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         <title>Byrn, Cohen, D'Agostino Earn Softball Postseason Honors</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:59:07 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The NEWMAC recently announced its postseason awards, and three Babson players received honors. Senior Jess Byrn was named All-Conference Second Team, while Byrn, senior captain Jess Cohen and junior Kim D'Agostino were all selected to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team.]]></description>
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         <title>Lynch, Necklas Head List Of Award Winners At 27th Annual Senior Athletics Banquet</title>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:07:51 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The Babson College Athletics Department held its 27th Annual Senior Awards Banquet on Sunday night, where a total of seven student-athletes were honored. Women's soccer and Swimming and Diving senior Meg Lynch was named Female Athlete of the Class, while men's soccer senior Chris Necklas was selected as the Male Athlete of the Class. Softball senior Jess Byrn and baseball senior Matt Delaney were named the Scholar-Athletes of the Class, and track and field senior Dan Cowan took home the Michael J. Conlon Award. In addition to the senior awards, President Brian M. Barefoot '66 P'01 and his wife Pam Barefoot P'01 were the recipients of the prestigious Paul C. Staake Award for outstanding contributions to Babson Athletics, while a pair of first-year athletes were also honored. Women's soccer, basketball, and lacrosse first-year Kristy Benoit received the Lori Vengrow Award, and baseball freshman Andrew Aizenstadt claimed the Colin "Chip" Brown Award.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:20:36 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The Babson College softball team suffered a 3-1 loss to Springfield College at Wellesley on Saturday, knocking the Beavers out of the double-elimination NEWMAC Tournament. Senior Jess Byrn pitched well in defeat, giving up three runs and striking out five in seven innings, while first-year Jess Winer recorded two hits at the plate.]]></description>
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         <title>Softball Splits On Day One Of NEWMAC Tournament</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:26:11 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The Babson College split its first two games of the 2008 NEWMAC Tournament at Wellesley on Wednesday. The fifth-seeded Beavers began the day with a 3-2 10-inning victory over fourth-seeded Clark, thanks to a magnficient complete-game, 11-strikeout peformance by sophomore Danielle Liska. Babson then fell to top-seeded Wellesley, 2-0, in game two, despite a solid pitching effort from senior Jess Byrn. Sophomore Britt Russo posted three hits in the opener for the Beavers, while senior captain Jess Cohen added two RBI-hits in extra innings.]]></description>
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         <title>Clark Sweeps Softball, Setting Up Rematch In NEWMAC Tourney</title>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:32:03 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The Babson softball closed out its home schedule with a pair of tough losses on Saturday, as the Beavers dropped both ends of a NEWMAC doubleheader with Clark University, 6-5 and 3-1. As a result of the sweep, Clark leaped past Babson into fourth place in the final conference standings, finishing at 20-10 overall and 10-6 in the league. Babson finished fifth at 20-18 overall and 9-7 in the conference. The two squads will now meet again in the opening round of the 2008 NEWMAC Double Elimination Tournament at 2:30 p.m. this coming Wednesday at Wellesley College, with the winner playing the top-seeded Blue later that day.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:55:56 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The Babson softball team dropped a pair of NEWMAC contests at Springfield on Friday, losing both ends of a doubleheader, 6-3 and 8-0. Junior Kaitlin Clark went 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the opener, while junior Courtney Thurston and first-year Jess Winer each added a pair of hits. Sophomore Michelle Bolduc posted two hits in two at-bats in the nightcap, but the rest of the lineup managed just two hits combined against Springfield ace Samantha Rhodes.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:58:45 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Endicott College junior Jackie Collier fired a one-hit shutout and senior Rachel Pearson drove in the only two runs with a pinch-hit double as the Gulls defeated host Babson College, 2-0, to complete a doubleheader sweep of the Beavers in non-conference softball action on Sunday afternoon. Endicott took the opener by a score of 8-1, with first-year Nicole Giuliano driving in the Beavers' lone run with a fifth-inning double. Senior Jess Byrn was stellar in defeat in the nightcap, allowing two runs on six hits in seven strong innings.]]></description>
