CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Lydia Mirabito '26 launched a walk-off grand slam in Game 1 and the Continentals split a NESCAC doubleheader with the Trinity College Bantams at Hamilton's Loop Road Athletic Complex on Friday afternoon, March 28. 
 

Season Update

• Hamilton (9-3, 1-1 NESCAC) won the opener 12-1 in a game that was shortened to five innings by the eight-run mercy rule. 
• The Bantams (5-6, 1-1) took the lead in the fifth inning of Game and went on to an 8-6 victory.  

Game 1 

 

How It Happened

• The Bantams scored their only run in the first inning but left three runners stranded after Emma Tansky '25 recorded back-to-back strikeouts.
• Hamilton responded swiftly by plating two runs in the bottom half. Tansky displayed her speed with an infield bunt single and stole second, and Alexis Mayer '26 worked a walk. Charlie Quinn '25 ripped a double down the left field line that drove in both Tansky and Mayer for the 2-1 lead.
• The Continentals broke the game open with five runs in the second inning. Gaby Guerra '27 led off with a single through the left side and Hadley Rogers '26 was hit by a pitch. Tansky advanced both runners with a sacrifice bunt down the third base line. With two runners in scoring position, Gabby Garrison '27 drove in Guerra with a single to center field, and Mayer brought Rogers home with a single down the left field line. The inning continued as Alison Zorn '26 was hit by a pitch and Quinn smacked an RBI single to left-center field. With two outs, Miranda Mosqueda '28 crushed a double to left that brought in two more runs and extended the lead to 7-1.
• Neither team scored in the third, but the Continentals added another run in the fourth. Mirabito pinch-hit with one out and smacked a single to left field, and Jordan Merklin '26 doubled to center. After Mosqueda '28 loaded the bases with an infield single to third, Gaby Guerra '27 drew a walk that allowed Mirabito to cross the plate.
• The Continentals were one run away from the eight-run mercy rule, but they scored four instead. Garrison and Mayer hit one-out singles to left, and Nikki Dyche '28 worked a walk. With the table fully set, Mirabito crushed a pitch in the zone and launched it over the left field fence for a walk-off grand slam.

Notes

• Mirabito drove in a career-high four runs on two hits, including her first career home run.
• Quinn recorded three RBI on two hits, highlighted by her second double of the season.
• Mosqueda brought in two runs with her first collegiate double.
• Mayer notched her fifth multi-hit game of the season, finishing with two hits and one walk.
• Garrison contributed two hits and has a .556 batting average (10-for-18).
• Merklin hit her first double of the season.
• Tansky (4-0) earned the win in the circle. She allowed just two hits with four walks and six strikeouts over five innings.
• Taylor Mikolajczak and Emily Goddard recorded one hit each for the Bantams. 

Game 2

 

How It Happened

• The Continentals took a 2-0 lead in the first inning with Merklin and Sofia Santana '26 recording consecutive infield singles. Mayer and Quinn drove them in with sacrifice flies to right field.
• The Bantams responded with a run in the top of the second, but Hamilton answered with two more in the bottom half for a 4-1 lead. Merklin drew a one-out walk and Santana and Mayer reached on throwing errors, which also allowed Merklin to come around and score. Quinn stepped up and brought Santana home with another sacrifice fly.
• Both Trinity and Hamilton scored a run in the third inning, and the Continentals maintainied their three-run lead at 5-2.
• Trinity trimmed its deficit to a single run in the fourth and, despite leaving three runners stranded to end the inning, the Bantams surged in the fifth with four runs for an 8-5 lead.
• The Continentals answered with a run in the bottom of the inning on a lead-off walk by Yael Everett '28 and a run-scoring double to deep center field by Dyche.
• Hamilton left two runners stranded in the fifth inning, one in the sixth, and two more in the seventh as Trinity escaped with the split.

Notes

• Dyche recorded two RBI and two hits, including her first career double.
• Merklin contributed two hits, two walks, a stolen base, and scored twice.
• Everett notched her third multi-hit game of the season with two hits. 
• Mayer drove in two runs and leads Hamilton with 16 hits and 19 RBI on the season.
• Quinn singled and drove in a pair of runs on sacrifice flies.
• Santana, Mosqueda, Zorn and Ella Heftved '25 added singles. 
• Tansky crossed the plate once, drew a walk and stole a base. She surrendered four hits and struck out three batters over 2.2 scoreless innings of relief.
• Mikolajczak led Trinity with three hits, two walks and two RBI.
• Makenna True drove in two runs with a pair of hits.
• Hannah Mullaney and Isabella Calagna contributed two hits apiece.
• Annie Konieczka earned her first win of the season for the Bantams as she allowed five earned runs on 12 hits, walked three, and struck out two.

Next Game

• Hamilton takes on local opponent Utica University for a non-conference twinbill on the road on Tuesday, April 1 with the first game set to begin at 3:30 p.m.