Bates Bobcats win 7th straight

WATERVILLE – The Bates College softball team won its sixth and seventh straight games by sweeping a doubleheader from Husson College Monday afternoon.

Bates edged the Braves 8-7 in the first game and followed that with an 11-1 win in the second.

In game one, Teresa Janisch had two RBIs for Bates hitting a double. Sami Hubbard tallied two doubles for Husson.

In game two, Anna Wulffleff led the Bobcats with a pair of hits and four RBI. Janisch, Shannon Browher and Carla Flaherty combined to score seven of Bates’ runs.

(Game One) Bates (7-4) 121 130 0 – 8 7 4 Husson (3-13) 000 016 0 – 7 7 5

Walsh, Tjepkema (6) and Tardiff; Bard and Bryant (Game Two) Bates (8-4) 310 52 – 11 10 1 Husson (3-15) 100 00 – 1 6 5

Crawford, Tjepkema (5) and Bosse; Dow and Bryant