Coast Guard Rolls Past Wellesley on Saturday Doubleheader

WELLESLEY, Mass. – Coast Guard combined for 16 runs to defeat Wellesley College in a pair of New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) games on Saturday afternoon. 

The Blue fall to 3-24 overall and 2-12 in the conference and Coast Guard improves to 16-10 and 9-5 in the NEWMAC.

Game 1 | Coast Guard 10, Wellesley 4 | Final

The Bears jumped out to a quick lead Lillia Farlow (Carrollton, Texas) bringing home the run with a single up the middle. Isabelle Shroyer (Marysville, Ohio) and Christine Carey (San Diego, Calif.) each followed up with singles to give Coast Guard a 3-0 lead. Senior Holly Chin (Newton, Mass.) began the second with a single up the middle for the Blue. Junior Marisa Sgambati (Scottsdale, Ariz.) singled her to third and sophomore Elli DeCleene (North Reading, Mass.) brought home the first Blue run with a single to score Chin. Coast Guard quickly got back to a 4-1 lead with junior Katie Becker (Jacksonville, N.C.) earning a base knock to bring home a run.

Sgambati kept the Bear bats at bay the following three innings, allowing just one hit over the span. The Blue found its way right back into the game as first year Lauren Young (Fresno, Calif.) singled, Sgambati walked, and Aniko Alexander (Gaithersburg, Md.) singled to short to load up the bases in the sixth with no outs. Coast Guard pitcher Isabelle Shroyer (Marysville, Ohio) worked out of the jam by getting Kate Liston (Boulder, Co.) to strike out and Marisa Hensch (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Charis Chung (San Gabriel, Calif.) to each ground into a fielder's choice.

Coast Guard found its groove in the seventh and extended its lead to 10-1 with six runs and six hits. The Blue were able to bring home three more in the bottom half as Sgambati cleared the bases with a double to left center, but the charge came too late as the Bears held on 10-4 in game one. 

Game 2 | Coast Guard 6, Wellesley 1 | Final

Sophomore Amanda Moore (McLean, Va.) tossed a complete game and allowed no earned runs for the Bears in game two of the doubleheader. Young made the start for Wellesley going all seven and went 2-for-3 from the dish.

The Bears kept the bats hot and once again scored in the first inning. Junior Kayla Yoshioka Montalvo (Lomita, Calif.) brought home the run with a sacrifice fly to center. The Blue quickly answered in tied up the game in the bottom of the frame. Hensch reached on a throwing error by the shortstop and Chung was able to sacrifice bunt her over. Hensch then advanced to third on a wild pitch and Moniz singled her home.

The game remained tied up until the fifth inning when the Bears clawed its way to three runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Carey and Montalvo each had RBI singles in the fifth and Farlow blasted a solo home run the following inning as Coast Guard led 4-1. After tacking on two more insurance runs in the seventh, the Blue was down to its final chance. Alexander led off by reaching on an error by the Bears shortstop. First year Peytin Penny (Louisville, Kent) was hit by a pitch and Chung walked to load the bases with two outs. Chin followed by going down swinging and Coast Guard ended the threat to win 6-1.

The Blue head back on the road for two games with Emerson on Friday, April 29 at 3:00 and 5:00 PM. Coast Guard will play at No. 5 Eastern Connecticut on Wednesday, April 27 at 3:00 and 5:00 PM.