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Box Score 2 CLERMONT, Fla. – McDaniel took advantage of three miscues in game one to earn a split on its first day at The Spring Games in softball action on Wednesday.
The Green Terror (4-8) topped New England College 4-0 in its first game of the day before falling to Bowdoin by an identical score in the nightcap.
Jamie Weisser (Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greeley) led McDaniel with a pair of hits, including a triple in game one.
Against the Pilgrims (7-11), Alicia Wagner (Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch) led off the second inning with a double to right field.
A one-out fielding error allowed Carly Deichman (Easton, Pa./Freedom) to reach.
After a strikeout, New England College got a popup but the ball was dropped, allowing both runners to score for a 2-0 lead.
Weisser drove a one-out triple to the gap in the fifth inning before giving way to pinch-runner Morgan Scardina (Pasadena, Md./Seton Keough).
With two outs, Wagner roped another double to plate Scardina before another fielding error allowed pinch-runner Cricket Lowe (Gaithersburg, Md./Magruder) to score for the final margin.
Fiona Johnson (Derwood, Md./Magruder) went the distance in the circle, striking out four and walking none for her first shutout.
In the nightcap with the Polar Bears (2-0), the starting pitchers combined to allow just five baserunners through the first four innings.
Julia Geaumont helped her own cause, reaching on a fielding error to lead off the fifth before giving way to pinch-runner Ali Miller.
After Miller stole second, Samantha Valdivia drove a double to deep center field with one out for the game's first run.
Lauren O'Shea led off the sixth with a double before a one-out Caroline Rice single up the middle put runners at the corners.
After a two-out walk loaded the bases, Katie Gately doubled to make it a 3-0 game.
A pair of singles, walk and error with two outs in the seventh set the final margin.
McDaniel returns to action against Ripon and Agnes Scott on Thursday. The first game begins at 3 p.m. with the nightcap scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
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