CLINTON, N.Y. – Tufts University took the lead with a three-run rally in the top of the seventh in Game 2 and the Jumbos swept the Hamilton College Continentals in a NESCAC doubleheader at Hamilton's Loop Road Athletic Complex on Sunday, April 7.
Season Update
- Hamilton moved to 12-12 overall and 5-5 in the NESCAC.
- Tufts (18-4, 7-1) is ranked 17th in the NFCA Division III Top 25 poll. The Jumbos have won five consecutive games.
Game 1 (Tufts, 3-1)
How It Happened
- Tufts opened the scoring with one run in the top of the second on one walk and back-to-back doubles.
- The Jumbos stretched their lead to 3-0 with two runs in the third on a pair of hits and an error.
- Hamilton scored its lone run in the fifth on a single and two Jumbos throwing errors.
Notes
- Jordan Merklin '26, Alexis Mayer '26 and Natalie Beebe '24 accounted for Hamilton's three hits.
- Keriann Slayton led the Jumbos with two hits.
- Bela Jimenez plated one run on a double.
- Michelle Adelman, Josie Steinberg, Rachel Moore, Lindsay Neumann and Haley Leimbach contributed one hit each.
- Sky Johnson picked up her seventh win in the circle with one unearned run on three hits, no walks and six strikeouts in seven innings.
Game 2 (Tufts, 4-2)
How It Happened
- Ella Heftved '25 helped give Hamilton a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third with a lead-off double to the gap in right center. Tansky hit an infield single and Heftved was able to score on a Jumbos throwing error.
- Tufts evened the score in the fourth on a trio of hits. The Jumbos had the bases loaded but the Continentals found the third out on a fly ball to left.
- Hamilton regained a one-run lead on one hit and an error in the fifth. With two outs, Merklin reached first on a fielding error and scored after Mayer blooped a pitch between the right fielder and second base for a standup double.
- Tufts went down in order in the sixth inning.
- The Continentals needed just two more outs to secure the win but Heaven Oliva sparked the Jumbos' offense with a solo homer. They kept the momentum and scored two more runs for a 4-2 lead.
Notes
- Three of Hamilton's six hits went for two bases.
- Zorn ripped her fourth double of the season and finished with two hits.
- Tansky posted her fourth multi-hit game of the season and tallied four strikeouts in seven innings in the circle. She leads Hamilton's pitching staff with 38 strikeouts.
- Mayer collected her eighth double of the season.
- Heftved hit her second double of the season.
- Oliva batted in a team-best two runs on a single and a home run.
- Steinberg had two hits and one RBI.
- Adelman, Moore, Kaitlyn Perucci, Lauryn Horita and Jimenez contributed one hit each.
- Claire Guitmann recorded her third win in the circle allowing two unearned runs on five hits and striking out seven in six innings pitched.
- Sophie DiCocco earned her second save of the season by tossing a scoreless seventh.
Next Game
Hamilton faces SUNY Oneonta for a non-conference road twinbill on Wednesday, April 10 starting at 3:30 p.m.