Recap
Junior Cara Mayhew recorded four RBI on the day for the Nichols College softball team, which closed the PFX Spring games with a win over McDaniel and a loss to Macalester Thursday afternoon at Legends Way Ballfields in Clermont, Fla.
 
Game One: Nichols 6, McDaniel 3
Mayhew drove in one with a sac fly to center in the third and another on an infield single in the Bison's three-run fifth inning. Freshman Samantha Kostek went 3-for-4 with an RBI while junior Amanda Alioto went 2-for-3 with an RBI single and two runs scored and freshman Cassidy Aiello was 2-for-4 with an RBI. In the circle, freshman Candice Nelson went the distance to record her first collegiate win. She surrendered 10 hits and three runs with three walks and one strikeout over seven.
 
Game Two: Macalester 7, Nichols 4
The Bison fell behind 5-0 before rallying for four two-out runs in the fifth to get back into the game. Mayhew got the Bison on the board with a two-run triple to right that plated Alioto and senior Callie Andrews. Junior Taylor Commesso followed with a two-run home run over the right field fence – her first of the season – to make it 5-4. Macalester then pushed across a pair of unearned runs in the sixth to extend its lead. Sophomore Shannon Morin started for NC and allowed two hits and three runs (two earned) with walking three in 2.1 IP.
 
Next games
Tuesday, March 26 vs Worcester St. (DH), 2:30 p.m.