BABSON PARK, Mass.—Babson College got a shutout from Logan MacDonald (Wilmington, Mass.) in the opener and scored 12 unanswered runs in game two on the way to sweeping a non-conference softball doubleheader against visiting Salve Regina University on Wednesday afternoon at Alumni Field.

The Beavers won game one 3-0 and rallied for a 13-5 victory in six innings in the nightcap. Babson, which has won its last four games, improves to 20-6 overall, while Salve Regina slips to 11-14 on the year.

Game 1: Babson 3, Salve Regina 0
Senior Audrey Labouliere (Pipersville, Pa.) went 2-for-3 with a home run and junior Kate Karamouzis (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) and first-year Sara Moore (Kennett Square, Pa.) both doubled and finished with two hits apiece for the Beavers. MacDonald was superb in the circle striking out five and allowing just two hits to record her fourth shutout of the year while improving to 6-2 with the win.

Babson left runners on base in each of the first two innings before going in front 1-0 on Labouliere's solo blast to left with one out in the third. Sophomore Chloe Joslin (Wyoming, R.I.) tripled to center with two outs and scored on a throwing error one batter later to make it 2-0.

The Green and White tacked on another insurance run in the fourth as Karamouzis led off with a single to right and moved to second on a base hit by sophomore Caroline Taylor (Biddeford, Maine) before coming home to score on Moore's RBI single. The lead was more than enough for MacDonald, who gave up just a leadoff single to sophomore Francesca Rubino (Burlington, Mass.) in the third and a double to senior Nikki Vanelli (Quakertown, Pa.) to start the seventh. She retired six straight hitters to start the game and seven in a row through the middle innings.

Game 2: Babson 13, Salve Regina 5 (6 innings)
Labouliere, senior Isabel Aguilar (Avon, Conn.), junior Lexi Morris (Lexington, Mass.) and first-year Athena Hadjipanayis (Rye, N.Y.) recorded three hits apiece and combined to drive in seven runs to pace Babson's 14-hit attack. Sophomore Molly Hennessy (Tallahassee, Fla.) also singled, scored twice and contributed two RBI, while MacDonald tossed three innings of scoreless relief to earn her first save of the year. First-year Alyssa DeStefano (Ridgefield, Conn.) picked up her first career win for the Beavers.

First-year Emily Lane (Tinton Falls, N.J.) hit a three-run homer and scored twice, classmate Chloe Bean (Clinton, N.J.) was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Rubino added an RBI single for the Seahawks.

Down 5-1 going to the bottom of the third after Lane's three-run blast in the top half of the frame, the Green and White batted around and plated five runs to jump in front for good. Moore started the inning by reaching on an error, Labouliere smacked a double to right center and Aguilar followed with an RBI single to cut the margin to 5-3. Hennessy plated Joslin and Morris with a two-out single up the middle and Hadjipanayis capped the rally with a base hit through the right side to give the hosts a 6-5 advantage.

Aguilar hammered a one-out home run to center as part of a two-run fourth inning to extend the lead to 8-5 and the Beavers finished of the sweep with a five-running sixth-inning uprising. Senior Abrianna Natoli (Fairfield, Mass.) singled through the left side with the bases loaded to bring home Morris and Hadjipanayis followed with a two-run single to left that extended the margin to 11-5.

Natoli scored on an error and Labouliere plated Hadjipanayis with a single to center.

Both teams return to action on Friday as Babson travels to Emerson for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m., while Salve Regina hosts Wentworth for a twin bill at 4 p.m.

GAME NOTES

• The Beavers are now 3-2 all-time against versus Salve Regina and Wednesday's doubleheader marked the first meeting between the teams since 2005.
• Babson recorded its 12th shutout of the year in game one, which currently ranks as the fourth most in single-season program history behind the 2006 (15), 2017 (15) and 2005 (13) squads.
• The Beavers have scored first in all 20 of their victories this spring and are now 18-1 when recording more hits than their opponents.
• Babson is 6-0 this season and has won its last 10 games at home going back to last season.