Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
CLINTON, N.Y. — Cedar Blazek set a new
single-season home run record and pitchers Mary Beth Daub and Megan
Casey did not allow an earned run Saturday as the Williams College
softball team swept a doubleheader from Hamilton, 6-2 and 8-0.
Williams improved to 14-18-1 with the sweep, 7-2 in the NESCAC
West, which puts the Ephs in first place heading into the final
conference games of the season next weekend. Williams is off until
Wednesday, when it is at Skidmore for a twinbill beginning at 4
p.m.
Blazek's record-breaking blast came in the first inning of the
second game, a two-run blast that gave Williams a 3-0 lead. It was
her eighth of the year and snapped the previous record of 7 set by
Tayna Nunez (1993) and Katelyn Knox (2005, 2007). Emily Levy had
led off the inning with a single and was sacrificed to second on a
bunt by Jess Cross. Daub doubled Levy home for a 1-0 lead, and
Blazek followed with her home run.
The Ephs added a run in the third when Blazek singled and stole
second. She went to third on a single by Caitlyn Cain, and scored
two batters later on a Amanda Correnti groundout. Williams went up
5-0 in the fourth when Oriana Mcgee doubled and scored on Levy's
RBI-single. A three-run fifth highlighted by a two-run double from
Carly Ameen gave Williams an eight-run lead.
First-year Megan Casey worked around an error in the obttom of
the fifth, striking out two to keep Hamilton off the soreboard. The
game was called after five full innings due to the eight-run mercy
rule. Casey allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five
over her five innings of work.
In Saturday's first game, the Ephs jumped out to an early lead
as well, scoring twice in the top of the first. Levy led off the
game with a triple and scored when Allison Hart lined an
RBI-single. Hart stole second and, after an out, Blazek roped an
RBI-double to make it 2-0.
It was 2-1 when Williams batted in the top of the fifth. A
lead-off single by Levy, who took second on an error, got things
started. A sacrifice from Cross moved Levy to third, and she scored
on a Daub groundout. Blazek then walked, stole second and scored
when Cain roped a double for a 4-1 lead.
Daub made it all stand up, going the distance and giving up
seven hits and two walks while striking out two over seven innings
of work.
On the day, Blazek finished 4 for 5, while Cain was 4 for 6 and
Levy 4 for 7.
