By Kristen Truncellito
Staff Writer

This past Saturday, the softball team traveled to Hartford for a doubleheader against fellow New England Small College Athletic Conference team, Trinity College. Despite a strong defensive effort and some solid batting performances, the female bobcats lost 12-5 in the first match-up and 4-0 in the second.

Junior pitcher Sarah Klenakis pitched the first game for Bates and successfully held the Bantams at four runs until they broke through with a bases clearing double in the fifth inning.

According to senior captain Sarah Levine, “Trinity had some good hitters, but our defense performed consistently and our outfielders did a great job adjusting to the water-logged field and rainy conditions.”

This includes a notable performance from junior right fielder Dayna Krakower.

Bantam pitcher Victoria Moshier challenged the Bobcats and played hard from the mound, allowing eight hits and one earned run. On offense, Senior captain – and last week’s Bobcat of the Week- Cami Dyson led Bates in hits with a pair of doubles in the first game and two impressive hits in the second game – a six-hit shutout pitched by Bantam Sara Dougherty; Levine contributed two doubles as well.

In the second game, first-year pitcher Kristin Masino had a great day by only allowing the Bantams six hits and two earned runs; this kept the score low with one RBI single in the third, one RBI in the fourth, and two runs scored in the second. When asked about the upset, senior captain Amanda Beck said, “We got off to a slow start, but we really rallied together as a team in the fourth inning.”

This doubleheader at Trinity gives the Bates softball team a current record of 4-7, Trinity being their only league games as of yet. After a week of rainy conditions, two cancelled games against Plymouth State, two postponed games against Wesleyan and a doubleheader at Trinity, the Bates softball team is more than ready to face Tufts on bobcat territory this coming Saturday at 1 p.m.

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