Softball Ascends to the Top of NEWMAC Standings With Saturday Sweep of Wellesley

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Apr 15, 2017





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Worcester, MA – WPI softball went charging into first place in the NEWMAC standings with a doubleheader win over Wellesley on Saturday afternoon at Rooftop Field as the Engineers have now won eight consecutive games.
Renee LeClaire (Merrimack, NH) drove in a pair of runs in both games for a team-high four RBIs to lead the offense as WPI topped the Blue 10-2 in the six-inning opener and then 8-2 in the nightcap. The Engineers had four-run fourth innings in both games to pull away from Wellesley.
WPI improves to 20-10 overall and 11-3 in the NEWMAC. The Engineers' sweep of the previously first-place Blue (15-6), coupled with splits between Wheaton and MIT and Springfield and Babson, puts the Crimson and Gray in sole possession of first place in the conference, a game ahead of the Lyons, Engineers, Blue and Pride (all 10-4) and two above the Beavers (9-5) with just two league doubleheaders remaining.
LeClaire went 3-for-4 in the first game, including a single in the first inning to bring Cassie Graca (Somerset, MA) around from second and put WPI up 1-0.
The hosts made it a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning as senior captain Lindsay Gurska (Revere, MA) doubled to right center with two outs and then scored on a base hit by classmate Hope Shevchuk (Burlington, CT).
Caroline Medino (Pompton Lakes, NJ) tossed two scoreless innings before giving way to freshman Mackenzie Phillips (Gill, MA), who went the final four frames, striking out five and giving up two runs to improve to 7-4 on the season.
Kylie Juarez (Elk Grove, CA) singled in LeClaire to up the lead to 3-0 in the third inning before the Engineers rallied for four more runs in the fourth inning.
Katie Chagami (Waipahu, HI) came around to score after an error on a ...

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