DUDLEY, Mass. — The Endicott softball team swept Nichols, 7-0 and 4-1, in a pair of conference games on Sunday evening.

GAME ONE: Endicott 7, Nichols 0

WP (9-3): Jaylin Couto (Taunton, Mass.) — 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
LP (8-5): Chelsea Indyk (Easthampton, Mass.) — 1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Lindsay Joubert's (Haverhill, Mass.) two-run homer in the second busted the game open (4-0 lead) and the Gulls never looked back in the contest.

Elyse Saccoccia (Coventry, R.I.) got Endicott going in the first inning via a two-run single to left field.

Joubert followed with her two-run blast before Katie Watts (Swampscott, Mass.) scored on the back end of a double steal to push the Gulls ahead 5-0 in the second.

From there, Kylyn McLaren (Rochester, N.H.) notched an RBI double and later scored on a fielding miscue to account for the remainder of the scoring in the sixth.

Couto only allowed two runners to reach scoring position in the contest (1st/2nd) and retired 12 straight batters from the end of the third up until one our remaining in the seventh.

GAME TWO: Endicott 4, Nichols 1

WP (7-3): Kristen Beebe (Brentwood, N.H.) — 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
LP (5-7): Olivia Pedro (North Providence, R.I.) — 7 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
SV (2): Analise Grady (Reading, Mass.) — 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Leading 1-0 after four complete, the Gulls erupted for a three-run fifth to lock up the sweep.

Endicott scored its first run of the frame on a passed ball before Saccoccio drove in two more with a double to left field.

After an unearned run scored in the bottom half of the fifth, Grady worked through a 1st/2nd one-out situation in the sixth and pitched a clean seventh for her second save of the season.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORES

• Endicott is 47-3 all-time against Nichols.
• The Gulls have won five straight in the series.
• Joubert hit her fifth career homer (first this season).
• Grady registered her third career save.
• Couto is 40-11 in 63 appearances in her four-year career.
• Saccoccio drove in four runs on the day.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (20-7, 11-1 CCC) visits Babson on Tuesday, April 23 at 3/5 PM. Nichols (17-15, 7-5 CCC) travels to UMass Boston on Thursday, April 25 at 3/5 PM. 

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(Photo Credit - Kaeli Talora '25)