Springfield, Mass. - Led by a career performance from Talia Loda (East Haven, Conn.), the Springfield College softball program picked up a pair of New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) victories over Clark on Friday afternoon at Potter Field.

With the wins, Springfield pushes its win streak to six and is now 19-9 overall, with a conference record of 8-4, while the Cougars fall to 10-21 on the year, with a mark of 1-11 in league play.

Clark, which has dropped four straight and nine of their last ten, will look to return to the win column on Saturday when they begin a six-game homestand against league rival Coast Guard beginning at 12:00 p.m.

Game 1: Springfield College 6, Clark University 0
Loda pitched a complete-game, allowing just six hits while striking out a career-best 10 batters, while also notching a pair of RBI including her first-career home run, enroute to a 6-0 win over the Cougars in the first leg of the doubleheader on Friday afternoon.

Loda picked up her eighth win of the season, as she improved to 8-5, while for the Cougars, Sami West (Gonic, N.H.) took the loss, pitching 6.0 innings, giving up 12 hits and six runs while fanning six Springfield batters.

Springfield struck first in the bottom of the third when Loda laid down a sacrifice bunt to push Emily Reynolds to second, but a botched throw allowed Reynolds to score to make it 1-0, Pride.

In the bottom of the fifth, Loda took the first pitch she saw over the centerfield fence to make it 2-0, before Joseph singled, bringing in Nelson from second to make it 3-0, Springfield.

The Pride would add three more in its ensuing at bat to seal the win, as Loda drove in Kayla Padroff with an RBI single to center, before Nelson drove in Reynolds with a sacrifice fly, and Webb pushed Loda across the plate with an RBI single to short.

Jocie Orangio (Maynard, Mass.) followed up her four-hit performance in Sunday's nightcap at Wellesley with two more hits in today's opener.

Game 2: Springfield College 8, Clark University 4

Five student-athletes registered at least one RBI, and four had multi-hit games as the Pride took the second of two games, 8-4, over Clark on Friday afternoon at Potter Field.

Rachel Kraytenberg (Londonderry, N.H.) continued her monster senior campaign with three hits and three RBI. Orangio, meanwhile, continued her hot streak of late collecting two more hits giving her nine hits in her last 13 at-bats.

Dani Gray (Milford, Conn.) posted a team-best two RBI, as Nelson, Webb, Joseph and Mackenzie Navarro (Taunton, Mass.) all batted in runs in the win.

In the circle, Nicole Cring (Cooperstown, N.Y.) got the win, as she pitched 3.0 innings of two-hit ball, giving up one run and striking out four. Jordyn Moquin (Plantsville, Conn.) and Shelby Allen (Oakland, N.J.) split the final 4.0 innings, picking up five combined strikeouts.

For the Cougars, Brenna Foley (Charlton, Mass.) took the loss, as she only survived one inning, giving up five hits, five runs, but only one was earned. Taylor Erickson (Natick, Mass.) came on to pitch five frames, giving up seven hits and three runs.

After Clark struck in the top of the first to make it 1-0 on a Kraytenberg double that scored Orangio, Springfield answered with five runs in the bottom half, including a two-RBI single from Gray to make it 5-1, Springfield, after one.

The Pride would add two more in the bottom of the fourth when Navarro singled to short, driving in Webb, before a passed ball allowed Joseph to score and make it 7-1, Pride.

After three runs from the Cougars in the top of the fifth highlighted by a Kraytenberg two-run single, Springfield sealed the deal with an RBI single from Nelson to score Carianna Gasdia (Wakefield, Mass.), making it 8-4, Springfield.