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CLERMONT, Fla. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) softball team evened its season record at 3-3 with a pair of 8-3 wins on its Spring Break trip. The Engineers defeated Westfield State in the first game of the day and Keene State in the second. Westfield is now 2-3, while Keene falls to 4-2.
In RPI's opener, senior
Jen Bach (Lansdale, PA / Gwynedd Mercy Academy) went 2 for 4 with a double, a home run, two runs batted in and a run scored to lead the offense. Junior catcher
Sara Heller (Guilderland, NY / Guilderland) added a double, a triple, a run and an RBI.
Senior
Felicia Bua (Gilford, NH / Gilford) earned the win, allowing three runs on three hits with four walks in 4.1 innings of work. Freshman
Charlene Osmanski (Elmhurst, IL / York) pitched the final 2.2 innings, allowing just a walk.
For Westfield State, freshman Kalya LeMay (Shrewsbury, MA / Shrewsbury) started and took the loss, giving up six runs on six hits with three walks in 2.2 innings. Classmate Kerry Alcott (Groton, MA / Groton-Dunstable) threw 3.1 innings in relief.
Westfield State: 0-0-0 0-3-0 0 - 3-3-1
Rensselaer: 1-2-3 0-0-2 x - 8-7-0
WS: LeMay (Loss), Alcott (3rd) and Jessica Rodier; RPI: Bua (Win), Osmanski (5th) and Heller.
In the second game for the Engineers, Bach pitched a complete game, allowing just two earned runs on five hits. She also stood out at the plate, going 2 for 4 with a pair of singles and an RBI. Osmanski chipped in with three hits in four at bats, including two singles, a double and four runs batted in.
Junior Emily Albin (Bethel, CT / Bethel) pitched 5.2 innings in defeat. She gave up four runs on four hits. Samantha Pratt (Bristol, CT / Kingswood Oxford), also a junior, pitched the final 1.1 innings for the Owls.
Rensselaer: 0-0-0 2-0-2 4 - 8-9-3
Keene State: 0-1-0 0-0-0 2 - 3-5-2
RPI: Bach (Win) and Heller; KS: Albin (Loss), Pratt and Maura Bergen.