Teams: Softball: Schedule & Results

COLLEGE SOFTBALL FINAL SCORES
Tufts 5, Bowdoin 0

At Brunswick, ME
Friday, April 17, 2009

Game Box Score

Lauren Gelmetti fired a two-hitter to improve her record to 13-0

BRUNSWICK, Me. -- Tufts University senior pitcher Lauren Gelmetti (Westfield, NJ) tossed a complete game two-hitter to lead the Jumbo softball team to their 30th win of the season on Friday afternoon, 5-0, over Bowdoin. Tufts, ranked sixth nationally, remains the only unbeaten team in Division III at 30-0 (10-0 NESCAC East), while the Polar Bears fall to 19-13-1 (2-5 NESCAC).

Tufts got all the offense they would need in the second and third frames, as a Lena Cantone (Southington, CT) single plated Cara Hovhanessian (Farmington, CT) to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the second. A two-run home run to deep left by Danielle Lopez (Danvers, MA) pushed the Jumbo lead to 3-0 just an inning later.

Bowdoin's Julia Jacobs held Tufts in check for the next three innings, as Bowdoin became just the sixth team to hold Tufts to five or fewer runs this year. But Gelmetti did not allow a Polar Bear hit until the sixth inning and the Jumbos got back-to-back run-scoring doubles in the seventh from Christy Tinker (Woodbridge, CT) and Maya Ripecky (Chicago, IL) to seal the win.

Gelmetti (13-0) walked two and struck out seven in the victory while Jacobs allowed four earned runs and whiffed three, scattering eight hits.

The teams play a double-header beginning at noon tomorrow.

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