CLERMONT, Fla. – Wellesley College softball had a record setting day with wins over Bates College and Hope College at THE Spring Games at Legends Way Ballfields on Thursday afternoon. The Blue (4-2) set a program single-game record with 19 runs in the first game against Bates. Sophomore Anisa Rodriguez (La Quinta Calif.) tied Wellesley's single-game best with six RBI's in game one.

Game 1 | Wellesley 19, Bates 7 | Final (5 Inn.)

18 hits and home runs from sophomores Rodriguez and Diana Borrison (San Jose, Calif.) powered Wellesley to a five inning win over Bates.

Sophomore Alena Mulhern (Kingston, Mass.) led off the top of the first with a hard shot off of the pitcher's glove, before stealing second. Rodriguez ripped a shot over the left field fence to drive in a pair of runs. The homer marks the second of Rodriguez's career.

Bates (5-3) got two runs right back in the bottom half of the opening frame. A single by sophomore Zariya Anderson (Wayzata, Minn.) and a fielding error in left allowed junior Ella Maher (Newton, Mass.) to score all the way from first. Anderson later crossed the plate on a single to right center from sophomore Isabel Bettencourt (Peabody, Mass.).

The Blue bats produced six runs in the top of the second to put Wellesley up 8-2. Borrison reached on an error before advancing on a bunt single by senior Charis Chung (San Gabriel, Calif.). 

Junior Andrea Delgado (Miami, Fla.) singled up the middle bringing in Borrison. Mulhern brought home Chung with a single before crossing alongside Delgado on a one-bagger up the middle from Rodriguez. Sophomore Jill Colgan (Las Vegas, Nev.) hit a sacrifice fly to left, plating Rodriguez. First year Ruijia Yang (Berwyn, Pa.) was the final run of the inning, reaching home on a hit up the middle from classmate Brynne Mellady (Ellicott City, Md.).

Wellesley tacked on four more in the top half of the third inning. Pinch runner Natalie Nicol (Latexo, Texas) made it 9-2, scoring when Delgado placed a single between second and short. Yang made it 11-2, bringing two across on a deep triple to left center. Yang's run made it 12-2 on a double to left from junior Emeline Gaunce (Los Altos, Calif.).

Bates cut into its deficit with two runs in the bottom of the third. Two runners came home when Anderson launched a double to the base of the left field fence. The Blue quickly got the two runs back in the fourth when Borrison blasted a two run long ball over the left field fence, making it 14-4.

Bates brought it to 14-6 with a two-run one base hit from Maher. Wellesley then added five more runs in the fifth. Mulhern walked in a run, Rodriguez singled in two, giving the sophomore six RBI's on the day, and Yang plated a pair with a third hit of the game. Bates scored one in the final half of the fifth before the mercy rule came into effort.

Colgan tossed 2.1 innings of four runs, three earned, while striking out one for Wellesley. Senior Lauren Young (Fresno, Calif.) pitched two thirds of clean relief with a K and earned the win while first year Bella Hassett (North Granby, Conn.) closed out the game with two innings of three runs and fanned three. First year Brigid Gaffny (North Andover, Mass.) started in the circle for the Bobcats and tossed 1.2 innings.

Game 2 | Wellesley 9, Hope 1 | Final (6 Inn.)

Wellesley sophomore Sarah Wicker (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) tossed a complete game, spreading out seven base runners over six innings while striking out four in a 9-1 victory over the Flying Dutch (6-8).

Wellesley's offense stayed hot immediately with four runs in the bottom of the first. Mellady started the damage by driving in Mulhern with an RBI single. With Mellady and Borrison on base, sophomore Giana Jones (Fairfield, Calif.) smacked a high fly onto the grass behind left center fence to bring the scoreline to 4-0. 

Rodriguez made it 5-0 in the bottom half of the second with a deep double to left. The sophomore later scored on a single from Yang, giving the Blue a 6-0 margin after a pair of frames.

Junior Gianna Kerschbaum (Baroda, Mich.) got Hope on the board in the top of the sixth with a solo home run to center field.

A throwing error off of a fielder's choice in the bottom of the sixth brung in Delgado to make it 7-1. The Blue reached the mercy rule at 9-1 with Borrison dealing out a two-run single to center. 

Hope senior Grace Connelly (Grandville, Mich.) started the game, throwing 1.1 innings. Sophomore Hailey Mellec (Commerce Township, Mich.) pitched 4.1 innings of relief, setting down two while allowing three runs.

The Blue conclude play at THE Spring Games tomorrow at Legends Way Ballfields with a 9:00 AM first pitch versus Middlebury College and an 11:15 matchup with No. 18 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.