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Winner Utica UTICA 20-11
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Hamilton HAMILTON 16-17
Winner
Utica UTICA
20-11
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Final
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Hamilton HAMILTON
16-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Utica UTICA 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 8 0
Hamilton HAMILTON 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 12 0

W: J. Conte (8-3) L: Beebe, Natalie (4-5) S: M. Habernig (2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Lindsay LeSueur

Softball drops non-conference contest to Utica, 6-3

Merklin ’26 broke program record with her seventh triple this season

CLINTON, N.Y. – Utica University's Jordyn Conte fanned seven batters in six innings and the Pioneers posted a 6-3 non-conference win against the Hamilton College Continentals at Hamilton's Loop Road Athletic Complex on Sunday, April 28. 
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (16-17 overall) dropped its third straight contest. 
  • Utica, which is in 8-4 in the Empire 8 Conference, improved to 20-11 overall. 

Game 1

 
How It Happened
  • The Pioneers jumped ahead early with two runs in their first at-bat on one walk, one hit and a sacrifice fly. 
  • Hamilton took one run back in the bottom half on three hits. Natalie Beebe '24 smacked a two-out double to the right center gap and scored on a single by Charlie Quinn '25. 
  • Utica added two more runs in the second frame and another two in the fourth for a 6-1 cushion. 
  • The Continentals countered with two runs in the sixth on four hits. Emma Tansky '25 chopped a two-out infield single to shortstop and advanced to second on another infield single to short by Sofia Santana '26. Alison Zorn '26 nailed a one-run single through the right side and Ella Heftved '25 drove it back through the right side to score Santana. 
 Notes
  • The Continentals outhit the Pioneers 12-8. 
  • Merklin broke the program record with her seventh triple of the season. 
  • Quinn finished with two hits and one RBI. 
  • Santana went 2-for-3 at the plate and scored once. 
  • Zorn drove in one run on two hits. 
  • Heftved plated one run on one single. 
  • Tansky notched her 26th season of the season. She scattered four hits, allowed two runs, walked four batters and fanned four in five innings pitched. 
  • Beebe smacked her fifth double of the season. 
  • Alexis Mayer '26 leads Hamilton with 34 hits. 
  • Emily Joss tallied two hits, drove in one run, walked twice and scored twice for the Pioneers. 
  • Frankie Luster batted in a team-best two runs on one hit. 
  • Rodriguez recorded two hits and drove in one run.
  • Rachel Little registered two hits and scored twice. 
  • Conte (8-3) gave up three runs on 12 hits and struck out seven in six innings pitched. 
  • Maggie Habernig earned her second save of the season in one scoreless inning of relief. 

Game 2


Notes
  • Game two was suspended in the top of the first inning due to rain.  

Next Game

Hamilton will return to conference play with a twinbill at Middlebury College (19-11, 10-6) on Saturday, May 4 starting at 1 p.m. 



 
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