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Winner Wheaton (Mass.) WHE 13-4
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Smith SMI 3-10
Winner
Wheaton (Mass.) WHE
13-4
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Final
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Smith SMI
3-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wheaton (Mass.) WHE 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 6 8 3
Smith SMI 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 1

W: S. Wilson (7-3) L: Wingrove, Katie (0-2)

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Wheaton (Mass.) WHE 13-5
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Winner Smith SMI 4-10
Wheaton (Mass.) WHE
13-5
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Final
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Smith SMI
4-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wheaton (Mass.) WHE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Smith SMI 4 0 0 1 0 0 X 5 9 0

W: Flohr, Jessica (3-2) L: E. Candelari (0-1) S: Gardecki, Emma (2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Splits with Wheaton in NEWMAC Twinbill

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - The Smith College softball team picked up their first conference win of the season with their split against Wheaton in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader Friday afternoon. The Lyons took game one before an impressive pitching performance from senior Jessica Flohr (Foster City, Calif./Crystal Springs Upland School) secured the game two victory, 5-2. Smith moves to 4-10 overall and 1-3 in the NEWMAC, while Wheaton is 13-5 on the year and 1-1 in league play.

GAME 1: SMITH 3 WHEATON 6
  • Wheaton scored once in the first as Lindsay Whittles doubled to right, scoring Katelyn Barton.
  • An RBI single in the bottom of the third from Alyssa Pioggia (East Longmeadow/East Longmeadow) brought home Lucy Grant (Bethel, Conn./Notre Dame Catholic) for Smith's first run of the afternoon. 
  • The Pioneers scored another run in the third and added a run in the fourth to go ahead 3-1.
  • Wheaton's Barton and Jade Assad each hit homers in the fifth to give the Lyons a 4-3 lead after five.
  • Wheaton would add insurance runs in the sixth and seventh to secure the 6-3 final.
  • Shelbi Wilson (7-3) earned the win for Wheaton, as she scattered four hits, allowed two earned runs, and struck out five.
  • Smith starter Katie Wingrove (Sunnyvale, Calif./Fremont) (0-2) shouldered the loss, allowing four runs on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts.
  • Barton went 1-for-2 with three RBI for the visitors.
  • Pioggia went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored for the Pioneers.

GAME 2: SMITH 5 WHEATON 2
  • Smith went up 1-0 in the first as Feeney doubled to center, scoring Wagner from second. 
  • A triple from Feeney down the right field line brought Esquer and Grant home to five Smith a 3-0 lead. Konas' single to left allowed Feeney to cross home plate.
  • Trailing 4-0 in the second, Wheaton added runs in the second and third to cut the lead in half.
  • An RBI triple from Emma Kraus (Wakefield, Mass./Dupon-Kraus Homeschool) put Smith out in front 5-2 for the final.
  • Flohr picked up her third win of the year as she pitched 6.0 innings allowing two runs on six hits with three strikeouts. 
  • First-year Emma Gardecki (Acton, Mass./Acton-Boxborough) came in to pitch the final inning. 
  • Junior Makena Wagner (Hilo, Hawaii/Kamehameha Schools Hawaii) and senior Tyler Feeney (Merrimac, Mass./Pentucket Regional) each collected two hits for the Pioneers.

UP NEXT
Smith travels to Clark tomorrow afternoon for a NEWMAC doubleheader as first pitch is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. in Worcester.

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