In the two-game sweep of Mount Holyoke, WPI came from behind to win the first game 8-5 and then exploded for 15 runs in the second game to win 15-7. In the first win, the Engineers were trailing 5-2 entering the bottom of the sixth inning. WPI took advantage of some walks and passed balls, then came up with some big hits by Sonja Farak (Portsmouth, RI) and Stephanie Torrey (Worcester, MA). Farak drove in two runs with a double and Torrey drove in another with a single. Lyn Dubois (Cumberland, RI) contributed to the attack with two hits and two RBIs. Carrie Seigars (Richmond, ME) went the distance, striking out four, to pick up the win.
In the second game, WPI scored eight runs in their half of the first and added three more in the second as they made quick work of the Lyons. Leading the way for WPI was Jami Walsh (Bellingham, MA) with three RBIs. Dubois, Sarah Thompson (Conway, NH), Shannon Hogan (Agawam, MA) and Marissa Beres (Queensbury, NY) all drove in two runs. Lara Currie (Concord, NH) pitched three innings in picking up the win. She also had two hits and scored two runs.
Last Tuesday WPI traveled to New London, Conn. to play Coast Guard. They had already played the Bears on their southern trip and lost a tough one 2-1. Coast Guard would lead 7-0 after five innings before the Engineers would mount a comeback attempt. Unfortunately WPI would fall short in their attempt as they lost 7-4. Currie would lead the way at the plate for WPI with two hits and two RBIs.
Two days later WPI would entertain Wheaton College in a rescheduled game. In the first game of the doubleheader WPI would rally, but fall short 7-5. WPI was behind 5-1 after two innings when Dubois drove in two runs in the fourth to close the gap to 5-3. The Engineers would get closer at 5-4 in the sixth when Walsh scored on an error after hitting a double. Wheaton increased their lead to 7-4 in their half of the sixth and held on for the win. Dubois and Torrey would both have three hits in the game. In the second game Wheaton exploded for 11 runs in the first inning enroute to a 24-0 win over
Against Worcester State, WPI swept all singles and doubles in shutting out the Lancers. Senior co-captain Nathan Hendrix (Imlay City, MI) took #1 singles followed by Mike Lamoureux (Assonet, MA) at #2, Ken Cho (Franklin, MA) at #3, Colin Parker (Portsmouth, NH) at #4, Mike Chen at #5 and co-captain Ranjit Kher (Northboro, MA) at #6. In the doubles, Chen teamed with Martin McCue (Waterford, CT) to win at #1. Alex Narvarez (Guayaquil, Ecuador) paired with Carl Nielsen (Plymouth, MA) to win at #2 and Mike Borek (N. Smithfield, RI) teamed with Wes Marcks (Hingham, MA) to take #3.
The next day WPI would travel to Springfield to play Western New England. In a well played match by both teams WPI would win the match 4-3. Hendrix was victorious again as he came from behind to win a tough three set match. Cho would also battle to win a three set match. Nielsen picked up a win at #6 singles to even the match entering the doubles. The deciding match would be won by Chen and McCue 8-6 to give the Engineers the victory.
In the first game, the Engineers got another outstanding pitching performance from Guy Miller (Sandwich, MA) as he struck out nine batters enroute to the complete game win. WNEC was only able to muster upfour hits as Miller was in command. Miller also helped himself at the plate with two runs batted in. Scott Townsend (Hollis, ME), Adam Abrams (E. Bridgewater, MA) and Jason Merry (Latham, NY) all had two hits in the game to lead the offensive attack. Abrams also had two stolen bases as did Pat Noonan (Houlton, ME), who also scored two runs.
In the second game WPI ran up against the WNEC ace and could manage only one hit as they were shut out.
In a midweek tilt, WPI hosted Salve Regina for a single game last Thursday. WPI struck first in the home half of the first inning when Jason Katz (Merrimack, NH) scored on a Justin Downing (Leominster, MA) base hit. Salve would have the lead 3-2 before taking advantage of three WPI errors in the fourth that led to six unearned runs. WPI would battle back with four runs in their half of the fifth with the big hit coming from Miller who drove in two runs with a double. The Seahawks would add another run to their total to lead after six 10-6. The Engineers would close the gap to 10-9 with three runs in the home half of the seventh. Katz drove in two runs with a two out single that scored Adam Clark (Holden, MA) and Townsend. Salve Regina would have an 11-9 lead as WPI came up in the bottom of the ninth. Clark hit a one out triple and that was followed by a Noonan walk and stolen base to put the tying runs in scoring position. As he did in the seventh, Katz delivered a two out single to drive in the tying runs and send the game into extra innings. In the tenth, Salve Regina put together three straight singles to push across the go ahead run as they held on in the bottom of the inning to win 12-11.