1998 Bates College Softball

Brandeis 9, Bates 1
Bates 10, Brandeis 0

The Bobcat softball team saw its six-game home winning streak snapped in the opener of a doubleheader with Brandeis University. The Judges (13-18) used two home runs from junior cleanup hitter Melissa Jones (Waltham, Mass.) while holding Bates (7-6) to just three hits. Sophomore right fielder Katie Marshall (Contoocook, N.H.) had the team's lone RBI on a squeeze bunt in the third inning.

In the second game, the Bates offense came around, batting around in the second and fourth innings to take a 10-0 decision. Senior centerfielder Brandi Richards (Kingfield, Maine) went 2-3 with a double and three RBI, while senior 3B Tonie Taft's (Liverpool, N.Y.) base-clearing double in the fourth inning put the game out of reach, giving junior pitcher Becki Gasior (Park Ridge, N.J.) her fourth win of the season.

Brandeis 9, Bates 1
                                  R  H  E
Brandeis (13-17)      150 102  -- 9  8  2
Bates (6-6)           001 000  -- 1  3  3

Bates: Jen Crawford (3-3) and Liz Grace.
Brandeis: Kelly Connolly (8-11) and Jessee Boyce.
2B: Br, Melissa Jones.
HR: Br, Melissa Jones 2 (5, 6)
Multiple hitters: Br, Jones 3, Beth Lawson 2

Bates 10, Brandeis 0
                                 R  H  E
Brandeis (13-17)      000 00  -- 0  2  2
Bates (7-6)           050 5X  -- 10 7  2

Ba: Becky Gasior (4-3) and Peggy Ficks.
Br: Jen Rubel, Kelly Connolly (4) and Jessee Boyce
LP: Rubel (4-7)
2B: B - Brandi Richards, Tonie Taft.
Multiple hitters: Ba - Richards 2, Abbie DeRocker 2. Br - Rachel Cummings 2.