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WENHAM, Mass. – Junior Rachel Dalrymple (Belvidere, N.J.) and freshman Christina Barrows (Carver, Mass.) each drove in two runs in Nichols College's doubleheader split at Gordon College Thursday afternoon in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action.  

Senior Emalee Watkins (Malden, Mass.) and junior Avery Orszulak (Springfield, Mass.) each recorded three hits as the Bison moved to 10-16 (5-9 CCC) with the split. The Fighting Scots close the day 9-19 overall (6-12 CCC).

Orszulak's ground ball in the first inning of game one brought in Watkins and gave Nichols a 1-0 lead. Barrows two-run single in the sixth scored sophomore Victoria Utter (Stafford Springs, Conn.) and freshman Christina Drake (Lebanon, N.H.) to make it 3-0 before an unearned run in Gordon's half of the inning cut the Bison lead to 3-1.

Dalrymple's two-run single in the seventh gave junior starter Haley Fountain (Warren, Mass.) a four-run cushion en route to her seventh win of the season. She allowed five hits and one run with two walks and six strikeouts in seven innings of work. Senior Skylar Bareford (Stonington, Conn.) fell to 7-18 as she allowed eight hits and five runs (one earned) in seven innings.

Game two remained scoreless until the fifth when freshman Meghan Sears (Tewksbury, Mass.) led off with a double and Watkins plated sophomore pinch runner Alexa Polverari (Branford, Conn.). Gordon tied the game in the seventh on an RBI triple off the bat of senior Kendall Bukuras (North Falmouth, Mass.).

In extra innings, the Bison struck first on a sac fly from Fountain, but the Fighting Scots scored twice in their half of the frame to walk off with the win. Freshman Katie Dariano (Albany, N.Y.) scored the tying run on a fielding error before junior Gabriel Roberts (Center Conway, N.H.) two-out single brought home sophomore Marissa Meenan (Wayne, Pa.) with the winning run.

Bareford went the distance to earn the win, allowing eight hits and two runs (one earned) with two walks and three strikeouts. Fountain, meanwhile, fell to 7-11 and she surrendered 10 hits and three runs (one earned) in 7.2 IP. She walked one and fanned six.

Nichols hosts Western New England tomorrow beginning at 3 p.m. The Fighting Scots play at Regis (MA) on April 22 at 5 p.m.