Wellesley Softball Wins One, Drops One Against Nichols

DUDLEY, Mass. – Wellesley College softball rebounded after losing game one to split a doubleheader with Nichols College on Tuesday.

First year Jillian Colgan (Las Vegas, Nev.) went 3-for-4 with an RBI in game two to push the Blue (7-5 Overall) past Nichols. 

Junior Chelsea Indyk (Easthampton, Mass.) hurled a complete-game shutout for the Bison (5-7 Overall) to help the team win the first game.

Game 1 | Nichols 4, Wellesley 0 | Final

Indyk struck out five while limiting the Blue to five hits. Senior Elli DeCleene (North Reading, Mass.) and first year Diana Borrison (San Jose, Calif.) each recorded a pair of hits for Wellesley.

Nichols started the scoring early with three first-inning runs. Junior Chloe Steiniger (Litchfield, N.H.) put the first run on the board by singling in sophomore Ava Slavinsky (Redding, Conn.). Junior Emily Gour (Westfield, Mass.) followed up with a single to left center that brought home a run. A second run came in due to a fielding error on the play.

The scoreboard still showed 3-0 Nichols heading into the bottom half of the fifth. Sophomore Bailey Littlefield (Saco, Maine) added one more run for good measure when a dropped fly ball allowed a runner to cross the plate. The Bison closed out a 4-0 win and Indyk earned a fourth win of the season.

First year Sarah Wicker (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) earned eight strikeouts across six innings in the circle for Wellesley. The Bison picked up six hits as a team.

Game 2 | Wellesley 3, Nichols 2 | Final (6 Innings)

Junior Lauren Young (Fresno, Calif.) picked up the win for the Blue with 3.1 scoreless innings of relief. Colgan struck out three in 2.2 innings. Junior Peytin Penny (Louisville, Ky.) scored two runs for Wellesley.

After a pair of runners reached on errors, sophomore Allie Silliman (Rensselaer, N.Y.) knocked in a run for Nichols in the bottom of the first with a single to right field.

The Blue tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the second. First year Ashley Galbraith (Frisco, Texas) singled to center field. Penny advanced to third and scored on an error by the center fielder. The Bison responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning. First year Hannah Cozza (Dayville, Conn.) walked in Steiniger. 

Penny scored for the Blue in the top of the fourth on a grounder Galbraith to knot the contest at 2-2. In the sixth, Colgan hit her third single of the game. The hit drove in Young to put the Blue up 3-2. The game was called off due to darkness after six innings, giving Wellesley a 3-2 win.

Sophomore Olivia Pedro (North Providence, R.I.) registered a strikeout in two innings for the Bison. First year Cassidy Machado (Middleborough, Mass.) tossed 3.2 innings of relief with a pair of strikeouts.

The Blue will host Clark for a pair of NEWMAC at 12 & 2 PM on Saturday, March 30. The Bison are on the road at Mitchell for 2:30 PM and 4:30 PM games on Thursday, March 28.