MELBOURNE, Fla. – Hamilton College was swept by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds in a doubleheader and then fell to Central College (Iowa) at the USSSA Space Coast Complex on Monday, March 16. The game with Central was the completion of a contest that was suspended in the top of the sixth inning due to thunderstorms on March 15.

Season Update

• Hamilton (0-4 overall) has six games remaining at the USSSA Space Coast Complex.
• Wisconsin-Eau Claire (12-4) extended its win streak to seven games.

Game 1

How It Happened

• Hamilton's starting pitcher Yael Everett '28 tossed a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the first and the Continentals got on the board in the bottom of the frame. Sofia Santana '26 drew a walk and stole second base, and Alexis Mayer '26 smashed a double to left field that drove her in and put Hamilton in front, 1-0.
• Hamilton loaded the bases in the second, but Wis.-Eau Claire's Claire Beck got a foul fly ball to end the inning.
• The Blugolds tied the score at 1-1 in the fourth as Chloe Ricard drove in Bella Florio with a single to the left side of the infield.
• Hamilton regained the lead in the bottom of the fourth after Hadley Rogers '26 brought in Lauren Farace '29 with a sacrifice fly.
• Wis.-Eau Claire's Norah Kutnink drew a bases loaded walk in the fifth and tied the score at 2-2. Maddy Pieper entered the game as a pinch runner for Beck in the top of the seventh and came around to score later in the inning for a 3-2 Blugolds lead.
• Kasey Felden entered the circle for Wis.-Eau Claire and got the final two outs in the bottom of the seventh for the save.

Notes

• Santana went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base.
• Mayer recorded her first extra-base hit of the season.
• Rogers collected her first RBI of the season and drew a walk.
• Farace scored her first career run.
• Everett allowed four hits in seven innings and recorded a complete game.
• Beck improved to 4-1 on the season for the Blugolds.

Game 2

How It Happened

• Everett led off game two with a double to left field and Farace laced a single up the middle that drove her in and put Hamilton in front, 1-0.
• Wis.-Eau Claire scored four in the bottom of the first with the help of a three-run home run by Beck.
• The Continentals trimmed their deficit to 4-2 in the top of the third as Farace drew a walk, advanced to second following a single by Miranda Mosqueda '28, stole third and scored on a throwing error.
• Wis.-Eau Claire's Breeley Glutch and Marlee Smith delivered RBI singles in the fourth and the Blugolds extended their lead to 6-2.
• Bella Florio stole two bases and scored in the fifth for the 7-2 final.

Notes

• Aubrey Purvis '27 and Farace recorded two strikeouts apiece in the circle for Hamilton.
• Mosqueda went 2-for-3 with a walk and two stolen bases for the Continentals.
• Farace tallied one hit, one run, one RBI, one walk and two stolen bases.
• Kelsey Vadnais '28 added her first hit of the season.
• Paige Lathrop drew three walks for the Blugolds.
• Kasey Felden allowed one hit, zero runs and one walk in 3.2 innings in relief for the Blugolds.

 

Conclusion of Hamilton vs. Central

• The score was tied 1-1 with Hamilton at bat in the top of the sixth when the game was suspended on Sunday. A base hit by Nikki Dyche '28 drove in Mosqueda and tied the score in the third.
• In the first at bat on Monday, Jess Chieco '29 collected her first career hit and RBI in one swing, ripping a double to left field and driving in Dyche for a 2-1 Hamilton lead.
• Central came up with a big inning in the bottom of the frame, scoring six on four hits, including a two-run single up the middle by Rylee Dunkin.

Notes

• Dyche went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.
• Everett pitched six innings for Hamilton.
• Central's Peyton Levine collected the win after recording five strikeouts in seven innings.
• Dunkin and Addi Starr provided two runs batted in apiece for the Dutch.