THE BASICS:
 
- Score:
Game 1: MIT - 2, Simmons - 0
Game 2: MIT - 7, Simmons - 5

- Records: No. 25 MIT (12-4), Simmons (5-16)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Briggs Field)

- The Lead: Sophomore Caroline Langmeyer (Upper Arlington, Ohio) threw the ninth no-hitter in program history in game one, and the MIT softball team erased a 5-0 deficit in game two to earn a sweep of Simmons on Wednesday afternoon on Briggs Field.

HOW IT HAPPENED vs. GAME ONE

- Langmeyer and Simmons starter Ally Hyde held the bats in check until the fourth when MIT took advantage of an error on a single by senior Katia Pendowski (Ekl Grove Village, Ill.) to score the first run of the day. Pendowski then scored on a sacrifice fly from classmate Mackenzie Relihan (Naperville, Ill.) to make it a 2-0 game.
 
- Two runs were more than enough for Langmeyer who allowed just two baserunners in the game.  

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Langmeyer becomes the sixth individual to throw a no-hitter. She finished with two walks and 10 strikeouts to improve to 7-1. Hyde (1-6) was just as impressive and went six innings, and allowed two unearned runs on five hits with one walk.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED vs. GAME TWO

- The Sharks scored five runs in the third as they pieced together six straight one-out hits.
 
- MIT got two runs back in the fourth on RBI hits from Relihan and first-year Arianna Kumar (San Diego, Calif) to cut the Simmons lead to three.
 
- The Sharks looked to tack on a sixth run in the fifth, but senior Kennedy Adkison (San Jose, Calif.) sent a perfect throw to home to get the runner trying to score and end the fifth.
 
- Sophomore Mackenzie Bivin (San Diego, Calif.) led off the fifth with a double, and the Engineers would load the bases with no outs. Relihan recorded an RBI groundout, and junior Mikayla Cable (Valrico, Fla.) followed with a perfect bunt to score Adkison and make it a one-run game. Kumar then tied the game with a triple to right.

- Sophomore Kara Hines (Cynthiana, Ky.) led off the sixth with a double and scored the go-ahead run as Bivin reached on an error. Bivin then scored an insurance run on a Pendowski single to right.
 
- Sophomore Nicole Doering (St. Louis Park, Minn.) retired the Sharks in order in the seventh to secure the 7-5 win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Doering earned her first collegiate win with 4.2 innings of two-hit ball. She struck out a career-high five batters and gave up just two walks.
 
- Bivin and Pendowski both went 3-4 at the plate. Relihan and Kumar added two RBI each in the contest.
 
UP NEXT:

-  The Engineers remain at home as they will welcome Springfield to Briggs Field for a pivotal NEWMAC doubleheader on Saturday, April 13th. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.   
 
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