SPRINGFIELD, Mass.— Babson College first-year Charlotte Raymond (Wrentham, Mass.) belted a three-run home run in the first inning of the first game to spark a five-run outburst in a 10-2 five-inning victory over Smith College, and senior Moira O'Reilly (Columbus, Ohio) spun a three-hit shutout over Springfield College in the second game, 1-0, to become Babson's all-time wins leader on Day One of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Softball Tournament Tuesday afternoon at Potter Field.

Fourth-seeded Babson has won six in a row and 10 of its last 11 games to improve to 26-16 overall, while fifth-seeded Smith moves on with a 22-15-1 record and top-seeded Springfield is now 28-9-1. All three teams will continue play in the double-elimination tourney on Friday in Springfield.

Game 2 – Babson 10, Smith 2 (5 innings)

Graduate student Michaela Russell (Boston, Mass.) had two hits, scored two runs and knocked in a pair, and classmate Cassidy Musco (Walpole, Mass.) had two hits and scored once in the victory. Fellow grad student Kate Karamouzis (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) reached base three times with a hit and two walks, junior Sara Moore (Kennett Square, Pa.) reached twice, stole a pair of bases and scored two runs, and first-year Jackie Paglieri (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) singled, stole a base, scored a run and knocked in another.

O'Reilly started in the circle and struck out five batters in two hitless innings before Katie Vlacich (Concord, N.H.) came on for the final three innings, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out three to earn the victory (10-9).

First-year Bailey Gray (Missouri City, Texas) had two hits, including a home run, and knocked in both runs for the Pioneers. Senior CeCe Alaniz (Bakersfield, Calif.) walked three times and juniors Taylor Ang (San Diego, Calif.) and Piper Corey (Phoenix, Ariz.) each singled as Smith mustered just four hits. Senior Lucy Helms (Alameda, Calif.) started in the circle but didn't get out of the first inning and suffered the loss (4-7).

The Beavers took control early on with five runs in the bottom of the first inning on just one hit. After Moore was hit by a pitch to lead off and Russell and Karamouzis walked to load the bases, Moore scored on a wild pitch and Russell came home on an infield grounder. The Pioneers made a pitching change and Raymond greeted the new pitcher with a towering three-run home run to left field. It was Raymond's second home run of the season and just the third round-tripper this season for the Beavers.

The Green and White tacked on a pair of runs in the second inning as Karamouzis singled to right to bring in one run and another scored on an error by the Smith outfielder. With a 7-0 lead, Babson brought in Vlacich in the third inning and Gray greeted her with a home run to left to put the Pioneers on the board.

Babson kept the runs coming with three more in the bottom of the third. Paglieri knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly and two more runs came home on an infield single by Russell. Smith managed its second run in the top of the fourth on Gray's RBI single to center.

Game 4 – Babson 1, Springfield 0

The Beavers got six hits from six different players, none bigger than sophomore Sophia Pak's (New Rochelle, N.Y.) two-out RBI single to left in the sixth inning for what proved to be the game-winning run. That scored sophomore Allie Cubberly (Lagrangeville, N.Y.), who pinch ran for Karamouzis after she drew a leadoff walk.

Sophomore Amelia DeRosa (Miller Place, N.Y.) and seniors Lucy Puskas (Roxbury, Conn.) and Michaela Ponticello (Gloversville, N.Y.) each singled for the Pride. DeRosa went the distance in the circle, allowing just one run on six hits, but suffered the loss to fall to 14-6.

With Cubberly on first in the sixth inning, junior Athena Hadjipanayis (Rye, N.Y.) moved her to second with a sacrifice bunt, and Cubberly moved over to third when Raymond grounded out to first, setting up Pak's dramatic RBI single to left.

After retiring the first nine batters she faced, O'Reilly got out of jams after putting two runners on in each of the next three innings. She walked two in the fourth but ended the inning with back-to-back strikeouts; an infield error and infield single put two on the fifth but O'Reilly induced a pop-up and a fly out to retire the side; and Springfield put two aboard with a single and a walk in the sixth before O'Reilly got a fly to left to end the inning.

O'Reilly helped herself in the seventh after a leadoff single, the only hit to the outfield all game for the Pride. She snared a liner right back at her and doubled up the runner at first before a line drive to third was caught by Russell to close out the win for the Beavers.

Smith and Springfield will play elimination games on Friday at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. while the Beavers will play third-seeded MIT in the winners' side of the bracket at 4 p.m.

GAME NOTES
• Babson has won 25 of the last 31 games against Smith since 2008 and is 37-33 all-time against the Pioneers in a series that dates back to 1988.
• The Beavers avenged the two losses to the Pride back on April 5 and is 33-39 all-time against Springfield in a series that dates back to 1999.
• O'Reilly (61-21) broke the Babson career victories record of 60 she shared with Ali Reilly '18, who was 60-32 from 2015-18. O'Reilly also tied her own single-season record of nine shutouts.
• With the victory over Springfield, the Beavers are now 11-7 in one-run games this season.
• The Green and White are 23-1 when allowing two runs or fewer this spring.