NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--The Smith College softball team (7-19) embarks on the first of three road games this week when the Pioneers travel to Elms College (9-12) for a single game on Wednesday afternoon.


Last Meeting: Brittany Purington (Weare, N.H./John Stark) scored on a dropped fly ball in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Smith a 2-1 home win on March 26, 2012.  

Smith Overview:  The Pioneers earned a split with Western New England University in a doubleheader on Tuesday.  Edie Richardson (Franklin, Mass./Fontbonne Academy) drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth in the opener, and Tori Brown (New Market, Md./Linganore) hit her first two career home runs, one in each game.

Elms Overview: Winners of four straight, the Blazers are coming off a road sweep of Regis (Mass.) on Sunday.  Elms is tied for third in the New England Collegiate Conference.

Smith Player to Watch: Gina Martucci (Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock Township) finished the doubleheader against Western New England batting 3-for-7 with a grand slam and six RBI, while striking out five in a complete game effort in the opener.

Elms Player to Watch: Sarah Buckley is hitting .371 with 14 RBI.

Did you know? Brown and Martucci each have two home runs on the season;  One more for either one would be the first time a Smith player has hit more than two homers in a season since Megan Keifer cracked seven round trippers in the 2008 season.