BOSTON, Mass. – Senior Hope Benjamin (Rochester, Mass.)
went 4-for-5 on the day with a pair of home runs, five runs scored,
and 10 RBI, while junior Kendra Abram (Acushnet, Mass.) and
freshman Sarah Porteus (South Wellfleet, Mass.) each picked up wins
in the circle as the Regis College softball team upped its winning
streak to three games with a sweep of Wentworth, 9-4, and 20-4.
Benjamin got things started for the Pride in the top of the first
inning as she blasted a two-run home run to left field, which also
scored Porteus, who opened the game with a walk.
The Leopards cut the deficit in half in the fourth inning when
senior Bridget Souza (Medford, Mass.) ground out, which scored
classmate Jen Giudice (Central Valley, N.Y.). Giudice had led
off the inning with a single, went to second on a freshman Amanda
O’Neil (Revere, Mass.) single, and moved to third on a wild
pitch.
Giudice led off the sixth inning with a ground-rule double to
center and went to third on an O’Neill single. Both
players would score when senior Lizz Harvey’s (McConnelsburg,
Pa.) ninth home run of the season gave Wentworth a 4-2 lead.
Regis rallied from two runs down in the top of the seventh inning
with a seven-run inning, with sophomore Kara Donovan’s
(Woburn, Mass.) RBI single cutting the lead to 4-3 and
Benjamin’s second homer of the day, a three-run shot, giving
the visitors a 6-4 lead. A bases loaded walk by senior Amanda
Carlson (Ayer, Mass.) upped the lead to 7-4 before Porteus helped
her cause with a two-run single to make it a 9-4 game.
Wentworth had runners on second and third with two outs, but
Porteus induced a popup to end the game.
Porteus picked up the win, allowing four runs on eight hits, while
walking just one and striking out six. Benjamin was 2-for-2
with two walks, two runs scored, two home runs and five RBI.
Carlson had a two-hit game while Porteus drove in three.
Freshman Stephanie MacLeay (Ashley Falls, Mass.) took the loss,
allowing nine runs (five earned) on nine hits and six strikeouts in
6.2 innings of work. Giudice was 2-for-3 with two runs
scored, O’Neil had a pair of hits, and Harvey drove in three
runs.
Game two was all Regis, scoring three runs in each of the first
two innings and adding two more in the third. Sophomore
Alissa Michaud (Beverly, Mass.) had a two-run single in the first,
Benjamin had a two-run single in the second and also drew a
bases-loaded walk in the third.
In the fourth inning the Pride tacked on three more runs to make
it an 11-0 game when Carlson had an RBI triple and Porteus and
Abram each had RBI singles.
The fifth inning saw the Pride send 15 batters to the plate,
scoring nine times with Michaud and Benjamin each picking up two
RBI.
Wentworth scored three times in the last of the fifth inning,
thanks in part to three Regis errors.
Porteus picked up her first win of the season, allowing four
unearned runs on three hits. She did not walk a batter and
struck out four. She was also 3-for-4 with three runs scored
at the plate, while Michaud (3-for-4, two runs scored, four RBI),
Benjamin (2-for-3, three runs scored, five RBI), and Carlson
(2-for-3, two runs scored) also had multiple-hit games.
Story contributed by Wentworth...