Box Score Game One
Box Score Game Two

Hartford, Conn. – First-year Kennedy Rogers (Pomona, Calif.) hit a two-run walk off home run in game one to help the Trinity College softball program sweep Bowdoin 9-8 and 9-6 Saturday afternoon. The Trinity bats were on fire, racking up 25 hits on the day to take its first two NESCAC contests of the season.

The Bantams improve to 3-5 (3-3) NESCAC on the year, and will return to the diamond on Saturday, May 1, playing host to Tufts.

In two high scoring contests, Trinity got things started in the bottom of the first of game one. With senior Sam Witmer (Drexel Hill, Pa.) reaching on a hit-by-pitch, classmate Gillian Birk (Westport, Conn.) ripped a double to the fence in right-center. Witmer hit third and took off for home, making an incredible head-first slide at the plate to maneuver around the tag, scoring the game's first run.
The Bantams would strike again with one out in the bottom of the second. After a triple down the right field line by senior Jenna Thomas (Orange, Conn.), a single up the middle from junior Alex Chambers (East Lyme, Conn.) made it 2-0.

Bowdoin used three Bantam errors to plate four runs in the top of the third. After two popups were lost in the sun, an infield single loaded the bases. A walk plated the first Polar Bear run before a squibbed infield single tied the game. With two outs, Nicole Fingar blooped a ball into shallow center field that was lost by three Bantams in the sun, scoring two more runs before Trinity was able to get out of the inning.

Trinity's offense stuttered until the bottom of the fifth. After loading the bases with no outs, Birk started things with a single up the middle to make it 4-3. Senior Kaitlyn DeCapua (Milford, Mass.) grounded into a fielder's choice, but was able to plate the tying run. With two outs and the bases loaded, Chambers would give Trinity the lead, ripping a single at the left side of the infield to take the 5-4 lead

Bowdoin wouldn't go away quietly, and used a big sixth inning to retake the lead. With two out and one on base, the Polar Bears laid down two perfect bunts to load the bases. Maddie Rouhana crushed a ball to the fence in left field, clearing the bases to make it 7-5.

With one out in the bottom of the sixth, Trinity would get another across. After a double and a wild pitch put senior Cassidy Schiff (Darien, Conn.) on third, Witmer's sacrifice fly to straightaway center field made it 7-6. Birk reached with her third hit of the game to follow, but the Bantams couldn't bring her home.

The Bantams kept pushing, and finally tied the game in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings. Junior Maura Keary (Fairfield, Conn.) singled, stole second, and moved to third on a ground ball. Chambers came up clutch at the plate once again, flying a ball to center field and allowing Keary to tag up from third.

Bowdoin threatened in the top of the ninth. With a runner on second and one out, a line drive was caught on the slide by Witmer in right field; she was able to quickly get to her feet and fire a strike to second, doubling up the runner to end the inning.

The Polar Bears were able to push across a run in the top of the 10^th, but the Bantams finally put the game away for good in the bottom of the inning. With a runner on second, first-year Kennedy Rogers (Pomona, Calif.) crushed her first collegiate home run over the fence in left field, ending the game in walk-off fashion with a 9-8 final.

In game two, a handful of errors let Bowdoin take an early 2-0 lead. With two on and one out, Angelina Mayers blooped a single into right field, scoring one and moving Katryna Dukehart from second to third. Dukehart scored on a wild pitch following the Mayers RBI before Trinity got out of the inning.

Trinity got on the board in the bottom of the third. After a single, a hit-by-pitch, and a walk to load the bases, Birk and Rogers both drew walks to tie the game. A sacrifice fly from Keary made it 3-2, and after reloading the bases, an error through the infield made it 4-2. Sophomore Makayla Boucher (Lowell, Mass.) doubled to drive in two more before Bowdoin ended the inning.

Trinity's offense continued into the bottom of the fourth. The Bantams loaded the bases before Rodgers drew a walk, plating Trinity's seventh run of the game. Keary drove a ball to deep center field in the following at bat to score sophomore Scarlett Gillette (Andover, Mass.) from third.

Bowdoin would keep it interesting, striking again in the top of the fifth. With runners on the corners, Dukehart blooped a single over the third baseman and advanced to second on the throw to the plate. Mayers followed with a single of her own, scoring two more runs to make it 8-5.

Witmer doubled deep to right to score Cassidy Schiff from first in the bottom of the fifth, and after a Polar Bear run in the top of the seventh, the Bantams would wrap up game two with a 9-6 final.