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Box Score 2 THE BASICS
Game One Score: Emerson 12, New England College 1 (6 innings)
Game Two Score: Emerson 9, New England College 6
Game One Pitching Decision: W - Neely Eddleston (10-4) | L - Taylor Barbour (6-8)
Game Two Pitching Decision: W - Neely Eddleston (11-4) | L - Emily Farone (1-3)
Records: Emerson Lions (15-9) ; New England College Pilgrims (9-17)
Location: Henniker, N.H. (Old Concord Road)
The Lead: Freshman Maddie Tomich (Lithia, Fla.) belted a pair of homers along with five RBIs in a combined 4-for-7 day at the plate in the Emerson softball team's non conference twin-bill sweep over New England College on Wednesday afternoon.
GAME ONE: Emerson 12, New England College 1
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
IN THE BOX
- Tomich powered Emerson at the plate in a 3-for-4 effort that included a double, home run, five RBIs, two runs scored and a stolen base.
- Along with Tomich, freshman Lindsey Lowe (Porter Ranch, Calif.), junior Kallista Leonardos (El Granada, Calif.) and senior Jill Gearin (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) also collected three hits apiece.
- Destiny Helmedach led New England College and finished 2-for-3 on a double and run scored while Joslyn Gallagher had one RBI.
ON THE MOUND
- Eddleston allowed just one run to cross within a six inning outing where she gave up seven hits, walked one and fanned eight.
- Barbour took the loss for the Pilgrims as she surrendered 12 runs (five earned) in six innings on 16 hits, two walks and two strikeouts.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Gallagher batted a grounder to second in the bottom of the second and brought in Helmedach for New England College's first and only run.
- Eddleston was able to work around an error and a pair of singles in the bottom of the third and came out of the inning unscathed and the lead still 1-0.
- Barbour and Eddleston embarked in a pitcher's duel over the next three frames until Emerson blew the game open with a 12 run sixth inning that saw Barbour pitch through the Lions' lineup nearly twice.
- A wild pitch allowed Lowe to plate the equalizer before Tomich smacked a two-run RBI double that pushed the Lions ahead, 3-1.
- Gearin, Lowe and senior Molly Goldstein (Ridgefield, Conn.) knocked in the next four Lions' runs on three consecutive singles followed by Lowe crossing home the ninth run on another wild pitch.
- With two outs in the sixth and runners on first and second, Tomich belted a two-run bomb into center to ice Emerson's 12-1 win.
GAME TWO: Emerson 9, New England College 6
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
IN THE BOX
- Senior Jacqueline DeFusco (East Greenwich, R.I.), Gearin and junior Alena Jones (Woodinville. Vir.) collected two hits apiece with both Leonardos and Tomich picking up two RBIs with one homer each.
- Alexa Scriber completed the day going 2-for-4 with one run scored and Christine McNeil brought in three RBIs for New England College.
ON THE MOUND
- Eddleston picked up her second win of the day in a two-inning relief appearance where she gave up one hit and struck out two.
- Farone pitched a complete game that saw her spread nine runs (four earned) through seven innings on nine hits while she walked three and struck out four.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Emerson tagged Farone with five runs within the second through fourth frames to grab a 5-0 lead over the hosts.
- Jones' RBI double into the right center gap counted as the Lions' first run in the second and was bumped up to 3-0 after Leonardos launched a two-run homer over the center field fence.
- Another pair of Lions' runs crossed home after sophomore Micaela Dix (White House Station, N.J.) and Goldstein came around on an error by the center fielder. (5-0).
- After five New England College runs plated in the fourth and fifth frames, Emerson's 5-0 lead was diminished and trailed 6-5 after five innings.
- Gallagher singled in the first Pilgrims run and was quickly followed up with a three-run shot by McNeil to bring the hosts back within one run (5-4) in the fourth.
- The fifth inning saw New England College plate the tying run on a sacrifice fly from Helmedach before Barbour smacked the go-ahead run in on an RBI single.
- New England College's lead was short-lived for Emerson answered in the sixth with a homer from the bat of Tomich, her second of the day, with the score knotted at 6-6.
- A two bagger from DeFusco, passed ball and an RBI single by Gearin completed a three-run seventh inning and pushed the Lions back on top at 9-6.
- After allowing an inning opening infield single, Eddleston settled and retired the Pilgrims on a grounder to second a line out double play to the first baseman.
UP NEXT
- Emerson heads back into NEWMAC play on Friday, April 13 and will host Smith at 3 & 5 p.m. in its Sexual Assault Awareness game.
- New England College reenters NAC play on Saturday, April 14 at Husson University in a doubleheader starting at 12:00 p.m.
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