Hamilton College dropped three games in its final day of softball action in Florida on Wednesday. The Continentals fell 6-2 to Carroll University (Wis.), 7-5 to Elmhurst College in eight innings, and 8-5 to University of Chicago.

Led by Caitlin Berreitter '20 and Emily Fraser '20, the Continentals close out their trip to Florida leading the NESCAC in hits (117), doubles (26), runs batted in (57), extra-base hits (29), total bases (151), sacrifice hits (11) and stolen bases (17).

Third baseman Berreitter is in the top three in the conference with 21 hits, 15 runs, five doubles, 29 total bases, six stolen bases and 41 assists. Center fielder Fraser is in the top three in hits (19), doubles (7), RBIs (13), total bases (31), sacrifice flies (2) and fielding percentage (1.000). The two combined have a .440 batting average, .447 on-base percentage and .663 slugging percentage. Fraser's 13 RBIs lead the team and Kendall Searcy '20 is second with 10.

Hamilton (5-8 overall) returns home for a non-conference doubleheader against SUNY Oswego on Wednesday, March 28 at 3:30 p.m.

Game One: Carroll 6, Hamilton 2

Ashleah Yzaguirre '19 guided Hamilton at the plate with two hits. Berreitter tallied one hit and one run batted in and scored one run. Searcy had one hit and one RBI. Dez DePaulis '19 gave up six runs on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout in a complete-game effort.

Annika Graves and Jordan Wermund both had two hits for Carroll (5-6). Allyssa Demma and Rosie Craine totaled two and three RBIs, respectively. Lexy Kemnitzer had five strikeouts and allowed six hits in the complete-game victory. The Pioneers scored two runs in the third inning and four more in the fourth.

The Continentals scored one run in both the fourth and fifth stanzas. Berreitter took advantage of a throwing error by the Carroll shortstop and advanced to second base. Searcy immediately followed with a run-scoring single down the left field line to cut Hamilton's deficit in half at 2-1.

Yzaguirre led off the fifth inning with a single to left field and Sophia Cerreta '20 moved Yzaguirre to second base with a ground ball. Yzaguirre moved to third base on a fielding error, and Berreitter ripped a two-out single up the middle for Hamilton's second and final run.

Game Two: Elmhurst 7, Hamilton 5 (8 innings)

Fraser went 3-for-4 with two doubles and scored two runs. Zoe Singer '18 and Cerreta both had two hits and Singer batted in one run. Claire O'Brien '21 struck out four batters and gave up five hits, two runs and four walks in four innings of work.

Rebekah Ondracek went 3-for-5 and had five RBIs for Elmhurst (4-6). Veronica Zahn had two hits and scored twice with one RBI. Bailee Krantz gave up four earned runs on seven hits in six innings.

The Continentals held a 4-0 lead before the Blue Jays scored their first two runs in the top of the fourth. Elmhurst added three runs in the sixth and two in the eighth inning after both teams were deadlocked at five to complete the comeback win.

Hamilton jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Berreitter was hit by a pitch and scored on Fraser's double to right field. Liz Brautigam '19 then switched places with Fraser on a double to right-center field.

Fraser continued her dominance at the plate with her second double of the game during the third inning and came around to score Hamilton's third run when the catcher threw the ball to first base on a dropped third strike. Brautigam, who had walked and stole second, scored on an infield error.

Elmhurst took the lead with three runs in the sixth, but Hamilton tied the score at 5-5 in the bottom half of the inning when Singer scored Helen Lin '19 from third base with a single to right field. After a scoreless seventh inning, Ondracek hit a two-run single up the middle in the eighth and the Blue Jays held Hamilton scoreless in the bottom half of the inning.

Game Three: Chicago 8, Hamilton 5

Hamilton outhit the Maroons 10-6 and scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning in the loss to Chicago (3-4) in the final game of the day.

Berreitter went 3-for-4 with a double. Cerreta went 2-for-3, and Searcy and Fraser both went 2-for-4. Searcy had a double and drove in three runs, and Fraser hit a triple. Singer pitched 4.2 innings, giving up four runs on four hits and four walks.

Emma Nelson was the only Maroon with two hits, and Maeve Garvey had two RBIs with a triple. Molly Moran allowed five hits, one run and one walk and fanned three in five innings for her second win of the season. Jordyne Prussak finished the final two innings and gave up four runs on five hits.

The Continentals struck first with one run in the bottom of the first inning after Berreitter and Searcy hit back-to-back doubles to opposite sides of the field. Chicago scored four runs in the fifth inning and two in the sixth and added two insurance runs in the seventh.

Facing a seven-run deficit in the home side of the final inning, Hamilton posted four runs on five hits but its rally came up short. Yzaguirre kicked off the inning with a single through the middle of the infield and Cerrata singled through the left side to put two runners on base. The top of the order then went to work with two outs. Berreitter hit an RBI single to left field and -- due to her smart baserunning -- took second base on the throw attempt home to keep two runners in scoring position. Searcy then singled down the left field line to score Cerreta and Berreitter. Fraser immediately followed with a blast to the fence in right-center field for a triple but was left stranded to end the inning.