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         <title>Softball Erupts For 18 Runs To Salvage Split At Coast Guard</title>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:28:14 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The Babson softball team scored a season-high 18 runs in game two to salvage a split of a NEWMAC doubleheader at Coast Guard on Saturday. Senior captain Jess Cohen led the Beavers with three hits and four RBIs on the afternoon, while senior Jess Byrn added three hits and two driven in. Sophomore Danielle Liska earned the win with a stellar relief performance in the nightcap, giving up one run and striking out five in five innings.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:46:55 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The Babson softball team maintained a share of first place in the NEWMAC standings with a pair of league victories on Friday afternoon, as the Beavers swept visiting WPI in a doubleheader, 4-3 and 4-0. With the two wins, Babson improved to 19-11 overall and 8-2 in the conference. Senior Jess Byrn gutted out a complete game effort to earn her 11th victory of the year in the opener, while sophomore Danielle Liska and first-year Caroline Barr for a shutout in game two. Junior Courtney Thurston led the offense with four hits on the afternoon, while sophomore Britt Russo, senior captain Jess Cohen, and first-year Meg Cyr added two hits apiece.]]></description>
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         <title>Byrn, Liska Pitch Softball To Sweep Of MIT, 7-1 and 3-1</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:09:46 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The Babson softball team moved into a three-way tie for first place in the NEWMAC on Wednesday, as the Beavers swept a conference twinbill at MIT, winning 7-1 and 3-1. Senior Jess Byrn (10-5) continued her oustanding pitching efforts on Wednesday, as she tossed a complete-game win in the opener and then saved the nightcap. She allowed just one run on five hits and a walk while striking out nine in game one, as Babson cruised to a 7-1 victory. Senior captain Jess Cohen anchored the offense with three hits, two runs, and two RBIs, inlcuding a run-scoring triple in the Beavers' three-run fifth. Sophomore Danielle Liska then tossed six brilliant innings in game two, giving up one unearned run on four hits, before Byrn struck out the side in the seventh.]]></description>
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         <title>#23 Tufts Sweeps Softball, 6-0 and 2-1</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Babson softball team lost both ends of a non-conference double-header with 23rd-ranked Tufts University on Tuesday, falling to the Jumbos 6-0 and 2-1. Senior Jess Byrn led the offense with two hits on the afternoon, while junior Kim D'Agostino drove in the Beavers' lone run with a single in the nightcap.]]></description>
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         <title>Softball Assaults Smith With 33 Hits In Doubleheader Sweep</title>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:15:26 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The Babson softball team posted 33 hits in a doubleheader sweep of NEWMAC foe Smith College on Saturday, as the Beavers claimed an 8-4 win in game one and a 9-2 victory in game two. With the two wins, Babson improved to 15-9 overall and 4-2 in the conference. Sophomore Brittney Russo led the offensive assault for the Beavers, recording six hits on the day, including a career-best 5-for-5 performance in game two.]]></description>
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         <title>Softball Takes Game Two From Wheaton To Earn Split</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:11:43 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Conference rivals Wheaton College and Babson College split a NEWMAC softball doubleheader on Thursday afternoon, with Wheaton winning the opener, 8-2, in eight innings and Babson claiming a 4-2 victory in the nightcap. Senior captain Jess Cohen hit a dramatic solo homer in the seventh to send game one to extra frames, while first-year Caroline Barr pitched three brilliant innings of relief to earn her first career save in game two.]]></description>
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         <title>Pitching Dominates As Babson, #13 Wellesley Split NEWMAC Doubleheader</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:46:09 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Babson senior pitcher Jess Byrn and Wellesley junior hurler Beej Grundlock exchanged masterful two-hit shutouts as the host Beavers and the visiting Blue split a NEWMAC doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon. With the split, Babson moved to 12-8 overall and 1-1 in the conference, while Wellesley, ranked 13th in the country in the most recent NFCA coaches poll, went to 11-4-1 overall and 4-2 in the NEWMAC. Byrn was outstanding in the Beavers' victory, allowing just two singles and striking out four in seven shutout innings. She also scored the game's lone run when she came around from second on a clutch two-out single to center by first-year Jess Winer.]]></description>
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         <title>Clark Garners NEWMAC Player Of The Week Award</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:36:43 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[After helping Babson extend its winning streak to six games, junior shortstop Kaitlyn Clark was named NEWMAC Softball Player of the Week on Monday. Clark batted a team-high .571 in a 4-0 week for the Beavers, going 8-for-14 with two doubles, four runs, and five RBIs while also stealing a base. She went 2-for-7 with a double and an RBI in a double-header sweep of Bridgewater State on Thursday, and then erupted for six hits, including a double, four runs, and four RBIs in seven at-bats in a double-header sweep of Southern Maine.]]></description>
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