Williams Claims the Little Three Championship with Sweep of Wesleyan

Scores:    

Williams 5, Wesleyan 0

Williams 10, Wesleyan 2

Location: Williamstown, MA 

Records: Williams 20-11; Wesleyan 16-20 

Coach's Take: 

"We're excited to win the Little Three Championship and to play consistently throughout two games. Great pitching and some clutch hitting allowed us a strong showing heading into the final day of NESCAC play. We still have work to do, however, and look forward to the rest of the season."  - Head Coach Kris Herman

Game 1

How it Happened 

• Sadie Leonard pitched a gem with 11 strikeouts in 6 innings.

• Natalie Carter pitched the 7th inning, with only one base runner reaching on an error.

• First on the scoreboard was Sydney Fleming, who hit a single to left field and eventually scored on an RBI single from Katie Blanch in the 2nd inning. Vicky Trujillo Balderas later scored on a sacrifice fly from Tayler Wise in the same inning.

• In the 3rd, Ronni Ramos singled and eventually scored on an RBI double from Sydney Fleming. Alysa DeQuiroz doubled to left and drove in Fleming as well as Justine Dunaway, who had reached earlier on a fielder's choice. 
  
  

Game 2

How it Happened 

• Williams starting pitcher Katie Blanch pitched 4 solid innings, allowing only 2 runs. Blanch was relieved by Elyse Chan, who faced the minimum and struck out 3 in 2 innings of work. 

• Ronni Ramos led off the bottom of the 2nd inning with a HBP. She eventually scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Tayler Wise. Alysa DeQuiroz singled to left, scoring Sidney Miller and Kayla Chang who both reached on bunt singles. Kelly McGuigan followed with a two-run home run to right, driving in DeQuiroz and making the score 5-0. 

• After a single to lead off the bottom of the 3rd, Trujillo Balderas scored on an error by the Wesleyan center fielder. 

• After a series of singles, Wesleyan scored on an RBI double, a later walk scored another run, making the score 6-2

• In the bottom of the 4th, Wise led off with a bunt single and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly to left field by Fleming. Trujillo Balderas followed up by singling to left center, scoring DeQuiroz who had singled to center following Wise. The score was 8-2 in Williams's favor. 

• Dunaway pinch hit for Kaia Glickman to lead off the bottom of the 5th, singling up the middle. She scored on an error by the Wesleyan third baseman on a ball hit by Louisa Coughlin.

• Trujillo Balderas led off the bottom of the 6th with a single to right center and scored on a one-out sacrifice fly from Miller, giving Williams their tenth run of the game.