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7
Winner Hamilton HAMILTON 13-12
2
Bates BATES 5-13
Winner
Hamilton HAMILTON
13-12
7
Final
2
Bates BATES
5-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hamilton HAMILTON 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 7 13 3
Bates BATES 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 2

W: Beebe, Natalie (3-3) L: D. Rankin (3-7) S: Graham, Teagan (2)

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Winner Hamilton HAMILTON 14-12
4
Bates BATES 5-14
Winner
Hamilton HAMILTON
14-12
7
Final
4
Bates BATES
5-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hamilton HAMILTON 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 7 8 1
Bates BATES 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 3

W: Tansky, Emma (6-4) L: E. Pellini (0-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Lindsay LeSueur

Softball sweeps doubleheader against Bates, Quinn ’25 homers twice

Continentals rack up 21 hits in NESCAC games played at Bowdoin

BRUNSWICK, Maine – Hamilton College's Charlie Quinn '25 cranked a pair of two-run homers and Natalie Beebe '24 tallied seven strikeouts in Game 1 as the Continentals posted a NESCAC doubleheader sweep of the Bates College Bobcats at Bowdoin College's Pickard Diamond on Saturday, April 13. 
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (14-12, 7-5 NESCAC) posted a 7-2 win in the opener and stormed from behind for a 7-4 triumph in the nightcap. 
  • Bates (5-14, 2-6) has lost five of its last seven games. 

Game 1

 
How It Happened
  • Hamilton took a 3-0 lead in the top of third powered by a lead-off triple by Alessandra Priante '24 and a two-run blast to left center by Charlie Quinn '25. 
  • The Bobcats put themselves on the board with one on two doubles in the fourth. 
  • The Continentals responded with one run in the fifth on two hits. Jordan Merklin '26 hit a one-out triple to the left center gap and Gabby Garrison '27 knocked her in on a bunt to third base. 
  • Bates was able to counter with one run in the bottom half on a homerun by Emma Yen. 
  • Hamilton stayed hot at the plate with another run on three hits in the sixth. Alison Zorn '26 roped a lead-off double to left center and was replaced by Sofia Santana '26. With two outs, Priante hit another single and with runners on the corners, Emma Tansky '25 drove in Santana on an infield single to third base. 
  • The Continentals added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh on three hits. Garrison singled through the left side and Quinn hit a two-run long ball over the center field fence for the final margin. 
Notes
  • Six of Hamilton's 13 hits went for extra bases. 
  • Quinn drove in a team-best four runs on her first two homeruns of the season. 
  • Garrison led Hamilton at the plate with a career game-high three hits and one RBI. 
  • Priante finished with two hits, including her second triple of the season. 
  • Zorn hit her fifth double of the season.  
  • Tansky plated one run on one hit. 
  • Beebe launched her 12th double of the season and picked up her third win in the circle, allowing just one run on four hits and fanning seven batters. 
  • Teagan Graham '25 secured her second save of the season in three innings of relief. 
  • Rachel Liazos led Bates with two doubles. 
  • Yen homered and Kennedy Jones hit a single and a double for the Bobcats. 
  • Elizabeth Pellini and Sarah Cooke tallied one hit each. 

Game 2

 
How It Happened 
  • Trailing 4-2, Hamilton exploded for five runs on five hits in the bottom of the sixth. Quinn drew a lead-off walk, Alexis Mayer '26 doubled down the left field line, and with two runners in scoring position, Zorn zipped a two-run single up the middle. The Continentals had runners in scoring position again and Hadley Rogers '26 provided a clutch go-ahead, two-run hit through the right side. Santana reached on a fielder's choice, stole second and scored on a triple to left field by Merklin. 
  • Scoreless through the first two innings, Hamilton struck first with one run on two hits and an error in the third. Santana hit an infield single, stole second, advanced to third on a bunt to the left side by Merklin and scored on a Bobcats throwing error. 
  • Bates took a 4-1 lead on four hits in the bottom half. 
  • The Continentals narrowed their deficit with one run in the fifth on two walks and two errors. 
Notes
  • Zorn and Rogers both plated a pair of runs on one hit. 
  • Merklin batted in one run on three hits and stole two bases. She leads the team with five triples. 
  • Mayer smacked her ninth double of the season. 
  • Santana scored a team-best three runs, had one hit, walked once and stole a career game-high three bases. 
  • Ella Heftved '25 finished 1-for-2 with a single, a walk and a stolen base.  
  • Aubrey Purvis '27 earned the start, scattering two runs on two hits, walking one and striking out five in 2.1 innings of work.
  • Tansky delivered her sixth win of the season, giving up two runs on three hits, walking four and striking out five. She leads Hamilton's staff with 43 strikeouts. 
  • Lily Freedman drove in a team-best two runs on one hit for the Bobcats. 
  • Isabel Bettencourt and Isabella Albro both finished with doubles. 
  • Zariya Anderson and Yen contributed one hit apiece. 

Next Game

The Continentals are back in action with another NESCAC doubleheader at Bowdoin (15-7, 2-4) on Sunday, April 14 starting at noon. 
 
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