KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Bates softball capped its Florida trip in style on Friday, sweeping a doubleheader at the Fortune Road Complex with a 2-1 walk-off win over Brockport followed by a 4-1 victory against Ursinus.
GAME ONE
Bates opened the day with a hard-fought, walk-off victory, manufacturing just enough offense to edge Brockport, 2-1.
The Bobcats broke through in the second inning when LF Sienna Pietrasiewicz walked, moved into scoring position on a single by RF Emily Kennedy, and then stole home on the backend of a doubele steal to give Bates a 1-0 lead .
Brockport (2-5) answered in the fourth, capitalizing on a Bates error to tie the game at 1-1, but the Bobcat pitching staff took over from there.
Isabella Albro (ND) allowed just one unearned run over four innings, striking out four, before Delaney Rankin (2-2) shut the door with three hitless innings and four strikeouts in relief .
In the seventh, Bates strung together three straight singles from Kennedy, 2B Maddy Miller, and 3B Emma Yen. Yen's bunt forced a throwing error that allowed Kennedy to score the winning run and seal the walk-off victory.
Kennedy and Miller led the offense with two hits apiece.
Makenna Hart (0-2) took the loss for the Golden Eagles (6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K).
GAME TWO
The Bobcats carried that momentum into the finale, using a three-run fourth inning to complete the sweep with a 4-1 win over Ursinus (5-9).
Bates got on the board early in the first inning on an RBI groundout from C Isabel Bettencourt, scoring RF Maya Lee.
The game turned in the fourth. Pietrasiewicz and DP Misora Hashiramoto singled to start the rally, Miller followed with a bunt single, and Yen delivered an RBI knock. Lee added a sacrifice fly, and SS Ella Maher capped the inning with an RBI double to extend the lead to 4-0 .
That cushion was plenty for the pitching staff.
Haley Alden (2-0) earned the win with four shutout innings, allowing just two hits and striking out three. Claire Ballard worked the final three innings, allowing one run to secure the victory . Christa Andrusiewicz (3-4) went the distance in the circle for Ursinus (7.0 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K).
Maher and Yen each tallied two hits as Bates totaled nine hits in the win.
The Bobcats (5-4) return north for their next action as they prepare to host Babson College this Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. for a non-conference D.H. on Lafayette Street Field (weather permitting).
