CLAREMONT, CA. -- The Williams College softball team found the
going tough Tuesday, dropping two games to two different teams. The
Ephs fell 7-1 to Claremont Mudd Scripps, and then fell 9-1 in six
inning to the University if La Verne.
Williams fell to 4-7 overall. The Ephs are off Wednesday and
they play the University of Redlands Thursday in a doubleheader
beginning at 5 p.m. before heading back East.
"Today was better than yesterday, but we still played poorly. We
didn't pitch well, we didn't field well and we were snakebit
offensively," Ephs head coach Kris Herman said. "When you don't
have all three of those facets, you're going to lose."
In Tuesday's first game, Claremont used a five-run bottom of the
fourth to break open a 2-1 game. The hosts had scored two in the
bottom of the second off Williams starter Caitlyn Cain, but
Williams answered with a single run in the top of the third when
Joey Lye singled, stole second and scored on an RBI-double by Cain.
But Claremont's big fourth -- highlighted by a pinch-hit,
three-run double by Emily Coleman, was too much for Williams to
overcome. Cain took the loss, allowing five hits and five runs
while walking three and striking out two over 3 1/3 innings.
Jess Cross went 2 for 2 for Williams. Lye was 1 for 3 with a run
scored and two stolen bases. Cain was 1 for 3 with one RBI. Emily
Fowler-Cornfeld and Oriana Mcgee were both 1 for 3.
In the nightcap, the Ephs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the
first when Lye singled and scored on a single by Becky Sansone. La
Verne answered with a run in its half of the first to tie the game
at one.
After the Ephs left the bases loaded in the top of the second,
La Verne scored the go-ahead run in its half. They broke open the
game with six runs in the bottom of the fourth, helped by four Eph
errors in the frame.
Williams left seven runners stranded in the game. The Ephs had
three hits, one each by Lye, Sansone and Carly Ameen.
Emily Fowler-Cornfeld got the loss for the Ephs, going
three-plus innings and allowing five runs.
