THE BASICS:

- Scores:
Game 1: MIT - 8, Wellesley - 0
Game 2: MIT - 3, Wellesley - 0

- Records: MIT (10-7, 2-0 NEWMAC), Wellesley (1-10, 0-2 NEWMAC)

- Locations: Cambridge, Mass. (Briggs Field)

- The Lead: For the first time since May 13, 2019, a span of 1,056 days, the MIT softball team was back playing on its home field as the Engineers swept Wellesley to extend their winning streak to nine games.

HOW IT HAPPENED – Game One

- First-year Kennedy Adkison (San Jose, Calif.) gave MIT a 1-0 lead in the fourth as her double to right scored sophomore Mackenzie Relihan (Naperville, Ill.).
 
- MIT extended its lead to 3-0 in the fourth on a solo shot over the left-field wall by Relihan and an RBI double to left by junior Haley Samuelsen (Houston, Texas) that plated first-year Mackenzie Bivin (San Diego, Calif.). Sophomore Rylie Spiegel (Bradenton, Fla.) came around to score on a double from Relihan that made it a 4-0 game in the fifth.
 
- A four-run sixth sealed the win for MIT. Samuelson registered another RBI double and scored on a triple from junior Jordan Sell (Schwenksville, Pa.). Sell came around to score on a sacrifice fly from Spiegel and a single from Katia Pendowski (Elk Grove Village, Ill.) plated senior Claire Wichman (Omaha, Neb.) for the eighth MIT run.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Senior Anya Chase (Wells, Maine) went the distance for MIT to earn the win. She allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out five Wellesley batters.
 
- Samuelson and Relihan led MIT with two hits and two RBI apiece.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – Game Two

- The Engineers scored all of their runs in the first two innings of the game. Sell stole home in the top of the first to put MIT up 1-0. First-year Dana Bell (Bensalem, Pa.) then plated Spiegel with a sacrifice fly to make it a 2-0 contest.
 
- Adkison scored the final run of the day on an error by Wellesley in the second.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- First-Year Becca O'Connor (San Antonio, Texas) took the complete-game win as she allowed five hits with no walks and eight strikeouts.
 
- Bell registered the lone two hits for the Engineers in the game.

UP NEXT:

- MIT is back on the diamond on Tuesday, April 4 for a doubleheader against No. 14 Tufts. First pitch in Medford is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.     
 
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