Tartans Sweep Chatham in First-Ever Meeting

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University softball team played Chatham University in a midweek doubleheader on Tuesday, March 21, topping the Cougars 12-1 in six innings and 5-1 to move to 8-6 for the season.

Game 1

• Junior Kiera Boucher plated three runs and scored three herself while doubling twice.
• Freshman Kira Monji was 4-for-4 at the plate with a double and a triple and scored three runs.
• Four others recorded two hits: sophomore Faith Lawrence, sophomore Abbey Reese, freshman Kyra Brenneman, and senior Emily Finger.
• Freshman Grace Fujino pitched the complete game scattering three hits while giving up one run and striking out two.

Game 2

• Junior Amanda Smith struck out eight batters on her way to a complete game victory and her fifth win of the season.
• Boucher stayed hot at the plate and recorded another three hits and scored three of the team's five runs.
• Lawrence picked up two RBIs with the first coming in the first inning when she tripled and the second coming in the third inning on a ground out to second base.

Notes

• The Tartans have now scored in the first inning in seven games after scoring three runs in game one and one run in game two to leadoff each game.
• Boucher has recorded at least one hit in 13 of 14 games this season.
• Monji and junior Erika Heffernen extended their hitting streaks to 10 games.

Up Next

The Tartans will open University Athletic Association play with a four-game series at Brandeis University beginning on Friday, March 24 at 3:00 p.m.