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Jordan Merklin eyes a high pitch against Colby in April 2024
Photo: Oliver Zhao
Jordan Merklin '26
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Hamilton HAMSOF24 16-15
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Winner Rensselaer RPISB 25-2-1
Hamilton HAMSOF24
16-15
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Final
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Rensselaer RPISB
25-2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hamilton HAMSOF24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Rensselaer RPISB 1 2 0 0 0 3 X 6 11 0

W: Brooke Sroczinski (13-0) L: Tansky, Emma (7-5)

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Hamilton HAMSOF24 16-16
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Winner Rensselaer RPISB 26-2-1
Hamilton HAMSOF24
16-16
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Final
6
Rensselaer RPISB
26-2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hamilton HAMSOF24 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 11 0
Rensselaer RPISB 0 1 5 0 0 0 X 6 12 4

W: Ava Markert (3-0) L: Graham, Teagan (4-4) S: Brooke Sroczinski (1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Jim Taylor

Softball drops two at 16th-ranked RPI, Merklin '26 with four hits

Sophomore tied program record with her sixth triple this season

TROY, N.Y. – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Brooke Sroczinski recorded the win in Game 1 and earned the save in Game 2 as the Engineers swept a non-conference doubleheader against the Hamilton College Continentals at RPI's Doris Robison Field on Tuesday, April 23.
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (16-16 overall) was playing its first non-conference games since the Continentals hosted SUNY Cortland back on March 27.
  • The nationally ranked No. 16 Engineers (27-2-1) are 8-2 against Liberty League opponents and unbeaten against everyone else.
 

Game 1 (RPI, 6-1)

 
How It Happened
  • RPI jumped on top early with a run in the bottom of the first inning and two more in the second.
  • Hamilton scored its run in the third inning. Ella Heftved '25 drew a one-out walk and came all the way around on a triple to the gap in right-center field by Jordan Merklin '26 as the Continentals pulled within 3-1.
  • Hamilton had one base-runner over the last four innings and the Engineers tacked on three insurance runs in the sixth.
 
Notes
  • Merklin finished with two hits including her NESCAC-leading sixth triple. Those six triples have also tied a program single-season record.
  • Emma Tansky '25 singled and stole a base for the Continentals. Tansky (7-5) also pitched all six innings and struck out six and walked one.
  • Sroczinski (13-0) allowed a run on three hits, fanned five and walked two in seven innings.
  • Erin Askins went 3-for-3 with a walk and three runs batted in for RPI. Gabby Comeau also was 3-for-3 and Evann McDowell added two singles.
 

Game 2 (RPI, 6-5)

 
How It Happened
  • Hamilton took advantage of four errors by the Engineers in the top of the first inning and scored four runs.
  • RPI got one run back in the second inning and took the lead with five in the third.
  • The Continentals pulled within a run in the sixth. Madison Hinojos '24 led off with a single to right and Merklin put Hinojos on third base with a one-out single up the middle. Tansky's base hit to center field drove in Hinojos and made it 6-5.
  • In the seventh Hamilton's Alison Zorn '26 laced a one-out single down the line in left, but Sroczinski got the next two batters to strike out and ground into a fielder's choice.
 
Notes
  • Tansky had two hits and two stolen bases. She also struck out five batters in two scoreless innings of relief. Tansky moved into first place on the team's all-time list with 43 career stolen bases.
  • Merklin added two singles and has hit safely in four straight games.
  • Zorn and Hinojos contributed two hits apiece. It was the first multi-hit game of Hinojos' Hamilton career.
  • Natalie Beebe '24 singled in a run in the first inning.
  • Sroczinski recorded the last five outs for her first save this season.
  • Sydney Speanburg cleared the bases with a double in the third inning and finished with four RBI.
  • Liv Vizzini cracked a two-run homer in the third and Alex Ledger went 3-for-4.
 

Next Games

The Continentals host Utica University for another non-conference doubleheader on Sunday, April 28. The first game starts at noon. Hamilton will honor its three seniors before the games.
 
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