BATES SOFTBALL PICKS UP FIRST NESCAC WIN OF 1999 OVER MIDDLEBURY, 6-1

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - Bates College senior pitcher Becki Gasior (Park Ridge, N.J.) pitched a complete-game four-hitter, while going 2-4 with a double as the Bobcats picked up a 6-1 victory over host Middlebury College (1-10) in NESCAC action today.

Bates senior 1B Abbey DeRocker (Queensbury, N.Y.) in her last weekend of action before departing for a Short Term trip to China, was 3-4 on the day, while sophomore Anna Wulffleff (Wilton, Conn.) was 2-4 with a pair of RBI as the Bobcats scored three runs in the sixth inning to break open a close 2-0 game.

Bates 6, Middlebury 1

Bates (7-5)		010 013 1 - 6  10  3
Middlebury (1-10)	000 000 1 - 1   4  4

BAT: Becki Gasior and Kim Bosse
MID: Jackie Britt, Michaela Love (4) and Riann Siciak
WP: Gasior (4-3)
LP: Jackie Britt (0-5)

Multiple hitters: BAT: Abbey DeRocker 3, Becki Gasior 2, Anna Wulffleff 2.
MID: Kirsten White 2.