Softball Splits With No. 11 Tufts, 4-2 & 1-4

MEDFORD, Mass. – The Endicott softball team split a pair of games against No. 11 nationally ranked Tufts, 4-2 and 1-4, on Wednesday evening at Spicer Field.

GAME ONE: Endicott 4, No. 11 Tufts 2

WP (9-2): Maria Hanchuk (South Windsor, Conn.) – 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
LP (10-2): Sky Johnson (Pismo Beach, Calif.) – 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 8 K

Trailing 2-0 in the fifth inning, Raven Comtois (Milford, N.H.) blasted a grand slam to left field to give the Gulls the lead for good.

Hanchuk took over from there with back-to-back 1-2-3 innings before squandering the Jumbos' comeback bid in the seventh by working out of a one-out, runners at first and second jam via a foul out and fly out to center.

GAME TWO: No. 11 Tufts 4, Endicott 1

WP (7-3): Sophia DiCocco (Bozrah, Conn.) – 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
LP (6-3): Jaylin Couto (Taunton, Mass.) – 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Tufts bounced back from an early 1-0 deficit with a four-run third inning and never looked back.

Chloe Shapleigh (Lynnfield, Mass.) knocked in the lone run for the Gulls in the first via an RBI single.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORES

• Endicott is 3-1 on the road this season.
• The Gulls earned their first win over a nationally ranked opponent since 4/2/2019 (No. 23 Tufts, 2-0).
• Comtois leads the Blue and Green in batting average (.433), home runs (6), and RBI (23) so far this year.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (15-7) hosts Western New England this Saturday at 12 PM. No. 11 Tufts (18-6) visits Colby this Friday at 4 PM. 

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(Photo Credit - Demetrius Kazanas '22)