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Teams: Softball: Schedule & Results
JUMBOS WIN 8-0 IN FIVE INNINGS AT BATES TO OPEN NESCAC EAST SERIES
COLLEGE SOFTBALL FINAL SCORE
Tufts 8, Bates 0
At Lewiston, ME
Friday, April 25, 2008
Game Box Score
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Junior Cara Hovhanessian continued to hit in
the clutch for the Jumbos
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LEWISTON, Me. -- The Tufts University softball team
needed only five innings to defeat NESCAC East Division rival Bates
College 8-0 in a mercy rule-shortened game Friday at Lafayette
Street Field. The Jumbos, who are the first-place team in the NESCAC
East, raised their overall record to 23-8 and their divisional
record to 9-1. The host Bobcats fell to 6-19 overall, 2-8 NESCAC
East.
Tufts got things started with five runs in the first
inning off of Bates first-year starter Sarah Cullen (Dover, MA), who
fell to 3-6 on the season. Junior Laura Chapman (Seattle, WA)
reached on an error to lead off and later scored on a single by junior
Samantha Kuhles (Somerville, NJ). The Jumbos loaded the bases
with a pair of walks for junior Cara Hovhanessian (Farmington, CT),
who singled through the left side for two runs. Senior Danielle Lopez
(Danvers, MA) drove in a fourth run with a sacrifice fly and senior
Megan Cusick (Albany, NY) finished off the damage with a
run-scoring double down the left-field line.
The Jumbos added a run in the second and two more in the
fourth while first-year pitchers Izzie Santone (Madison, CT) and
Kim Miner (Concord, MA) kept the Bates bats silent. Santone, the
starter, threw three shutout innings, allowing two hits. Miner came on
to work the fourth and fifth and held Bates hitless while striking out
three batters.
Hovhanessian finished 3 for 3 on the day with four RBIs.
Kuhles was 2 for 4 with three runs. Sophomore Christy Tinker
(Woodbridge, CT) and Chapman both scored a pair of runs for Tufts.
Bates senior CF Alex Bethel (Aspen, CO) and sophomore 2B
Liz Stahler (Lyndonville, VT) had Bates' only two hits in the game.
The teams will face each other again tomorrow for a
doubleheader beginning at 12 pm.
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