CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Emma Tansky '25 went 5-for-8 and allowed one earned run in 10 innings as the Continentals split a NESCAC doubleheader with the Middlebury College Panthers at Hamilton's Loop Road Athletic Complex on a perfect, sunny Saturday afternoon, May 6.
 

Season Update

• The Continentals (19-20, 7-11 NESCAC), who won the opener 7-1, have finished their regular season and are in seventh place in the conference standings. The top eight teams advance to the NESCAC championship, which will be played at No. 1 seed Tufts University from May 12 to May 14.
• Middlebury (18-14, 7-9) came back to win Game 2 in a nail-biter, 2-1. The Panthers are in sixth place in the standings and have two conference games remaining at Trinity College on Sunday, May 7.

 

Game 1

How It Happened

• Hamilton scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning despite hitting just one ball out of the infield. Middlebury also helped the Continentals with some shaky defense. Katlynn McGivney '23 led off with a single to left field and Tansky reached on an infield single when the shortstop moved to her left, fell to her knees and had the ball kick off her glove. McGivney advanced to third on a fly ball to right and Tansky stole second. Mikayla Worzel '23 tapped a dribbler out in front of home plate and was safe at first. With the bases loaded, Jordan Merklin '26 hit a hard ground ball back to the pitcher that deflected off her glove and everyone was safe. Natalie Beebe '24 followed with a ground ball that the second baseman tried to flip with her glove to the shortstop covering second and the ball sailed over her head. Tansky scored on the play and it was 2-0. The shortstop booted a routine ground ball off the bat of Samantha Smith '23 and Worzel crossed home plate with the third run.
• Hamilton tacked on two more runs in the second. McGivney led off with an infield single towards third base, stole second and sprinted to third when the throw by the catcher ended up in center field. Tansky reached on another infield single and swiped second base. Charlie Quinn '25 smashed a line drive that bounced off the pitcher and McGivney scored. Beebe made it 5-0 with a two-out single to center that drove in Tansky.
• Tansky retired the first nine batters in order and then helped the Continentals take a 7-0 lead in the third. McGivney drew a two-out walk and stole second. Tansky singled just over the shortstop's head into shallow left-center field and McGivney moved to third. Quinn hammered a double to deep center that bounced up against the fence and drove in McGivney and Tansky.
• The Panthers managed just one baserunner during the first six innings and finally scored in the seventh on two singles and a sacrifice fly.

 
Notes

• Tansky allowed one run on three hits and didn't walk anyone in the complete game. She also fanned five Middlebury batters. At the plate she tied career highs with three hits and three runs scored.
• Quinn tied a career best with three hits and drove in three runs. She added her 15^th career double.
• McGivney went 2-for-2 with two walks, three runs and four stolen bases. She set career and single-season program records for stolen bases with 42 and 20, respectively.
• Beebe finished with two RBIs. They were the first for Beebe since April 16, and she has 21 this season.

 

Game 2

How It Happened

• Kristyn Carroll's solo home run over the fence in right field with one out in the top of the seventh was the difference for Middlebury.
• In the bottom of the inning Tansky got on base with an infield single towards shortstop with one away, but the next two batters flied out and grounded out to end the game.
• Hamilton grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Beebe led off with a walk and Alexis Mayer '26 pinch-ran for her. Ella Heftved '25 laid down a bunt single and Alison Zorn '26 moved the runners into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt. Alessandra Priante '24 scored Mayer with an infield single towards third base. The Continentals eventually left runners stranded at second and third.
• The Panthers tied the score the next half-inning on back-to-back Hamilton errors with two outs.
• The Continentals left runners on base in scoring position in the third, fourth and fifth innings. Beebe was robbed of an extra-base hit and an RBI in the fifth when a diving catch was made of her looping line drive down the line in right field.

 
Notes

• McGivney, Tansky and Worzel ended up with two singles each.
• McGivney leads the NESCAC with a .476 batting average and 60 hits.
• Tansky has hit in seven straight, including multi-hit games in the last four, and her average is up to .413.
• Worzel is hitting .340 after her fourth multi-hit game this season.
• Tansky started in the circle and allowed one unearned run in three innings. She has given up five earned runs and walked just one in her last 17 innings.
• Beebe (9-9) allowed just the one run on the solo homer in four innings of relief. She walked one and struck out five.
• Abby Santis led Middlebury with three hits, including a double.
• McKenna Lont chipped in two singles and picked up the win in relief. Lont pitched three shutout innings, gave up two hits and struck out three.