Wentworth Drops Pair to New England College

(Courtesy of New England College Sports Information)

Henniker, N.H. - New England College softball stretched their winning streak to four games sweeping the visiting Wentworth Institute of Technology Leopards Wednesday afternoon, shutting them out 9-0 in game one and beating them11-3 in game two.

With the two wins the Pilgrims improve to 12-20 overall and 11-9 in the TCCC.  The losses drop the Leopards to 11-22 on the season and 4-16 in the conference.

In game one NEC would grab a run in the home half of the first as Teraysa White (Belgrade, Maine) would open the game on a single and come around and score on a Rachel White (Arlington, Mass.) groundout.  The Pilgrims would then explode for eight unearned runs in the second inning.  Leading the way would be Rachel White who would plate a run with a double and Teraysa White who would plate a run with a groundout.  

The Leopards would threaten in both the second and the fourth inning with runners in scoring position but they would finish the game leaving seven runners on base.

NEC's Teraysa White finished game one with two singles and Kristen Purdy (Candia, N.H.) would score two runs and drive in a run.

Picking up the win on the mound for NEC was Bethany Forshaw (Waterford, Conn.) who pitched five innings allowing no runs on six hits. 

Leading the way for Wentworth at the plate was Caylee Johanson (Windsor, Conn.) who singled twice.

In game two Wentworth would open the game with back-to-back walks and get a single by Bridget Souza (Medford, Mass.) and two-run double from Nicole Ferreira (Framingham, Mass.)
To jump out to the early 3-0 lead.

NEC would respond as Alyssa Hoot (Waterville, Ohio) would hit a three-run homerun in the bottom half of the inning knotting the game at 3-3.  The Pilgrims would then tack on runs in each of the following four innings, including another homerun from Hoot in the fourth, cruising to the 11-3 victory.

Leading the way for NEC in game two was Hoot who finished 3-for-3 at the plate with two homeruns, a double, three runs scored and three runs driven in.  NEC's Teraysa White was 3-for-4 at the plate and Rachel White had two hits for the Pilgrims.

Leading the way for Wentworth was Bridget Souza who singled twice.

Picking up the win on the mound for NEC was Gabrielle Timms (Clark Summit, Pa.) who pitched five complete innings allowing three runs on five hits.