Williams Softball, Women's Tennis Win League Titles| 05:58PM / Sunday, May 08, 2016 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Erica Li hit a three-run home run, and Lexi Curt went 2-for-4 with two RBIs to lead the Williams College softball team to an 8-3 win over Tufts on Sunday afternoon in the NESCAC Championship game at Cole Field.
Williams, the survivor of the double-elimination tournament’s winner’s bracket, dropped Sunday’s opener, 13-6, setting up a winner-take-all matchup.
The Ephs (32-9) took control with a four-run third inning to take an 8-2 lead. Tufts (28-10 was able to scratch out a run in the top of the seventh.
Mackenzie Murphy went the distance in the circle, striking out two while scattering 12 hits.
Women’s Tennis
LEWISTON, Maine – The top-seeded Williams College women’s tennis team swept Middlebury College, 5-0, to win the NESCAC Championship and an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament on Sunday.
This is the eighth title overall for Williams, and the third for seniors Maya Hart and Alex Stone.
Hart and Giulia McDonnel Nieto del Rio got things started with a quick 8-3 victory, putting Williams on the board. Julia Cancio ’18 and Hannah Atkinson fell behind 3-4 but managed to serve to 4-4. They won the next four straight games for the 8-4 win. Juli Raventos and Linda Shin led throughout on their way to an 8-3 win to complete the 3-0 doubles sweep.
In singles, the Ephs were able to win three sets before Middlebury could counter. Atkinson got things started with a quick 6-0 win, Leah Bush broke through a 4-4 tie in her first set to win 6-4, and Raventos secured her first set by a score of 6-3. By winning her second set 6-2, Bush brought the Ephs within one win of clinching. Atkinson supplied the victory with a 6-2 win of her own in the second set. Raventos was down in the second set, and Middlebury was leading in matches played by Mia Gancayco, Shin, and Cancio that did not finish.
“Winning the conference championship is a huge accomplishment for this team,” coach Alison Swain said. “Our conference is arguably one of the strongest in the country so it’s almost like a mini national championship.”
The Ephs now turn their attention to the NCAA Regionals beginning next weekend on Friday.
“We are so excited that it’s NCAA Tournament time once again,” commented Swain. “Our team will definitely keep working hard to prepare so we can be at our best competitively going forward.”
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