BRUNSWICK, Maine (taken from a Bowdoin College press release)– Senior 2B Madison Gagnon (Westlake Village, Calif./Westlake) drove in three runs in a doubleheader today, but the Brandeis University softball team dropped a pair on the road at Bowdoin College. 

The Polar Bears' Julia Geaumont was perfect in six plate appearances, including two homeruns.

The Judges (13-16) jumped out to a three run lead before falling 10-4 in game one. The Polar Bears (16-13-2) secured a 7-2 victory in game two.

Game One Highlights

·     Rookie DP Keri Lehtonen (Oneco, Conn./Plainfield) tallied an RBI single to drive in the first Brandeis run of the game in the top of the opening inning. Gagnon drove in Lehtonen with a shot to right center in the following at bat.

·      Gagnon drove in the third Judges run of the game in with another single to center in the third.

·      Bowdoin evened the game in the bottom half of the inning as Geaumont launched a three-run homer over the left field fence. Natalie Edwards gave the Polar Bears a 4-3 lead soon after with an RBI double to right center.

·      The hosts' Claire McCarthy tallied a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning, driving in Lauren O'Shea, and Caroline Rice followed up with an RBI single. Katie Gately rounded out the inning's scoring with another RBI single.

·      The Judges got one run back in the top of the sixth as rookie Marissa DeLaurentis (Centereach, N.Y. / St. John the Baptist Diocesesan) hit a leadoff single and made her way to third on a pair of wild pitches. Senior Madison Sullivan (Dover, N.H./Dover) grounded out to the pitcher, but drove in DeLaurentis for the team's fourth.

·      McCarthy opened the bottom of the inning with a single to left and scored soon after on a double to center by Rice. Geaumont and Samantha Valdivia each tagged RBI singles to round out the inning.

·      Samantha Roy started in the circle for Bowdoin and pitched 5.1 innings, while allowing eight hits and four runs. Geaumont closed out the game and allowed two hits.

·      Sophomore Sadie-Rose Apfel (Stamford, Conn./Westhill) allowed 11 hits in 3.2 innings of work and gave up seven runs. Junior Melissa Soleimani (Somerset, Mass./Somerset Berkley Regional) closed out the game and allowed seven hits and three runs.

Game Two Highlights

·      Bowdoin jumped out to a three run lead in the first inning. Rice and McCarthy each hit RBI singles to go up 2-0. Gately rounded out the scoring with a double that drove in McCarthy. 

·      Gagnon put Brandeis on the board in the top of the third with an RBI single. 

·      The Polar Bears scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth. Valdivia drove in Marisa O'Toole with a double to left center and eventually scored on an error.

·     Junior Amanda Shore (San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Mitty) drove in the final Brandeis run in the fifth while grounding out to second.

·      Geaumont tagged her second homerun of the game to begin the bottom of the inning. Valdivia tallied her second RBI double of the day to end the day's scoring.

·      Emily Griffin pitched all seven innings for Bowdoin and tallied one strikeout and three walks, while allowing eight hits.

·      Sarah Petrides (Scottsdale, Ariz. / Phoenix Country Day School) allowed nine hits and six runs with one strikeout on the day.

Up Next

·      Brandeis hosts Bates tomorrow afternoon beginning at 2:00 p.m.

·      Bowdoin plays a doubleheader at Husson on Sunday beginning at noon.