NEWPORT, R.I.—Junior Lexi Sealey (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) finished the day with five hits and four RBI as visiting Babson College recorded a pair of run-rule victories over Salve Regina University in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) softball action on Friday evening at Toppa Field. 

The Beavers pulled away to win game one 11-3 in five innings and then blanked the Seahawks 9-0 in five innings in the nightcap. Babson, which has split it last six games, is now 15-18 overall and 7-7 in the NEWMAC. Salve Regina has now dropped 18 consecutive games to slip to 3-29 overall and 0-16 in the conference. 

Game 1: Babson 11, Salve Regina 3 (5 inn.)
Junior Emily Walsh (Flemington, N.J.) went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored, classmate Ruby Madia (Princeton Junction, N.J.) singled twice and knocked in a pair of runs, and Sealey and sophomore Samantha Skivo (Conshohocken, Pa.) both recorded two hits, scored twice and had an RBI to pace the Beavers 12-hit attack. Junior Charlotte Raymond (Wrentham, Mass.) added two RBI and Sealey gave up just one hit after the first inning and improve to 3-2 on the year in the circle with a complete-game effort. 

Junior Emma Plourde (Stratham, N.H.) had an RBI double and classmate Gracie Keys (Portsmouth, R.I.) and first-year Ryann Burke (Nutley, N.J.) both singled and drove in a run for the Seahawks. 

Raymond gave the Green and White a 2-0 lead in the top of the first and Skivo followed with a two-out RBI single for a three-run lead before the hosts followed with three consecutive one-out knocks in the bottom of the inning to tie the game. Walsh doubled and scored on an error in the second, Madia tripled to bring home Skivo in the fourth, and the Beavers busted the game open with a six-run fifth. 

Madia got things started with an infield single that scored junior Devin McCall (Virginia Beach, Va.), while first-year Charly Landow (Wayne, Pa.), Walsh, Sealey and sophomore Belle DiCampello (Pottstown, Pa.) all provided RBI doubles in the inning to build an eight-run lead. Sealey, who retired the final seven batters of the game, got a pair of fly outs around a strikeout in the bottom of the fifth to seal the win.

Game 2: Babson 9, Salve Regina 0
Sealey went 3-for-3 with two doubles and three RBI, senior Allie Cubberly (Lagrangeville, N.Y.) singled twice and drove in two runs, and sophomore Kay LaLiberty (Lowell, Mass.) was 2-for-2 with an RBI as Babson piled up 12 hits and had six different players knock in a run. Junior Katie Vlacich (Concord, N.H.) was terrific in the circle, striking out five and giving up just two singles to improve to 4-9 with her first shutout of the season. 

The Beavers' first five hitters reached base to start the game and Sealey, Raymond, Skivo and Cubberly each drove in a run to forge a 4-0 lead. Sealey provided her second RBI double of the game to make it 5-0 in the second and then followed Cubberly's RBI single with a two-out, run-scoring base hit to right extending the margin to 7-0 in the third. 

Babson got a sacrifice fly from Madia and an RBI single from LaLiberty in the fourth to push its lead to 9-0, which was more than enough for Vlacich. She fanned three of the first four batters she faced and retired eight in a row at one point before Burke singled for the second time in the game with one out in the bottom of the fifth. 

Both teams will play another doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 12 p.m. as Babson hosts Clark, while Salve Regina takes on Wheaton. 

GAME NOTES
•    The Beavers are now 9-2 all-time against Salve Regina and have swept four consecutive doubleheaders between the teams since 2022. 
•    Sealey's 15 doubles are tied for sixth in single-season program history and are the most by any Babson player since 2016. 
•    Babson is now 13-1 this season when leading after five innings. 
•    Over her last four starts against NEWMAC foes, Vlacich is 3-1 with a 2.27 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 24.2 innings pitched.