BABSON PARK, Mass.— Senior Moira O'Reilly (Columbus, Ohio) posted her 10th straight victory and 22nd career shutout in the opener while junior Sara Moore (Kennett Square, Pa.) had four hits and classmate Athena Hadjipanayis (Rye, N.Y.) knocked in four runs in the nightcap as Babson College swept a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) softball doubleheader from Clark University Friday afternoon at Alumni Field.

The Beavers captured a 1-0 victory in game one on a walk-off sacrifice fly by Moore in the bottom of the seventh and followed it up with 11 runs on 13 hits in an 11-3 five-inning victory in game two.

Babson has won six of its last seven games to improve to 22-16 overall and 11-7 in the NEWMAC, while Clark has lost nine in a row to dip to 6-28 overall and 1-17 in conference play.

Game 1 – Babson 1, Clark 0

O'Reilly allowed just two hits and a walk while striking out eight to post her seventh shutout of the season. Moore singled and knocked in a run, Hadjipanayis doubled, and graduate student Cassidy Musco (Walpole, Mass.) scored the only run of the game after reaching base twice on a hit and a walk.

First-year Megan Dube (Leominster, Mass.) registered the only Clark hit with a one-out single to center in the fifth inning. Dube also went the distance in the circle, allowing just one run on three hits and two walks while striking out four but suffered the tough-luck loss (4-9).

The Beavers put a runner on base in every innings but couldn't convert off Dube until the seventh inning. Musco drew a lead-off walk, advanced all the way to third base on a sacrifice bunt by first-year Jackie Paglieri (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) and raced home with the winning run on a Moore's sacrifice fly to center.

O'Reilly struck out the side in the second inning and worked out of a jam in the fifth when Clark put two runners on with a walk and the first Cougar hit by Dube. She fanned two batters in the sixth and got three fly ball outs in the seventh.

Game 2 – Babson 11, Clark 3 (5 innings)

Moore went 4-for-4 with two stolen bases and four runs scored, graduate student Michaela Russell (Boston, Mass.) and Paglieri had two hits apiece, and Musco and first-year Charlotte Raymond (Wrentham, Mass.) each had a double and drove in a pair. Sophomore Sophia Pak (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and first-year Ruby Madia (Princeton Jct., N.J.) also got into the act with a hit and an RBI.

O'Reilly started and struck out four in two innings and first-year Katie Vlacich (Concord, N.H.) picked up the win (8-9) in relief, surrendering three runs on five hits while striking out three.

First-year Charlise Quigley (Long Beach, N.Y.) went 3-for-3 with an RBI for the Cougars and senior Rebecca Mauro (Easton, Conn.) and senior Samantha Crowley (Middleboro, Mass.) each had two hits, including a double. Mauro registered her 100th career hit with a fifth-inning double.

The Beavers pounced early with five runs in the first inning. Hadjipanayis brought home two runs with a single to right, Pak added an RBI single to left, and Musco capped the rally with a two-run double to left. The Green and White tacked on two more runs in the second inning when Moore reached on an RBI infield single and Hadjipanayis drove in a run with an infield grounder, and extended the margin to eight runs when Moore scored on a Clark infield error.

Clark got on the board in the fourth inning when Quigley singled, went to third on a Babson fielding error and scored on a wild pitch. The Beavers got the run right back in the bottom half of the inning when Musco walked, stole second and scored on Madia's single to center.

The Cougars plated two runs in the top of the fifth to cut the deficit to 9-3 as Mauro ripped an RBI double to right and scored on Quigley's single to center, but the Beavers closed out the win with two of their own in the bottom of the fifth. Moore and Russell led off with singles, Raymond doubled in a run and Hadjipanayis clinched the victory with a sac fly to center to score Russell.

The Beavers wrap up the regular season with a conference doubleheader Saturday against WPI, beginning at 12 p.m. at Alumni Field while Clark returns home to wrap up its season Saturday against MIT at 12 p.m. at O'Brien Field.

GAME NOTES
• Babson has won 27 in a row over the Cougars dating back to 2012 and is now 45-19 all-time against Clark in a series that dates back to 1996.
• With the victory in the opener, the Beavers are now 10-7 in one-run games this season.
• O'Reilly (59-21) is now just one win away from matching the Beavers' all-time record of 60 held by Ali Reilly '18.
• Babson head coach Dave Canan registered career victory number 600 in the nightcap, becoming just the 23rd active coach in Division III to reach the milestone. Now in his 25th season, Canan is 600-384-1 for a .610 winning percentage, including 248-150 (.623) in NEWMAC competition.