Rachel Quackenbush and the Trailblazers (19-20) defense kept Williams (16-21) scoreless in the first game, winning 3-0. Quackenbush gave up five hits and struck out five.

 

The Trailblazers got on the board quick in the bottom of the first inning. With two outs Amanda Meczywor walked and scored on Angelica Perfido's double. Sam Barbarotta then singled and Perfido scored.

 

MCLA scored the final run of the game in the bottom of the second on a Quackenbush sacrifice fly to right.

 

Meczywor, Barbarotta, Perfido, Boyer and Quackenbush all recorded hits for the Trailblazers.

 

The nightcap didn't go so well, with the Trailblazers losing 9-1 in six innings.

 

Pitcher Ainsley MacDonald kept the Ephs off base until the third inning. An infield error put Merrilee Weston on first and a base hit by pitcher Emalie Rott put runners on first and second with no outs. A sacrifice bunt moved the runners up. Theresa Legan then hit an RBI single and that was the first of four runs they went on to score in the inning.

 

Williams went on to score in the fourth, fifth and sixth inning on seven hits. Rott helped herself at the plate going 3-for-3 and scoring all three times she reached base.

 

MacDonald was tagged with the loss while Rott earned the win.

 

The Trailblazers will be off until Friday when they host the winner of Worcester and Framingham in the second round of MASCAC. Game time is scheduled for 3 p.m.

 

In other news, Quackenbush was tabbed the MASCAC Softball pitcher of the week for the third time in four weeks following an impressive 5-0 week. Quackenbush helped lead MCLA to a 6-0 mark in league play for the week. She tossed 33 innings while posting a 0.42 ERA.