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History-In-The-Making - Blake, Proulx Enter Record Books In Doubleheader Sweep

Worcester, Mass. - Seniors Lauren Blake (Oakland, Maine) and Chelsea Proulx (Franklin, N.H.) both reached career milestones and Clark improved to 21-9 with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Amherst College on Tuesday afternoon on O'Brien Field.

Blake surpassed 200 career hits with her single in the fourth inning of the Cougars' 8-0 win in game one and Proulx collected her 100th career hit in the 7-0 victory in game two.

Blake's 203 career hits are good for third on the school's all-time list, while Proulx is the 18th player in school history and the third this season to reach the century mark in hits.

In twinbill opener, Sarah Carter (Worcester, Mass.) tossed her ninth complete game of the season, improving to 11-3, while scattering just five hits and allowing no walks. Clark jumped on Amherst starter Alex Chang-Warren early, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first, highlighted by a Darcey Kurashige-Elliott (Berkeley, Calif.) RBI single to center and a Proulx bases loaded walk.

The Cougars wrapped up the game in the fifth plating five runs, with Joanna Clark (Windham, Maine) providing an RBI double, Meghan Lennon (Charlton, Mass.) and Blake RBI singles and Melissa Traft (Milton, Mass.) and Kurashige-Elliott sacrifice flies.

The nightcap started out in a similar fashion with the Cougars getting two runs in the first on a two-run double by Kurashige-Elliott.

Clark tacked on four more runs in the fourth on a Proulx RBI single, a Blake two-run single and a Maureen Coakley (Worcester, Mass.) bases loaded walk.

The Cougars added another run in the sixth when Blake reached on an error and came around to score on a Mel Melkonian (Worcester, Mass.) RBI double.

Freshman Nicole Meuse (Hudson, Mass.) tossed six innings of five-hit ball, striking out one and walking none to improve her record to 8-3 overall. Classmate Kelly Schroder (Auburn, Mass.) tossed the final inning, allowing one hit.

Kurashige-Elliott went 3-for-3 in the second game, falling a home run shy of the cycle, while Blake had four hits and two runs and two RBI in the doubleheader.

Designated player Christina Anderson had two hits for Amherst in game two and was the lone player for the Lord Jeffs to have more than two hits in the two games combined.

Clark has four regular season games remaining with Friday's doubleheader at Babson on Friday and Saturday's home twinbill against Wheaton.

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Blake

#7 Lauren Blake

2B
5' 3"
Senior
Sarah Carter

#6 Sarah Carter

P
5' 5"
Junior
Joanna Clark

#16 Joanna Clark

1B
5' 8"
Senior
Maureen Coakley

#13 Maureen Coakley

OF
5' 4"
Sophomore
Darcey Kurashige-Elliott

#9 Darcey Kurashige-Elliott

OF
5' 5"
Senior
Meghan Lennon

#10 Meghan Lennon

P/UT
5' 8"
Sophomore
Mel Melkonian

#11 Mel Melkonian

3B
5' 8"
Freshman
Nicole Meuse

#14 Nicole Meuse

P
5' 4"
Freshman
Chelsea Proulx

#3 Chelsea Proulx

SS
5' 6"
Senior
Kelly Schroder

#20 Kelly Schroder

P
5' 8"
Freshman
Melissa Traft

#18 Melissa Traft

P/IF
5' 4"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Lauren Blake

#7 Lauren Blake

5' 3"
Senior
2B
Sarah Carter

#6 Sarah Carter

5' 5"
Junior
P
Joanna Clark

#16 Joanna Clark

5' 8"
Senior
1B
Maureen Coakley

#13 Maureen Coakley

5' 4"
Sophomore
OF
Darcey Kurashige-Elliott

#9 Darcey Kurashige-Elliott

5' 5"
Senior
OF
Meghan Lennon

#10 Meghan Lennon

5' 8"
Sophomore
P/UT
Mel Melkonian

#11 Mel Melkonian

5' 8"
Freshman
3B
Nicole Meuse

#14 Nicole Meuse

5' 4"
Freshman
P
Chelsea Proulx

#3 Chelsea Proulx

5' 6"
Senior
SS
Kelly Schroder

#20 Kelly Schroder

5' 8"
Freshman
P
Melissa Traft

#18 Melissa Traft

5' 4"
Senior
P/IF