THE BASICS 

Game One Score: Emerson 9, Lesley 0 (5 innings)

Game Two Score: Emerson 7, Lesley 2

Game One Pitching Decision: W | Jessica Gomez (6-2) ; L | Jordan Day (0-1)

Game Two Pitching Decision: W | Karagan Knowles (1-1) ; L | Sam Mecklenberg

Location: Boston, Mass. (Rotch Field)

Date: March 27, 2022

The Lead: The Emerson softball team made their way back into the win column in commanding fashion as the Lions took down Lesley in a pair of wins on Sunday afternoon. Freshman Jessica Gomez held Lesley to one hit to help Emerson to a five-inning 9-0 win in game one. In the second game, freshman Ally Lacey went 3-3 in the Purple & Gold's 7-3 win.

GAME ONE: Emerson 9, Lesley 0 (5 innings) 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON

Claire Overton: 2-3, double, two runs scored & two RBI

Sophia Cloonan: 2-3, one run scored & three RBI

Grace Beaulieu: 1-2, two RBI

Lexi Semanchik: 1-2, two RBI

Sam Zannotti: 1-2, double & two stolen bases

Mary Kuczkowski: 1-2, double & one run scored

PITCHING: Jessica Gomez (W, 6-2) - 5.0 innings pitched, two walks & seven strikeouts

LESLEY

Jordan Day: 1-1

PITCHING: Jordan Day (L, 0-1) - 4.0 innings pitched, eight hits, nine runs (five earned), four walks & two strikeouts

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Emerson crossed the game's first run in when Cloonan smacked an RBI single into center that brought home Kuczkowski to give the hosts the 1-0 lead in the second frame.
• In the home half of the fifth, Emerson rattled off a five-run frame to give themselves the 6-0 advantage. 
• Overton batted an RBI two-bagger to start off the inning and was followed by back-to-back RBI singles from Cloonan and Beaulieu that extended Emerson's cushion to six. 
• Three more runs came around in the home half of the fourth as Emerson propelled to the nine-run lead. 
• Overton roped an RBI single into center to bring in Zannotti for the seventh Emerson run. Semanchik followed up and drove a deep single into the right center gap to plate both Overton and sophomore Makenzie Killough for the final pair of Lions' runs. 

GAME TWO: Emerson 7, Lesley 3

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON

Lacey: 3-3, one run scored 

Pratt: 1-3, double, two runs scored, stolen base & one RBI

Killough: 1-2, double, one run scored & three RBI

Zannotti: 2-4, one run scored, two RBI & one stolen base

Beaulieu: 1-3, two runs scored

PITCHING: Karagan Knowles (W, 1-1) - 7.0 innings, three hits, three runs (two earned), three walks & 10 strikeouts

LESLEY

Day: 1-2, double & one RBI

Mahlia Medina: one run scored & two RBI

Megan Murphy: 1-2, one run scored

Holly Swinamer: 1-3

PITCHING: Sam Mecklenberg (0-1) - 6.0 innings, 11 hits, seven runs, seven walks & three strikeouts

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• After two scoreless innings, Semanchik drove an RBI single up the middle to score Zannotti from second to give Emerson the 1-0 lead. The Lions had to bases full with two outs, but Mecklenberg  got the last punch out as the hosts edge stood at 1-0. 
• Day laced an RBI double into the gap in right center to bring in Mahlia Medina for Lesley's first run of the game to level the score at 1-all. Knowles settled and retired the last two Lynx batters on strikes to hold the game in a tie.
• A two-run, three hit bottom of the fourth for the Lions pushed their lead up to 3-1. Zannotti batted Beaulieu in on a single that landed in left center and in the next at bat, Killough grounded to second to score Pratt.
• With the bases full, Lesley got a run back to begin the fifth on Jensen's sacrifice fly into deep center to cut Emerson's lead down to 3-2. Two outs and the bases still loaded, the Lynx failed to bring in another as Knowles fanned Tara Eldredge to wrap the inning.
• Emerson used the home portion of the fifth to do damage and tack on four runs and broke away to the 7-2 lead. 
• The fourth and fifth runs came in on a bases loaded walk and sacrifice fly into center. Killough hammered a two-run two-bagger into left center to give Emerson the five-run cushion. 
• Medina took advantage of an error in left field to bring in Megan Murphy to move the score to 7-3, but Knowles got her 10th strikeout to round out the 7-3 victory. 
  

UP NEXT 

Emerson begins their 2022 NEWMAC slate on Saturday, April 2nd when they host Springfield at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m .