WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Westfield natives Maddy Atkocaitis and Karly Mastello had big days at the plate, and freshman Emily Arredondo (Woburn, Mass.) and sophomore Emily Woodworth (Marlborough, Mass.) each threw shutouts as the Westfield State Owls softball team swept a non-conference doubleheader from Elms College at Condon Field in Chicopee on Wednesday afternoon.

Westfield State improves to 3-9 with the two wins; Elms falls to 3-10 with the losses.

In the opener, Westfield plated 11 runs in the top of the second inning to blow the game open. Atkocaitis led off the inning with a base hit, Caitlin Hughes (Whitman Hanson/Hanson, Mass.) followed with another, and Mastello delivered an RBI double to give Westfield a 1-0 lead.

Bri Tortora (St. Peter Marian/Worcester, Mass.) added a 2-run triple later in the inning and scored on a wild pitch, Hughes delivered an RBI single of her own, and Mastello followed with a 2-run triple. Angelica Banning (Granby HS/W. Suffield, Conn.) launched a two run home run to complete the scoring in the big inning.

Mastello finished game one 3-3 with three rbi and two runs scored. Totora, Atkocaitis, Banning, Hughes and Michaela LeBlanc (Marblehead, Mass.) all added two hits.

Arredondo picked up her first collegiate pitching win by tossing five shutout innings. She allowed two hits and three walks and struck out two.

In the nightcap, Westfield continued to swing hot bats, scoring two runs in each of the first two innings. Hughes and Banning each rapped RBI singles in the first inning. Atkocaitis ripped a 2-run home run in the second to stake Westfield to a 4-0 lead. Hughes and Banning later added RBI base hits in the sixth to add to the margin of victory.

Banning and Hughes each had two hits and three RBI in the night cap. Atkocaitis scored three times and drove in two with the homer. Mastello, Tortora, and Lindsay Cordopatri each added a pair of hits.

Woodworth tossed a complete game one-hitter, striking out three and walking two.

Westfield was playing its first games in 11 days since returning from their season-opening trip to Clermont, Fla. Westfield will be back on the diamond on Friday, facing Worcester State in the first Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader of the season. Due to field conditions at Worcester State, the games have been moved to Westfield State's field.

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