Box Score
Recap courtesy of Bowdoin College
BRUNSWICK, ME – The Tufts softball team completed its third straight perfect regular season in NESCAC East Division play by downing Bowdoin 5-0 on Sunday morning.
The Jumbos (32-3) have now won 37 straight games in the division dating back to 2011. They have been 12-0 in each of the last three NESCAC East seasons (2012-14). Bowdoin falls to 20-12 (6-4 NESCAC East) following the loss.
Jo Clair put Tufts on the board in the bottom of the first with a two-run blast to right center. Clair looked to add to the team's total in the third. Taking the jump from second, the Jumbos' catcher headed home on a Gracie Marshall single to left field, but Bowdoin's Cielle Collins quickly fielded the ball and gunned Clair out at the plate to end the inning.
Tufts pushed three more runs across in the fifth, capitalizing on four consecutive two-out singles. Gracie Marshall collected an rbi single followed immediately by another from Summer Horowitz. The Jumbos tacked on their third of the inning off a passed ball.
Allyson Fournier continued her perfect season, improving to 14-0, with 12 strikeouts against Bowdoin. Fournier leads the conference in era, wins, and strikeouts. The junior pitcher gave up one walk and four hits in seven innings of work.
Emily Griffin started in the circle for Bowdoin, allowing eight hits and two walks with four K's.
Bowdoin plays at Bates in a rescheduled doubleheader thisafternoon beginning at 3:00 pm. Tufts hosts MIT and Wheaton on Tuesday starting at 3:00 pm.
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