THE BASICS:
 
- Scores:
Game 1: Springfield - 4, MIT - 2
Game 2: Springfield - 5, MIT - 1

- Records: No. 25 MIT (12-6, 2-4 NEWMAC), Springfield (18-3-1, 7-1 NEWMAC)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Briggs Field)

- The Lead: The MIT softball team dropped a pair of NEWMAC contests to Springfield on Saturday afternoon on Briggs Field.

HOW IT HAPPENED vs. GAME ONE

- The Pride jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a double by Carissa Pecchia. MIT quickly responded in the bottom of the inning as junior Mikayla Cable (Valrico, Fla.) led off with a double to center and scored on a homer to left by classmate Mackenzie Bivin (San Diego, Calif.) that gave MIT a 2-1 lead.
 
- The Pride tied the game in the second on an RBI double from Amelie DeRosa and tacked on runs in the third and fourth to go up 4-2.
 
- DeRosa retired MIT in order in both the sixth and seventh innings to secure the 4-2 win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- With her home run, Bivin now ranks second all-time with nine in her career. Her two RBI now put her in a tie for first with 97. Cable went 2-3 with a run scored in the lead-off spot.
 
- Sophomore Caroline Langmeyer (Upper Arlington, Ohio) fell to 7-2 with a complete game four-hitter. Two of the four runs were earned, and she walked two and struck out five.
 
- DeRosa went 2-4 at the plate to go along with her complete game win to improve to 9-2.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED vs. GAME TWO

- Cable got MIT on the board first as she scored on a wild pitch in the first.
 
- From there the Pride took over, scoring the next five runs, including two in the seventh to seal the 5-1 win.
 
- Cable and Bivin recorded back-to-back two-out singles in the bottom of the seventh, but they were left stranded to end the game.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Junior Becca O'Connor (San Antonio, Texas) falls to 3-4 as she threw 6.1 innings and allowed five runs (two earned) on 11 hits. She walked one and struck out one.
 
- Bivin went 2-3 with a walk, and Cable went 1-3 with a walk.  
 
- Ashley Pugliese got the complete game win for the Pride to move to 7-1. She gave up five hits and one run with one strikeout and four walks.
 
UP NEXT:

-  MIT will head to Wheaton on Monday, April 15th for a NEWMAC contest. Game one of the doubleheader is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. first pitch.   
 
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