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Winner WPI WPI 11-12-1
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Smith SMI 15-8-1
Winner
WPI WPI
11-12-1
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Final
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Smith SMI
15-8-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
WPI WPI 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 10 2
Smith SMI 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0

W: N. Boldebuck (4-3) L: Doty, Emilie (8-5)

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Winner WPI WPI 12-12-1
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Smith SMI 15-9-1
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WPI WPI
12-12-1
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Final
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Smith SMI
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
WPI WPI 0 1 4 0 1 4 10 13 0
Smith SMI 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 5

W: S. Lazarus (5-2) L: Helms, Lucy (3-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Shantz Homers Twice in Friday Doubleheader Action

NORTHAMPTON - A multi-homer day from Juno Shantz (Seattle, Wash./Garfield) and 12 total hits highlighted Friday's action, but WPI took both games from Smith in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader, winning 5-3 and 10-2. The Pioneers drop to 15-10-1 on the year with a 5-5 mark in conference play. The Engineers are now 13-12-1 overall and 6-1 in the NEWMAC. 

Game 1: Smith 3 WPI 5
  • Emilie Doty (Arlington, VA/Washington-Liberty) (8-5) took the loss in the circle, allowing four runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts. Bailey Gray (Missouri City, TX/Ridge Point) pitched the final two innings, giving up one run on two hits with two strikeouts
  • Taz Tamai (Cincinatti, OH/The Seven Hills School) went 2-for-3 with two RBI 
  • The Engineers totaled six stolen bases in the opener
  • Trailing 1-0, Tamai singled up the middle to plate Piper Corey (Phoenix, AZ/Horizon Honors) and Lucy Allen (West Boylston, MA/West Boylston) to take the lead
  • The Engineers tied it in the fourth and got two runs in the fifth on back-to-back fly balls to the outfield
  • Trailing 5-2 in the sixth, Shantz put a run on the board with a leadoff homer to deep center but the WPI pitcher retired the next six batters for the win
Game 2: Smith 2 WPI 10 (6 Innings)
  • Lucy Helms (Alameda, CA/Alameda) (3-4) and Gray combined to allow 10 runs on 13 hits with four strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work
  • Shantz, Tamai and CeCe Alaniz (Bakersfield, CA/East Bakersfield) all wnt 2-for-3 in the nightcap
  • WPI wasted no time as Meg Sherwood roped an RBI double to right. The Engineers took advantage of three errors by the Smith defense in the third to go up 5-0.
  • Riley O'Brien started the fifth with a leadoff homer to left field, before Shantz knocked her sixth homerun of the year in the bottom of the fifth making it 6-1
  • WPI extended the lead to 10-1 in the sixth before Smith added their final run of the game when Gray scored on a fielder's choice
Up Next
Smith hosts Clark University tomorrow starting at 12:00pm. 

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