The Middlebury softball team totaled 26 runs over two contests in its third day of action at THE Spring Games in Clermont, Florida. The Panthers secured a 10-2 win in five innings over Lawrence before tallying a 16-7 victory in six frames over North Central (Minn.).

HIGHLIGHTS VS. LAWRENCE

• The Vikings got on the board first during their initial at-bats. After loading the bases with one out, Shelby Rozak was hit by a pitch to bring Zoe Doherty across the plate. A batter later, Lillian Guidry worked a walk to make it 2-0.
• Middlebury cut the lead in half in the bottom of the second, as Reagan Adiletta scored from first on a Lawrence miscue.
• The Panthers kept the momentum rolling a frame later. Kristyn Carroll crossed the plate on an RBI groundout from Adiletta, knotting the contest at 2-2. A batter later, Middlebury took the lead when Katelyn Mikros plated Olivia Fleming with a single to right field. Jen Westphal knocked in Uma Corcoran to extend the navy and white's lead, and Mikros scored on a fielding error for a 5-2 advantage.
• Adiletta continued her strong day at the plate in the fourth, smashing a double that scored Olivia Fleming and Livy Schultz to push the Panther lead to five.
• Carroll closed out the contest in style, barreling a three-run inside-the-park homer down the right-field line for the 10-2 triumph.

HIGHLIGHTS VS. NORTH CENTRAL

• The Panthers opened the scoring in the first after loading the bases with no outs. A North Central miscue allowed Carroll and Sera Tokumaru to score for a 2-0 contest.
• After a 1-2-3 bottom half, Middlebury pounced in their next at-bats. Adiletta, Emily Dowd, Fleming and McKenna Lont each tallied an RBI as five runs crossed the plate, making the score 7-0.
• The Rams looked to cut into the deficit with Kaitlyn Havens and Reese Jenkins each reaching base to begin the second. Pitcher Maren Robinson got out of the jam, inducing a fielder's choice, lineout and groundout to preserve the seven-run lead.
• Tokumaru kept the Middlebury offense rolling in the third with a sacrifice fly to plate Corcoran, who opened the inning with a double. The navy and white added four more runs in the frame, highlighted by a two-run single to left from Riley Keane that stretched the advantage to 13-0.
• North Central started to chip away at the deficit, tallying four runs over the next two innings. Kianna Kidder and Rogers logged consecutive base knocks that brought home two in the bottom of the fourth.
• Alison Jankowski added herself to the RBI column, plating Robinson on an infield single for the 14th tally in the top of the fifth.
• The Rams rallied in the bottom of the fifth. A bases-loaded walk and a two-RBI double into right center from Kidder made the score 14-7.
• Livy Schultz sparked another jolt for the Middlebury offense, blasting a lead-off round-tripper to left field. Paired with a run-scoring single by Olivia Scholes, the Panthers pushed the advantage to eight (16-7).
• Dowd, who entered the circle in the bottom of the fifth, struck out the side in the Rams' final at-bats to secure the victory and sweep.

NOTES

• Carroll paced the Panther offense against Lawrence, going 3-for-4 with three runs batted in and two runs scored. 
• Adiletta had three RBI during each contest, which set a career-high.
• Five different athletes tallied two hits in the win over North Central.
• Lont earned her 30th career victory in the circle, working five innings against Lawrence.
• The team's 16 runs are the team's most in a game since a 16-2 victory over Vermont State University Lyndon during the 2023 campaign.
• Middlebury and Lawrence met for the 11th time. The Vikings hold a slim 6-5 edge in the series, but the Panthers have won four of the last five. The matchup with North Central was the first in softball.

The Panthers have tomorrow off before returning to action Thursday for a doubleheader. The squad battles Augustana (Ill.) at 10:00 a.m. and Carleton at 2:45 p.m.