Teams: Softball: Schedule & Results

COLLEGE SOFTBALL FINAL SCORE
Tufts 11, Colby 3  (5 inn.)

At Waterville, ME
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Game Box Score

Cara Hovhanessian's two-run homer was part of an eight-run fourth inning for 24-0 Tufts

WATERVILLE, Me. -- The Tufts University softball team clinched first place in the NESCAC East Division with an 11-3 victory at Colby College on Saturday afternoon. As East Division champs, Tufts earns the right to host the 2009 conference championship at Spicer Field May 1-3.

After sweeping Colby in a double-header at Tufts yesterday, the Jumbos and Mules played a single game in Maine on Saturday due to predicted rain in the Medford area. With the win, Coach Cheryl Milligan's Jumbos improved to 24-0 overall and 9-0 in league play. Colby falls to 11-7 overall and 0-6 in the conference.

Tufts scored eight runs in the fourth to pave the way for the five-inning victory, which is their sixth mercy-rule win in NESCAC East play. Senior Cara Hovhanessian (Farmington, CT) ripped a two-run home run in the fourth inning and junior Christy Tinker (Woodbridge, CT) smacked a two-run double. Senior Laura Chapman (Seattle, WA) had an RBI double and classmate Samantha Kuhles (Somerville, NJ) had a two-run single in the big inning.

Tinker also had an RBI double in the third inning and went 2 for 2 with two walks. Kuhles had two hits and three RBI, while senior Maya Ripecky (Chicago, IL) finished with three hits and two runs. Senior Danielle Lopez (Danvers, MA), junior Casey Sullivan (Berlin, CT), Chapman and first-year Lena Cantone (Southington, CT) also had two hits for the Jumbos.

Alyssa Lepore, Christine Gillespie, and Tory Starr all doubled for Colby.

Tufts continues its busy weekend on Sunday when they play at Wellesley College and against Eastern Connecticut at Wellesley. Game times are 11 am and 1 pm, respectively.

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