BELOIT, Wis. – The University of Chicago softball team bounced back from its first loss of the year with a dominant offensive showing in a doubleheader sweep of Beloit College on Sunday. The Maroons (13-1) beat the Buccaneers (3-16) by scores of 16-1 and 9-3.

Game One – UChicago 16, Beloit 1

The Maroons were aggressive on the base paths all day and took advantage of every opportunity. The visitors stole nine bases in the game, with two each by senior outfielder Kaitlyn Carpenter, senior third baseman Maddie McManus and sophomore shortstop Kristin Lopez.

UChicago quickly went ahead 3-0 in the first inning. Sophomore first baseman Kathleen Kohm hit a sacrifice fly to bring the first run in. McManus stole home as part of a double steal and senior catcher Zoe Oliver-Grey singled up the middle to score another run.

The Maroons scored four more times in the second inning. Lopez got on base, stole second and eventually stole home as part of another double steal. Freshman second baseman Anna Woolery stroked a RBI double to right field and Kohm's single to left field scored two runners.

Beloit opened the fourth inning with a solo home run to get on the scoreboard at 7-1. But UChicago blew the game open with nine runs in the fifth inning to end the game early. Sophomore outfielder Devan Parkison recorded a RBI fielder's choice to kick off the scoring and Woolery's two-run single came immediately after. McManus, Kohm and freshman outfielder Maggie O'Hara drew three-consecutive walks to force in a trio of runs. Oliver-Grey's RBI single made it 14-1 and senior Julia Covello closed the game out with a two-run single. The game ended after the fifth inning due to the eight-run rule.

UChicago chalked up 14 hits along the way. Oliver-Grey (two RBI) and Lopez both hit 3-for-4 at the plate. Woolery went 2-for-4 with three RBI, McManus was 2-for-3 with one RBI and Kohm collected one hit and four RBI.

Junior pitcher Tabbetha Bohac (6-1) earned the win with three innings of work. She did not allow a hit while striking out two and walking three. Junior pitcher Emily Ashbridge hurled two innings with a pitching line of one hit, one run and one strikeout.

Game Two – UChicago 9, Beloit 3

Junior outfielder Raechel Cloud plated UChicago's first run of the game with a single to left field in the second inning. McManus collected a RBI double in the third inning to make it 2-0, and the Maroons kept adding to their lead in subsequent frames.

A RBI single by Woolery and a two-run error on a fly ball made it 5-0 in the fourth. Two unearned runs came in the fifth inning off an error to boost the lead to 7-0. Beloit tallied two runs on an error as well in its half of the fifth.

UChicago posted its final two runs in the sixth inning with a RBI single by McManus and a sacrifice fly by Cloud. The Bucs scored one more run in the bottom of the seventh before the Maroons closed out the win.

The visitors were active on the bases once again with eight steals – three by O'Hara and two each by Woolery and Cloud. UChicago knocked 10 hits with two errors on defense. McManus was 3-for-5 with two RBI. Cloud went 2-for-3 with two RBI and Woolery was 2-for-4 with one RBI.

Sophomore pitcher Jordan Poole kept her undefeated record intact and moved to 7-0 on the season. Poole struck out a season-high 11 batters in her six innings while also allowing four hits, two unearned runs and two walks. Freshman pitcher Alexa Hanelin threw the seventh inning with two hits, one run and one strikeout.

NEXT GAMES:

• Tuesday, Apr. 8 – North Park University at UChicago (DH), 3 PM