THE BASICS 

Game One Score: Emerson 7, Wellesley 2

Game Two Score: Emerson 1, Wellesley 0

Game One Pitching Record: WP - Kit Zenga (6-4) ; LP - Marisa Sgambati (3-10) ; S - Jessica Gomez (2)

Game Two Pitching Record: WP - Jessica Gomez (11-9) ; LP - Lauren Young (4-5)

Records: Emerson Lions (18-18, 6-12  NEWMAC) ; Wellesley Blue (8-21, 4-10 NEWMAC)

Location: Wellesley, Mass. (Wellesley Softball Field)

Date: April 28, 2023

The Lead: In the Emerson softball team's regular season finale, the Lions came away with the sweep out at Wellesley on Friday afternoon. Junior Makenzie Killough powered the Emerson bats with four RBIs and led the Lions to a 7-2 win in game one. In game two, Zenga's fifth inning single and Gomez's complete game shutout was enough for Emerson to outlast Wellesley, 1-0. 

GAME ONE: Emerson 7, Wellesley 2

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON 

Sam Zannotti: 2-4, one run scored

Claire Overton: 2-2, two doubles, one run scored, RBI

Killough: 2-3, one run scored, triple, four RBIs

Zenga: 1-4, three runs scored

Mackenzie Rice: 1-3, one run scored

Grace Beaulieu: RBI

PITCHING

Kit Zenga (W, 6-4): 5.0 IP, eight hits, two runs (one earned), one walk

Jessica Gomez (S, 2): 2.0 IP, two hits, one walk, one strikeout

WELLESLEY

Emeline Gaunce: 2-3, double, RBI

Chiara Lundin: 1-4, RBI

Andrea Delgado: 1-4, two runs scored

Charis Chung: 2-4

PITCHING

Marisa Sgambati: 7.0 IP, eight hits, seven runs (three earned), two walks

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Emerson pushed across three runs to begin the first inning to snag the 3-0 lead over Wellesley. 
• Zannotti plated the game's first run on a wild pitch and was followed by Zenga being driven in by Killough after she drove an RBI single into left center. 
• The Lions final run of the inning came in after Beaulieu's sacrifice fly into center brought in Killough. 
• Delgado reached on a fielder's choice and stole second before Lundin singled her in to cut Emerson's lead down to 3-1 in the bottom of the first. 
• Wellesley tacked on one more run behind Gaunce's RBI single as the scored sat at 3-2 with three innings in the books. 
• After Overton's second double of the day landed in left center, Zenga crossed an insurance run home on a throwing mishap by the Blue with Emerson now up 4-2 in the fifth. 
• Wellesley threatened in the same inning with the bases filled and two outs, but Zenga escaped the inning unscathed when she got Chung to line out to left. 
• It was in the top of the seventh when Emerson put the game away and used Killough's bases-clearing triple that she laced down the right field line to extend their advantage to 7-2. 
• A double by Lauren Young to begin Wellesley's half of the seventh proved not costly as Gomez retired the final three Blue batters in order on a grounder, strikeout and pop up to preserve the 7-2 win. 

GAME TWO: Emerson 1, Wellesley 0

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

EMERSON

Zannotti: 2-4

Zenga: 2-4, RBI

Overton: 1-2

Beaulieu: 1-3, one run scored

PITCHING 

Jessica Gomez (W, 11-9): 7.0 IP, six hits, zero runs, two walks

WELLESLEY

Charis Chung: 2-3

Emeline Gaunce: 2-3, double

Aniko Alexander: 1-3

Parker Phillips: 1-1

PITCHING

Lauren Young (L, 4-5): 7.0 IP, six hits, one run, two walks, three strikeouts

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• It was a pitcher's duel through the first four innings with Young and Gomez giving up a combined five hits. 
• Beaulieu and Zannotti each recorded singles to begin Emerson's fifth inning to put runners on first and third with one out. Zenga poked a single through the left side, which was enough to bring Beaulieu in from third and gave the Lions the 1-0 edge. 
• Wellesley threatened in the bottom of the fifth with a runner on third with two outs after Chung's single advanced Phillips. Gomez preserved Emerson's tight 1-0 lead when she got Delgao to fly out to center to wrap the inning. 
• In the sixth and seven frames for the Blue, the hosts put runners on third and threatened to take the lead. Gomez settled and locked down the Blue's bats, getting the final three outs on three consecutive grounders.