Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 WENHAM, Mass.--The Western New England University softball team swept a Commonwealth Coast Conference doubleheader from host Gordon College on Wednesday afternoon, defeating the Fighting Scots 11-2 in six innings and 4-0 in eight. Western New England is now 17-6 on the season and 9-1 in the CCC, while Gordon stands at 6-19 overall and 3-9 in the conference.

Junior Heather Fecteau paced the first win with a 2-for-3, 2-runs batted in performance at the plate. She also walked twice and scored two runs.

Gordon struck first with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Rachel Ryder homered to center field and Emily Kline reached on a fielder's choice to bring in Marissa Meenan from third base. Leading 2-0 and poised to pad their lead with two runners in scoring position, junior pitcher Heidi Grieger (8-5) dug in Sarah Ryder and Gabriel Roberts to both strike out swinging without further damage.

The Golden Bears, however, answered with a vengeance to the tune of 11 consecutive runs by scoring two in each of the second, third and fourth, three more in the fifth and two in the sixth innings. Sophomore Katie Wood got WNE on the scoreboard with a RBI-groundout to second base and senior tri-captain Emily Mastropaolo scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-2. Junior Alexis Bukowski gave the visitors for good with a RBI-single to right field and Mastropaolo followed with a bases loaded walk to make it 4-2 after three.

Grieger got the complete-game win, scattering six hits with five strikeouts while walking none.

In the second game, junior McKenzie Pezze broke a scoreless tie in the top of the eighth inning with RBI-single. Senior Samantha Mulhern added a RBI-single three batters later and Bukowski capped the four-run inning with a single to center field to bring in two insurance runs. Pezze had two of WNE's five hits.

Senior tri-captain Lauren Zambrano got the shutout win--her second straight this season and ninth of her career--by firing a two-hitter with 13 strikeouts.

Gordon threatened in the bottom half by loading the bases as Kline was placed on second (per NCAA tie-breaker rules), and Sarah Ryder and Abigail Curry both walked. Zambrano then got Hope Zigterman to line into a double play from second base to shortstop and ended the game when Alyssa Unumb grounded out to her.

Western New England will travel to Milton to play host Curry College in another CCC doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.

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