Landry Sets Program All-Time Hit Record in Softball’s Split at JWU

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Junior Gemma Landry (Lewiston, ME) collected the 145th hit of her career with a first inning single during game one, breaking the record for the most hits in the Division III era of the Mitchell College softball program, as the Mariners split a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) South Division doubleheader with Johnson & Wales University on Thursday evening at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex.

The Wildcats tagged Katelyn Lipsky (Plantsville, Conn.) for 15 hits and nine runs and held off the Mariners 9-7 in the opener, before Mitchell broke out with 16 hits in game two, rolling over JWU 9-2 to secure the split.

The Mariners (14-16, 10-4 GNAC, 10-2 Division) will return home for a doubleheader on Saturday, April 27th, against Rivier University, which will also serve as senior day. The Wildcats (17-17, 11-3 GNAC, 9-3 Division) travel to Simmons University for a GNAC twin bill on Saturday, April 27th.

Game 1 – JWU 9, Mitchell 7

Landry led off the game with a single to become the program's all-time hit leader, and the junior then reached on a JWU error, which scored the first run of the game in the top of the second. The Wildcats then scored twice in the bottom of the frame to take a 2-1 lead, before sophomore Lola Worsdale (Stonington, Conn.) tied the game in the fourth with an RBI single, and senior Hanna Lemke (East Haddam, Conn.) put the Mariners ahead 3-2 with a single that scored Worsdale.

JWU answered with five runs in the bottom of the fourth, putting them ahead for good. The Mariners came within one run on an RBI single off the bat of Emma LaBreck (Rollinsford, N.H.), but that was as close as they would come.

Lemke went 4-5 with one RBI and one run scored for Mitchell, while freshman Madison Cole (Westbrook, ME) finished the game 2-4, including a home run, with one RBI and two runs scored. Landry also had two hits, and sophomore Cassandra Roman (New London, Conn.) hit a double.

Katelyn Lipsky took the loss after allowing 15 hits and nine runs over six innings of work. Mackenzie Clee was the winning pitcher, tossing five innings and giving up four runs (three earned). Clee added two hits, two RBI, and two runs scored at the plate.

Game 2 – Mitchell 9, JWU 2

After both teams traded scoreless frames over the first two innings, the Wildcats tagged Mitchell starter Emily Reynolds (Somers, Conn.) for the first two runs of the game in the bottom of the third. From there on, Reynolds would dominate in the circle, allowing just one more hit the rest of the way, while the Mitchell bats pounded out 16 hits.

Reynolds picked up her sixth win of the spring, throwing a complete game three-hitter, allowing just two runs (one earned), while walking one and striking out three.

Madison Cole had a team-high three hits with one RBI and a run scored, while Gemma Landry, Jenna Bennett (Shelton, Conn.), Emma LaBreck, Olivia DeCicco (Haverhill, Mass.), and Cassandra Roman had two hits apiece.

Katie Scheid took the loss for JWU after giving up nine runs, with just three of them earned. Mackenzie Clee, Hailey Erickson, and Caroline Amorelli registered the three Wildcat hits, with Amorelli collecting a double.