The Judges have added Danielle DelPonte, a 2009 UConn graduate who was most recently head coach at Anna Maria College, as the fourth softball coach in Brandeis history.
The Judges defeated Suffolk, 10-5, and Southern Maine, 8-0. Leah Shapiro and Cori Coleman each had a 4 RBI game, and Nikki Cote allowed just five hits and one unearned run in nine innings with 11 strikeouts.
The Judges are hosting the ECAC tournament weekend for the third time in four years. They will meet the winner of Suffolk vs. Becker at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
WALTHAM, Mass.- Junior Madison Sullivan racked up nine RBI over two five-inning victories against the visiting Rams as the Judges cruised to 10-2 and 8-0 victories.
The Judges scored 10 runs in the fourth inning of game one, boosted by a Maddie Sullivan grand slam, and held on for a 10-9 win. The Beavers came back with a 9-1 win in the nightcap.
The softball team posted a dramatic comeback against Bowdoin in game two, 6-5, after dropping the opener, 9-0. Before the game, the Judges honored five seniors - Cori Coleman, Nikki Cote, Amanda Genovese, Anya Kamber and Tasha Quiroz.
Amanda Shore tied it in the seventh and Allie Hecht won it in the eighth in a 10-9 win in game one; Anya Kamber went deep twice and Cori Coleman one in a 10-6 win in game two.
Senior Nikki Cote was honored for her one-hitter in softball, while junior Sam Miller was recognized for his two complete games, including coach Pete Varney's 700th career win.
The Judges went nine innings before falling to the Seahawks in game 1, 7-6. Maddie Sullivan smacked two home runs and had five RBI in a 9-2 win in the nightcap.
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The Judges scored two runs on an Anya Kamber double in the top of the seventh, but the Lord Jeffs answered right back with the game-winning run in the bottom of the inning.
Sammi Wroblewski tossed a five-inning one-hitter in the opener, while Nikki Cote earned the win in the circle and drove in the game-winning runs in the nightcap.
Playing for the first time in two weeks because of poor field conditions throughout the region, the Judges fell to the Blue, 3-2 and 7-4. Amanda Genovese went 4-6 with 3 runs and 2 stolen bases in the losses.
Amanda Shore hit a homer in the third, and Madison Hunter went yard in the fourth, but the Bears scored three in the bottom of the fourth to clinch a share of the UAA.
Senior catcher Cori Coleman went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI, a homer and two doubles, including the game-winner in the seventh inning, in the win over the Spartans. She also sparked the team's four-run rally against the Eagles.
Anya Kamber belted her first home run of the season and the eighth of her career in the Judges' win, while rookie Amanda Shore had three hits and three runs scored in the contest.
A three-time All-UAA and Academic All-UAA selection, Grimm will coach the Judges after having served as an assistant in 2013. Grimm replaces Jessica Johnson, who took the head coaching position at Amherst earlier this month.