, driving in Bakacs.
Samantha Spiga (Perth Amboy, NJ) then singled to center, scoring
Wood, to give the Blue a 3-0.
Framingham threatened in the second, when Taylor Ezold doubled
to left to lead off the inning. Ezold advanced to third on a
sacrifice bunt from Megan Dumas (Holden, MA), but the Blue
responded with a nifty play from shortstop Jesse Haladyna (St.
John's, FL) to get Ezold at home and end the threat.
In the bottom half of the inning, Wellesley's Ilana Orloff
(Weston, MA) drew a two-out walk and stole second. Bakack singled
to left, driving in Orloff and giving the Blue a 4-0.
In the top of the third, Kristyna Smith (Orleans, MA) was hit by
a pitch and stole second. A double from Katie Donovan (Holden, MA)
scored Smith and trimmed the Wellesley lead to 4-1.
The Rams rallied again in the fourth, as Ezold, Dumas, and Kasey
Phipps (Westford, MA) began the inning with three straight singles.
But Wellesley hurler Alicia Briggs (Haverhill, MA) retired three
consecutive batters to end the inning and maintain a three-run
edge.
In the Wellesley half of the fourth, the Blue loaded the bases
with no outs. Bakacs' fly to left scored Kimberly Cabral (Temecula,
CA) and advanced Orloff and Haladyna to second and third. Wood
followed with a single, driving in Haladyna. Cebrian's single then
drove in Orloff, extending the Wellesley lead to 7-1.
After an uneventful fifth, the Rams mounted another charge in
the sixth, when Christy Ulak's (Rehoboth, MA) two-out, bases-loaded
single drove in Kasey Phipps (Westford, MA) and trimmed the lead to
7-2. Wellesley's Megan Wood moved to the mound in relief and fanned
the first batter she faced to end the rally.
Bakacs answered for the Blue in the bottom of the sixth with a
two-run homer over the centerfield fence, stretching the lead to
9-2. Wood then fanned three in the top of the seventh to secure the
win for the Blue.
Donovan led the Rams in game one, going 3 for 4 with a double
and one RBI, while Ezold, Dumas and Phipps added two hits each.
Morrissette (1-7) took the loss, allowing nine runs on 12 hits.
For the Blue, Bakacs was 3 for 3 with a homerun and four RBI.
Wood hammered three hits as well, with one RBI, and notched the
save as well. Orloff tallied two hits, while Cebrian, Warren,
Spiga, and Cabral added one hit each. Briggs grabbed the win, the
first of her collegiate career, spreading out 10 hits while
allowing only two runs, both earned.
Wellesley jumped to an early lead in game two as well, scoring
one run in the first as Orloff scampered home on a bunt from
Bakacs. The Blue added two more in the second, when Cebrian scored
on a wild pitch and Haladyna plated Sarah Schwartzmeyer (Elba, NY)
with an infield single.
The Blue broke things open in the third inning, adding three
more runs to plate a 6-0 advantage. Wellesley benefited from a hit
and two Framingham State miscues, with Haladyna picking up an RBI
in the inning.
In the fourth inning, Wellesley put things out of reach, adding
three more runs on four hits and one FSC error. Bakacs, Wood and
Blesoff opened the inning with singles, while Cebrian stroked a
two-RBI double to make it 9-0 in favor of the Blue.
Framingham State threatened in the top of the fifth inning,
putting runners at first and second with two outs, on singles from
Olivia D'Alessandro (Billerica, MA) and Alysia Morrissette (Ware,
MA). However, Wellesley's Schwartzmeyer forced a fielder's choice
to end the mercy-rule game, 9-0.
Cebrian led the home team in game two with two hits and two RBI,
while Haladyna also plated two runs. Schwartzmeyer got the win,
throwing five innings, allowing just three hits, while striking out
five. Framingham State's Shea suffered the loss, allowing three
hits and two earned runs in two innings of work.
The Rams return to action on Saturday, April 10, at 1:00pm, when
they host Bridgewater State in a MASCAC double-header. Wellesley
will take the field on Saturday at noon in a key NEWMAC match-up at
Springfield College.