Arianna Kumar capped a five-run fourth inning with a two-run single, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology beat Colby 7-2 on the opening day of an NCAA Division III softball regional Thursday in Bangor.
Kumar finished with three RBI, and Ava Ladd hit two sacrifice flies for MIT (34-9), which trailed 2-1 before its big rally.
Victoria Ramirez belted a two-run triple in the first inning for Colby (26-12). The Mules will play an elimination game Friday against Husson, which lost 7-4 to Endicott.
MORAVIAN 6, BOWDOIN 2: Sarah DeStefano’s two-run single in the bottom of the first inning gave Moravian a lead it wouldn’t relinquish in a victory over Bowdoin in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Bowdoin (27-10) took the lead in the top of the first when Elise Siciliano started the game with a single, advanced on a wild pitch and a passed ball, and scored on Penelope Fong-Picariello’s groundout.
Moravian (33-10), though, answered with four runs in the bottom half.
The Polar Bears got a run back in the second, as Ellie Sullivan drove in Sammie Wright with a sacrifice bunt. They were shut down the rest of the way, however, and Moravian added a two-run homer by Kyra Holtje in the fourth inning.
Bowdoin faces SUNY Cortland in an elimination game at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
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