Courtesy Wesleyan Sports Information

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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Freshman Izzie Santone tossed six shutout innings, yielding just five hits, and junior Lauren Gelmetti worked out of her own jam in the 7th inning to preserve the shutout as Tufts, the defending NESCAC Softball Champions, captured a 7-0 decision over Williams in Game 2 of the 2008 NESCAC Softball Championship at Wesleyan. Tufts will meet Trinity, which overcame Wesleyan in Game 1 7-0, on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Williams will face Wesleyan at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.

Tufts scored in five of the six innings during which the Jumbos came to the plate against Trinity, taking the lead in the 1st inning when sophomore Christy Tinker lined her eighth homer of the season over the fence in left field with junior Cara Hovhanessian aboard. She had singled with two outs. It became 3-0 in the 2nd after senior Megan Cusick and junior Maya Ripecky led off the inning with base hits. A grounder to first base by junior Roni Herbst moved the runners to second and third. Herbst was safe at first as the ball was misplayed by the Ephs. Junior Samantha Kuhles then hit a fly ball to left and Cusick beat the throw home to make it a sacrifice fly. Kuhles added another sacrifice fly in the 4th to make it 4-0 and a two-run single by Cusick to center upped the margin to 6-0 in the 5th. The Jumbos added their final run in the 6th on an RBI single by Tinker, who finished the game with three hits along with Hovhanessian.

During the regular season, Williams defeated Tufts, 7-6 in California. Tufts took two of three games vs. Trinity, winning 7-1 and 2-1, while also dropping a 5-2 decision. There will be at least three games played on Saturday as the winner of the contest between Wesleyan and Williams will take on the loser of the Tufts-Trinity game in the double-elimination format.

Depending on the weather, a potential championship game might follow on Saturday with the winner of Trinity-Tufts taking on the winner of game 5. Games might be played on Sunday if necessary.