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Delaney Benevides running out of the box
Aiden Shertzer
3
Wis.-La Crosse WIS.-LA 9-4
4
Winner MIT MIT 4-0
Wis.-La Crosse WIS.-LA
9-4
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Final
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MIT MIT
4-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wis.-La Crosse WIS.-LA 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 4 3
MIT MIT 2 0 0 1 1 0 X 4 8 2

W: Huang, Sharona (2-0) L: Bree Holmes (1-0)

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Winner MIT MIT 6-0
0
Salem St. SALEM ST 6-3
Winner
MIT MIT
6-0
19
Final
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Salem St. SALEM ST
6-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
MIT MIT 7 6 3 3 0 19 19 0
Salem St. SALEM ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

W: Blackett, Sarah (3-0) L: Alanis Toledano (3-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Opens Spring Break Trip With Two Wins; Trotman Secures 100 Career Coaching Victories

Clermont, FL. – MIT softball head coach Madison Trotman earned her 100th career victory in the Engineers 4-3 win over Wisconsin-La Crosse to open the day, and the team followed with a commanding 19-0 win over Salem St. in the second game in the team's opening action on their spring break trip.  
 
THE BASICS:  

  • Scores:  
    • Game 1: MIT 4, Wisconsin-La Crosse 3 
    • Game 2: MIT 19, Salem St. 0 
  • Records: MIT (6-0 Overall), University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (9-5), Salem State University (6-4 Overall) 

HOW IT HAPPENED vs. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse:  

  • MIT jumped out to a 2-0 lead on singles from Ava Ladd and Arianna Kumar. 
  • Brooke Howard cut the MIT lead in half with a single to center, but the Engineers responded in the bottom of the frame on a single from Julia Mattiace that made it 3-1. 
  • Kumar extended the MIT lead to three with a double to center in the fifth that plated Maggie Feng. 
  • UWL looked to rally in their last at-bats with Howard reaching to lead off the frame. She then came around to score on a single from Kasey Brouchoud. They then scored on a wild pitch to cut the lead to one but Sharona Huang got the final out to secure the win for MIT.  

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:  

  • Huang tossed the first complete game of her career to move to 2-0. She gave up three runs on four hits. 
  • Kumar and Lauren Sundquist led the way with two hits each. 

HOW IT HAPPENED vs. Salem State University:  

  • A seven-run top of the first put the game in hand for MIT. Sundquist led the way with a two-RBI single. 
  • MIT tacked on six more in the second. Pearl Mitchell led the way with a two-RBI single from Pearl Mitchell while Delaney Benevides, Feng, and Ava Ladd also tallied RBI hits. 
  • The Engineers put up three runs in both the third and fourth innings to secure the 19-0 win. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:  

  • Benevides led the way with four RBI in the game. Feng and Ellie Hasegawa knocked in three runs in the contest. 
  • Nicole Johnston went 4-4 in the game while Sundqusit added three hits in the game. Overall, the Engineers outhit Salem St., 19-1. 
  • Sarah Blackett recorded her second win on the year, allowing just one hit in five innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts.   

UP NEXT:  

  • The Engineers will take on Amherst tomorrow, Saturday March 21 at 9:00 AM followed by a 12:30 PM contest against the University of Chicago in Clermont, Fla.  

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