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Box Score 2 WORCESTER, Mass – Coast Guard dropped two conference games Monday evening as host WPI defeated visiting Coast Guard 11-1 (5 inn.) and 7-1 in a NEWMAC softball doubleheader Monday at Rooftop Field.
The Bears falls to 8-20 overall and 1-9 in league play while The Engineers improve to 20-4 and 9-1 NEWMAC).
WPI broke a scoreless game wide open with nine runs in the bottom of the second in the initial contest. DiTroia and sophomores Ama Biney and RiAnna May each connected on a 2-RBI double while May scored on a miscue and Gurska chipped in with an RBI single. Chagami and DiTroia each batted 2-for-2 in the frame as DiTroia collected her third RBI of the inning with a single to right. Sophomore Julia Veitch also reached base twice in the outburst.
Coast Guard sophomore
Casey Cruzpino singled, moved to second on a wild pitch and advanced to third on a ground out to set the stage for a two-out RBI by freshman
Sharayah Simco to break up the shutout in the top of the fourth.
The Engineers answered with two in the bottom of the inning behind a DiTroia RBI double to left and a Biney single to short.
Cruzpino batted 2-for-2 with a run scored for the Bears while senior
Hannah Ingerson and Simco had one hit apiece. Senior
Sarah Sorensen(5-14) and sophomore
Emily Dow shared time in the circle for the visitors.
Senior Clare Doolin moved to 8-1 on the year following a one-run, four-hit, five-inning performance with 10 strikeouts and two walks.
Game two saw junior
Cherokee Strickland lace a two-out RBI double in the top of the first to give the Bears an early lead.
WPI took the lead back in the home half of the first thanks to RBI singles by Gurska and May as well as a run-producing double by Gallagher, who later added a 2-RBI single in the third.
The Crimson and Gray took advantage of a miscue to plate one more in the bottom of the fourth as Murphy-Cook scampered home on a ball put into play by Biney.
WPI engineered its third 1-2-3 frame in the fifth while each team recorded a lead off hit in the next two half innings. Gurska then collected her second RBI of the game with a single to right in the bottom of the sixth.
Gallagher was a perfect 2-for-2 with a double, three RBI and one run scored. Biney doubled to go along with a stolen base, an RBI and two runs scored while Shevhuck Murphy-Cook stole her team-leading 24th base of the season.
Sophomore Casey Arpin improved to 3-0 as she yielded one run on three hits and struck out six in the first five innings. Junior Caroline Medino and Saucier each worked a frame in relief.
The Bears head to intrastate foe Eastern Connecticut State for a 5pm start on Wednesday, April 13th.
