Babson Park, FL – Webber Softball dropped a three-game SUN Conference series to New College of Florida at home, falling 3-2 in eight innings in the opener, 10-4 in game two, and 1-0 in Saturday's finale. The Warriors out-hit the Mighty Banyans 20-17 over the weekend, but three Webber errors and a pair of late New College swings proved to be the difference.
Game 1 – New College 3, Webber 2 (8 innings)
Webber had traffic on the bases throughout the opener, finishing with nine hits, but New College escaped multiple jams and pushed across the deciding run in the eighth.
After New College plated an unearned run in the third and a solo homer in the fourth, Eliana Hernandez answered with a momentum-shifting two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth to give Webber a 2-2 tie and the Warriors' biggest swing of the day.
The game stayed deadlocked into extras before New College scratched across an unearned run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly to take the lead.
Notables
Game 2 – New College 10, Webber 4
New College broke the game open with five runs in the third, highlighted by a grand slam, then later added another five-spot in the seventh to complete the sweep of Friday's doubleheader.
Webber responded with its best inning of the series in the bottom of the fifth, scoring four runs to climb back into striking distance. The Warriors' rally was fueled by an RBI single from Aliyah Bentley, a two-run single by Emma Newgent, and an RBI knock from Hernandez.
New College, however, answered late—stringing together three scoring hits in the seventh, capped by a three-run home run, to pull away.
Notables
- Newgent: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
- Bentley: 1-for-4, RBI, R
- Chloe Rayner: 6.2 IP in the start
Game 3 – New College 1, Webber 0
Saturday's finale turned into a true pitchers' duel as Thomas and New College's staff traded zeros into the late innings.
The game's only run came in the top of the sixth, when New College knocked in an unearned run on an RBI single. Webber put the tying run aboard down the stretch but couldn't find the final hit, finishing with four hits.
Notables
Series Leaders (Webber)
- Hernandez: 4-for-8, HR, 3 RBI
- Romero: 3 hits, SB
- Thomas: two complete games (15.0 IP total), allowing 4 runs (1 earned) across Games 1 and 3
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