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Date: April 29, 2006
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Olmsted leads Colby softball to split with Tufts

WATERVILLE, Maine --- Lauren Olmsted (Lexington, Mass.) made her final pitching performance in a Colby College uniform a special one by going all nine innings as the Mules took a 3-2 extra inning win over Tufts University in a New England Small College Athletic Conference East Division game Saturday at Crafts Field.

Tufts (24-12, 7-1 NESCAC East) took a 13-5 win in the second game in a contest shortened to six innings by the eight-run rule.

Olmsted, who led the NESCAC in earned run average at 1.13 heading into the game, allowed no earned runs, struck out two and walked two.

After seven innings of scoreless play, runners are put on second base to start the extra inning. Colby (11-20, 2-6) and Tufts each scored once in the eighth inning. Tufts got an RBI single from Alison Drobiarz (Old Saybrook, Conn.) in the top of the ninth inning, but the Mules got RBI singles from Olmsted and Essie Widlanski (New York, N.Y.) to pull out the victory.

The Mules led 3-0 after the first inning of the second game, but Tufts scored twice in the second inning and fourth innings. The Jumbos then put the game away with nine runs in the top of the sixth inning. Maya Ripecky (Chicago, Ill.) had three hits and three RBI for the winners. Megan Cusick (Albany, N.Y.) also had three hits and Heather Kleinberger (New City, N.Y.) had a homer among her two hits and scored three runs.

Tory Starr (Dunbarton, N.H.) and Carlie Minichino (Stratford, Conn.) each had two hits and two runs scored for Colby in the second game.

Colby 3, Tufts 2, 9 innings (1st game)

Tufts 000#000#011------2#6#1

Colby 000#000#012------3#5#3

Lauren Ebstein, Erica Bailey (7, L, 4-5) and Megan Cusick; Lauren Olmsted (W, 5-5) and Kara Fagan. 2B: Erica Bailey (T). Repeat hitters: Tufts: Erica Bailey 3-4, Megan Cusick 2-4.

Tufts 13, Colby 5, 6 innings (2nd game)

Tufts 020#209------13#15#2

Colby 300#002-------5#6#3

Erica Bailey, Lauren Gelmetti (3, W, 6-1) and Megan Cusick; Lindsey Toomey, Alyssa Crowell (3, L, 3-7) and Kara Fagan. 2b: Maya Ripecky (T), Carlie Minichino (Col). HR: Heather Kleinberger (T).