THE BASICS:

- Scores:
Game 1: MIT - 5, Salve Regina - 3
Game 2: MIT - 10, Salve Regina - 1 (5 Innings)

- Records: MIT (18-11), Salve Regina (11-18)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Briggs Field)

- The Lead: Senior Deborah Torres (Portage, Mich) helped lead the MIT softball team to a sweep of visiting Salve Regina in the Engineers' final non-conference game of the regular season on Wednesday afternoon at Briggs Field.

HOW IT HAPPENED – Game One
 
- Salve Regina jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first but MIT responded in the bottom of the inning on a two-run double by sophomore Katia Pendowski (Elk Grove Village, Ill.).
 
- The Engineers added another run in the third when Rylie Spiegel (Bradenton, Fla.) came around to score on an error by the Seahawks.
 
- MIT put up two more runs in the fourth when first-year Kennedy Adkison (San Jose, Calif.) and first-year Mikayla Cable (Valrico, Fla.) came around to score on a throwing error to make it a 5-2 game.
 
- The Seahawks got a run back in the sixth on a double to center by Emily Lane but first-year Becca O'Connor (San Antonio, Texas) got out of the inning to keep MIT in the lead.
 
- Back-to-back singles to lead off the top of the seventh got Salve Regina in position to tie the game, however, O'Connor retired the next three batters to secure the win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- O'Connor tossed the complete game to earn her eighth win this season. She gave up eight hits and one earned run while striking out five. She did not walk a batter in the game.
 
- Pendowski led the Engineers with two RBI and Spiegel had a team-high two hits and two runs scored.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – Game Two

- First-year Mackenzie Bivin (San Diego, Calif.) got the Engineers' on the board in the second with an RBI groundout. Back-to-back doubles from first-year Dana Bell (Bensalem, Pa.) and sophomore Mackenzie Relihan (Naperville, Ill.) made it a 3-0 MIT lead in the third. Bivin singled home two more runs in the inning to give MIT a 5-0 advantage.
 
- The Seahawks put up a run on a Maddie Capetta double to right but the Engineers responded with three in the bottom of the frame as three-straight doubles from Relihan, Pendowski, and junior Abby Shull (Cypress, Texas) made it an 8-1 MIT lead.
 
- Two more runs in the fifth on a Bell single sealed the 10-1 win for MIT.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Torres picked up her second win of the season as she pitched four innings and allowed just the one run while scattering five hits. She walked two and struck out five.
 
- Sell went 3-4 in the leadoff spot with three runs scored.
 
- Bell, Relihan, Pendowski, and Shull all recorded two hits in the game for the Engineers who out-hit the Seahawks 12-5. Bell also led the team with three RBI with Relihan, Pendowski, and Bivin knocking in two each.

UP NEXT:

- MIT heads out on the road for a NEWMAC doubleheader on Friday, April 22. The Engineers will take on Wheaton College beginning at 3 p.m.           
 
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