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Friday, Mar 29, 2024

Softball sees their winning streak extend to 17 games

The women’s softball team secured a spot in the NESCAC playoffs last weekend with a triple win over the Lord Jeffs: 3-2, 5-0, 8-0. The Lady Panthers also secured the fourth 20-win season in Middlebury softball history. The first game went into extra innings to break a 2-2 tie, with the Panthers coming out victorious. They rode their victory to a total domination of Amherst, winning by more points in the second game, and even more in the third. By the end of the victorious weekend, pitcher Geena Constantin ’11 became the school’s leader in strikeouts, having struck out 266 batters in her career.
This past Monday, it was Panther versus Panther as Middlebury took on Plymouth State in a double header. The conditions were muddy, but the undeterred Middlebury women once again conquered their opponents, winning 3-2 and 3-0 respectively. They tied the all-time school record for wins with their 23rd and 24th wins for the season. With two more schools to go, the school record was hanging on by a thread.
The Panthers smashed through that record on Wednesday in a double header against Skidmore College. They won the first game of the day 2-0 before falling 3-1 in extra innings during the second. They set the school record for wins in a season as well as capturing the longest winning streak on record with 17 wins in a row. High winds presented a challenge for the players during the games on Wednesday, but play carried on.

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In the first game, Middlebury scored it’s first run in the second inning with Emma Katz ’13 driving a single up the left side. Emily Burbridge ’11, took second base during the play. Sara Boylan ’13 singled up the middle, allowing Burbridge ’11 to come home, scoring a run for Middlebury. Despite hits from Jessa Hoffman ’13, Alex Scibetta ’14 and Megan Margel ’11 in the third and fourth innings, the Panthers did not cross home plate again until the fifth inning, where they won the game with a home run from Alyson Downing ’12. Downing singled up the middle at the top of the inning, followed by a left-side single from Margel and a fielding error which allowed Downing to cross home plate. Elizabeth Morris ’14 pitched the first game, striking out eight Skidmore batters and allowing only two hits.
In the second game of the day, the Panthers attacked right from the start, with Jessica Proacky ’13 singling to the right side, advancing Margel to second base, followed by a single from Scibetta that brought Margel  home, allowing the lady Panthers to match the run scored by Skidmore in their first inning. While neither team scored a run until the eighth inning, pitcher Constantin held off the Thoroughbreds, who went six innings without a hit. Skidmore’s pitcher was just as tough to get past, but Poracky managed to hit a single in the fifth inning for Middlebury. Tied 1-1, the game came down to the eighth inning. The Panthers put up a valiant fight, but Skidmore scored two runs in the eighth, ending the game.
The Panthers ended their regular season games at Union on May 3rd and will now  continue on to the NESCAC tournament.


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