The beat keeps on playing for the University of Hartford softball team as the Hawks claimed their fourth straight doubleheader sweep, taking a pair of games from Nichols Saturday at the Hartford Softball Field.
 
GAME ONE: HARTFORD 4, NICHOLS 0
Sophomore Carly Mayhood (9-2) allowed just four hits in recording her first complete game shutout of the season as the Hawks took the opener.
                                      
Hartford opened the scoring in the second inning as freshman Haley Pruitt drove home freshman Adelie Beebe, who opened the frame with a single, on a two-out single.
 
Back-to-back doubles by Beebe and sophomore Taylor Fitch capped the three-run third inning as Hartford took advantage of a pair of Nichols errors to score three unearned runs.
 
Mayhood handled the Bison for the rest of the game for the win.
 
Beebe and Fitch were both 2-for-3 on the game with Beebe scoring two runs.
 
GAME TWO: HARTFORD 6, NICHOLS 5 (9 INN.)
Sophomore Gia Miccio had four productive trips to the plate, the latter a sacrifice fly that brought home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as Hartford completed the sweep.
 
Miccio was almost singlehandedly responsible for the tying run in the seventh inning. She opened the inning with a single, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on a throwing error on the same play. She finished 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.
 
After Nichols took the lead in the first inning, it was Miccio who jumpstarted the three-run third with the Hawks' first hit of the game, a single. She came around the score the tying run on a single by sophomore Shailynn Williams, who would score the third run of the inning.
 
The Bison took the lead with a run in the fourth inning and two more in the fifth.
 
Freshman Alexis Sealey (7-2) earned the win in relief, allowing two earned runs – three total – on five hits over five innings.
 
INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES

• Sczecienki extended her hitting streak to 16 games with 10 games with at least two knocks.
• Beebe has recorded a hit in 13 of the last 15 games.
• Mayhood has won four straight starts and six of her last seven.
• Sealey has earned the win in six straight appearances.
• Hartford is 3-0 this season in extra-inning games.

 
WHAT'S NEXT
Hartford (21-6-1 overall, 11-1 CCC opponents) travels to Curry Noon Sunday for a doubleheader.