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Golden Bears Handle Wentworth on the Road in CCC Twinbill, 10-2 in Six and 6-0

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 BOSTON--Western New England took care of host Wentworth in a Commonwealth Coast Conference softball twinbill on Sunday at Carr Diamond, winning the first game 10-2 in six innings and shutting out the Leopards 6-0 in Game 2. The Golden Bears move to 22-7 overall and 14-2 in the CCC, while the Leopards drop to 4-22 and 0-16.

In the first game, senior Samantha Mulhern paced a Golden Bears' 12-hit attack with a 2-for-3 performance at the plate that included three runs batted in. Senior Avery Clark (1 RBI, 2 runs), junior McKenzie Pezze (2 runs), and sophomores Corianna DeLisi (2 RBI, 1 run), Gabby Lavinio (2 RBI, 1 run) also rapped two hits apiece.

Karsyn Sawyer paced the host Leopards with three hits in as many at-bats and Vanessa Weymouth had two hits.

Junior Heidi Grieger (10-6) got the win after allowing an unearned run on four hits and a walk in six innings. Sophomore Samantha DiGiovanni finished the last two innings for the hold.

Western New England got off to a quick start with five runs in the top of the second. Mulhern capped the frame with a home run to left-center field, with two runners on base.

Wentworth got a run back in its bottom half on a Haley Sabino RBI-groundout to second base. The Leopards scored their only other run in the sixth on a Heather Pinkston RBI-single to right field.

Lavinio gave WNE a 6-1 advantage in the third with a sacrifice fly to left. The Golden Bears increased their lead to 8-1 two innings later on RBI-doubles by Lavinio and DeLisi. Western New England scored its final two runs in the sixth on RBI-singles to left from senior Jocelyn Agnelli and DeLisi.

Mulhern smacked her second home run of the day--a solo shot to left--in the third inning of Game 2 to get WNE on the scoreboard en route to the six-run victory. She also hit a three-run blast to dead center field to spark a four-run frame in the fourth, which was capped by a run-scoring double off the bat of junior Alexis Bukowski.

Mulhern was 4-for-4 with four RBI - all by way of home runs. She spent her day 6-for-8 with three home runs, seven RBI and a pair of stolen bases.

Senior tri-captain Lauren Zambrano fired a two-hitter to get the victory and improve to 12-1 this spring, going five innings and giving up three hits while striking out 11.

The visitors added an additional run in the top of the sixth thanks to a Bukowski RBI groundout to shortstop. The Leopards got seven hits but left seven on base.

Weymouth and senior Sam Curran had two each for the Leopards.

Western New England is scheduled to host Trinity College (Conn.) on Tuesday for a non-conference doubleheader at Golden Bear Softball Park, beginning at 3 p.m.

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(Editor's note: Wentworth Athletics contributed to this report.)
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