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CLERMONT, Fla. -- The Colby College softball team needed only one big inning, scoring seven times in the second to pull out a 7-2 victory over Oberlin College in Florida on Tuesday.
The Mules, now 3-3 overall, fell 6-0 to Buena Vista in their other game. Colby is off on Wednesday and will play Union College at 11:30 a.m. Thursday. The Mules also take on Calvin College on Thursday at 2 p.m.
Robin Spofford had three hits, one run, one stolen base, and one RBI in the win against Oberlin. She is hitting a robust .600 in the first six games of the season.
Katie McLaughlin is up to .429 after driving in three runs on two hits and scoring a run in the victory. Emily Dougherty and Emma Hommeyer (pictured) both had two hits, an RBI, and one run scored. Skylar Labbe also had two hits and scored a run. Dougherty is hitting .444 and Hommeyer is at .375.
Wiley Holton won her second game of the season by allowing seven hits over seven innings. She also struck out two and walked two. Holton helped her own cause with a hit and a run scored.
After Oberlin took a 1-0 lead on a homer in the top of the second inning, Colby exploded with five straight hits to start the bottom of the inning.
Hommeyer led off with a single, moved to second on a Dougherty single, and then loaded the bases when Holly Lallis singled. McLaughlin ripped a bases clearing triple to put Colby up for good. Spofford followed with a single to bring in McLaughlin. Spofford stole second base and moved to third on a passed ball. Grace Farnkoff had an RBI ground out to second base to plate Spofford with the fifth run. After a Skylar Labbe single and a fly ball for the second out, Holton singled to push Labbe to second. Hommeyer, with her second at-bat of the inning, singled to bring in Labbe and push Holton to third base. Dougherty followed with her second single of the inning to bring in Holton.
Colby ran into a hot pitcher in the opener in Moriah Guyett, who earned the shutout with seven strikeouts and no walks. She allowed just two hits, both singles by McLaughlin and Farnkoff.
Buena Vista only led 1-0 before scoring twice in the fourth and three times in the fifth.
