Box Score Recap courtesy of Colby College
WATERVILLE, Maine - Raina Galbiati hit a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to put Tufts University up 10-8 and the Jumbos held on by that score in the opening game of a NESCAC East doubleheader on Saturday at Colby College.
The Jumbos (11-6, 4-0 NESCAC East) took a 14-5 win in the second game to sweep the double-header and the weekend series from the Mules. Colby dropped to 5-10 overall and 0-3 in the NESCAC East.
Errors hurt the Mules during the day and in the seventh inning of the opener. Christina Raso led off with a single and moved to third on a double by Christian Cain. Cassie Ruscz was intentionally walked to load the bases. An outfielder error by Colby brought in the first run, but the Mules were able to get the first out of the inning on a force out at home plate in the next at-bat. Michelle Chisdak followed with a sacrifice fly to left to bring in pinch-runner Isabel Smokelin to make it 8-7. Galbiati homered on a 1-1 count.
Raven Fournier, who homered in both games for Tufts, drove in three runs and scored twice in the first game. Galbiati and Raso also had two hits for the winners.
Robin Spofford led all hitters with three in the first game for Colby and she scored two runs. Emily Schatz drove in a pair of runs and scored. Sam Rizzo, Grace Farnkoff, and Kathleen Mason all doubled. Rizzo had two rbis on the day.
The Jumbos only led 5-3 after four innings of the second game, but scored four in the fifth inning and five in the seventh to pull away. Tufts had 12 hits in the game and Mules finished with 11.
Cain had a three-run homer in the fifth inning, while Fournier added a solo shot in the third inning for the Jumbos.
Galbiati had three hits, two rbis, and scored a run in the nightcap. Fournier had her homer, two rbis, and scored twice. Cain capped off a solid day with four rbis and three runs scored. Samantha Sicilliano had two hits and three rbis, while Kristen Caporelli had a two-run triple in the seventh inning among her three rbis.
Erica County won all three games for the Jumbos against Colby over the weekend. She won the first game in relief and then went seven innings in the second contest.
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