No. 6 WashU Completes Series Sweep of Carnegie Mellon on Senior Day
The No. 6 Washington University in St. Louis softball team defeated Carnegie Mellon in Saturday's doubleheader to sweep the series. The Bears are now 25-3-1 on the year with a 13-2 mark in UAA play.
Prior to the doubleheader, the Bears honored their four seniors – Jamie Cendana, Dawson Dabbousi, Alexa Hanish and Sydney Schneider.
Game 1: WashU 3, Carnegie Mellon 0
The Bears scored their first run in the bottom of the third inning. With two outs, senior Sydney Schneider singled up the middle and sophomore Harper Nix doubled to right center, bringing in Schneider for a 1-0 lead.
WashU added another in the bottom of the fourth inning, starting with a single up the middle from junior Elena Locascio. Grad student Dawson Dabbousi laid down a sacrifice bunt to move sophomore Christina Smith, who came on to run for Locascio, to second.
Senior Alexa Hanish grounded out to the pitcher to move Smith to third and senior Jamie Cendana was hit by a pitch. Cendana stole second and Grippo singled to third, scoring Smith for a 2-0 lead.
Schneider led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a bunt single to the pitcher, beating out the throw. She stole second before Nix singled through the right side to score Schneider for the 3-0 lead.
Schneider was 2-for-3 with two runs scored while Nix was 2-for-3 with two RBI. Grippo also finished 2-for-3 with one RBI.
First-year Jessi Szafoni earned the win in the circle, pitching a complete game with two hits and six strikeouts.
Game 2: WashU 4, Carnegie Mellon 3
The Bears scored their first run in the bottom of the second inning. Cendana was hit by a pitch to lead off and moved to second on a ground out from Hanish. Locascio singled to right field, scoring Cendana for a 1-0 lead.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, junior Kristina Donaldson led off with a single through the right side and moved up on a sacrifice bunt from Hanish. Locascio doubled down the left line, scoring Donaldson. First-year Julia Sullo singled up the middle, bringing home Locascio for a 3-0 lead.
The Tartans had a productive top of the seventh inning, scoring three runs to tie things up. Lindsey Murai singled through the left side and Maya Bala followed with a single to right field. Gabrielle Yamoah reached base on an error to load the bases and Maddie Lee doubled to center field, clearing the bases to make it 3-3.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Hanish had a fitting end to senior day, driving in the game-winning run. Junior Julia Nicholus led the inning off with a single to right field and first-year Allie Botkin came on to run for her. Botkin moved up on a sacrifice bunt from first-year Katie Dolin. With two outs, Hanish drilled a single to right center, scoring Botkin for the 4-3 win.
Locascio went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run scored while Hanish was 2-for-3 with the game-winning RBI. Donaldson was 2-for-3 with one run scored and Sullo finished 2-for-4 with one RBI.
Junior Maria Brooks earned her 14
th win of the season, pitching a complete game with five hits, two earned runs and five strikeouts, including her 100
th of the season.