BOSTON, Mass. (April 25, 2026) – Emerson College split its New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) softball doubleheader with Wellesley College at Lester Rotch Field this afternoon. Emerson held off Wellesley for a 7-4 win in game one before the Blue responded with a 13-1 triumph in game two.
Game 1: Emerson 7, Wellesley 4
Emerson answered a four run fifth inning from Wellesley that overcame the Lions two run lead with a five-run home half to secure the 7-4 win in game one. Junior Cal Sheehan earned the win (5-10) in the circle for Emerson and helped her cause at the plate with three hits and two RBI, finishing 3-for-3 with a run scored. She allowed four earned runs on eight hits with nine strikeouts and a walk in the complete game pitching performance.
Sheehan earned the win with a complete game effort in the circle and helped her cause with three hits and two RBI at the plate in game one (PHOTO BY Andrew Monson) |
First year Casey Yacovelli continued to swing a power laden bat for Emerson by going 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored, while classmate Malena Cardinale was 2-for-4 with a double, run scored and two RBI. First year Valentina Luciano chipped in by going 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Lions.
Senior Andrea Delgado was 3-for-3 at the plate for Wellesley with a stolen base and run scored, while junior Jillian Colgan doubled twice and drove in a run. Junior Alena Mulhern added a pair of RBI and hit 1-for-3. Junior Sarah Wicker took the loss in the circle (7-3), surrendering five runs, four earned, on six hits with three strikeouts and two walks over 4.1 innings.
Emerson grabbed the lead with a pair of runs in the second when Yacovelli led off with a double to right center before Sheehan singled. The duo scored on RBI ground outs from sophomore Riley Fasteau and senior Kayla Nuehlen.
Wellesley responded with a four run fifth to take the lead, highlighted by a two-run single through the right side with the bases loaded by Mulhern, who drew a throwing error at second base on the play to allow her to score the go-ahead run. Delgado followed with a single and then stole second before scoring on a double to right center by Colgan.
Emerson regained the lead with a five run fifth keyed by a two run double to left by Cardinale with one out. Cardinale later scored when sophomore Avi Kuperman reached on an error and then Sheehan added a two-run single up the middle. Sheehan did the rest, escaping a bases loaded two out jam in the sixth and then stranded a lead off double from Colgan in the seventh to close out the win, striking out three over the late two.
Game 2: Wellesley 13, Emerson 1
Wellesley rode two big innings to the game two win and earn a split of the doubleheader. While the Blue were piling up 15 hits, Jillian Colgan and first year Lauren Seyller combined to scatter three hits in the circle and one earned run. Colgan allowed just one earned run on two hits and two walks with a strikeout over the first four to earn the win (6-2), while Seyller collected her second save with three innings of one-hit shutout relief, striking out and walking one.
First year Brooklyn Awad paced the Wellesley lineup by hitting 4-for-5 with a triple, stolen base, two runs scored and two RBI, while senior Chiara Lundin went 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored. Junior Diana Borrison batted 2-for-5 with a triple and two RBI, while Andrea Delgado doubled and drove in two and Alena Mulhern added two hits and two RBI for the Blue.
Cal Sheehan went 2-for-2 for Emerson in game two to finish the day 5-for-5 at the plate and Kayla Nuehlen drove in the Lions lone run with a sacrifice fly to knot the score at a run apiece after Casey Yacovelli drew a leadoff walk in the second.
Wellesley had a quick answer to Emerson's tying run with a four run third behind RBI singles from Awad, Lundin and Borrison. The Blue tacked on single runs in the fourth and fifth before breaking the game open with a six run seventh behind a pair of two run doubles by Mulhern and Delgado.
Up Next
Emerson (5-19, 3-11 NEWMAC) is right back in action tomorrow when it visits Coast Guard Academy to make up a twice postponed NEWMAC doubleheader at Mitchell College's Alumni Field starting at 11 a.m. Wellesley (18-11, 9-7 NEWMAC) visits Babson College for a NEWMAC doubleheader on Friday at 5 p.m.
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