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The MIT softball team holding the NEWMAC Tournament Championship banner and trophy
Katie Iverson
0
Babson BABSON 27-18
4
Winner MIT MIT 28-12
Babson BABSON
27-18
0
Final
4
MIT MIT
28-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Babson BABSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MIT MIT 2 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 7 1

W: Langmeyer, Caroline (19-4) L: M. O'Reilly (17-9)

Game Recap: Softball |

BACK TO BACK CHAMPS! Softball Beats Babson, 4-0, for Second-Straight NEWMAC Title

THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT - 4, Babson - 0

- Records: MIT (28-12), Babson (27-18)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass.

- The Lead: For the second straight year, the MIT softball team won the NEWMAC Tournament Championship as the Engineers shutout Babson on Saturday afternoon, 4-0, to claim the program's third overall title and punch a ticket to next week's NCAA Tournament.
 
Sophomore Caroline Langmeyer (Upper Arlington, Ohio) was named the Tournament Most Outstanding Player for the second straight year as she tossed four complete game victories and allowed just four runs with 18 strikeouts.
 
The Engineers will head to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in program history, all of which have come since 2015.

HOW IT HAPPENED

- MIT struck early against Moira O'Reilly as junior Mikayla Cable (Valrico, Calif.) led off with a bunt single and came around to score on a double to left-center from classmate Mackenzie Bivin (San Diego, Calif.).
 
- Babson got runners on second and third with one out in the fourth, but Langmeyer got the next two outs to keep the Engineers in the lead.
 
- First-year Nicole Johnston (St. Charles, Ill.) led off the sixth with a single, and Bivin made it 3-0 with a triple. First-year Arianna Kumar (San Diego, Calif.) made it a 4-0 game with her single to right.
 
- Langmeyer gave up a one-out walk but got a ground out and completed the win as she threw out Sophia Pak at first.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Langmeyer earned her 19th win and fourth shutout of the season. She scattered four hits and one walk and struck out six.
 
- Cable and Bivin led MIT with two hits each. Bivin and Cable now each have 142 career hits to rank tied for fourth in program history. Bivin increased her program record in RBI to 111.
 
- O'Reilly finished the year with a 17-9 record as she went five innings and allowed four runs on seven hits. She walked none and struck out six.
 
UP NEXT:

-  With the win, the Engineers have punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament and will find out their location and opponent when the bracket is released on Monday, May 13th at 11 a.m. on NCAA.com.
 
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