HAMPTON, N.Y. – Binghamton (7-5) broke out the bats in the opening day of the Hampton/Norfolk State Tournament on Saturday at The Softball Stadium, defeating Hampton (7-6) 6-3 and 13-0 in five innings. With the victories, the Bearcats now have a season-high, four-game winning streak.

As a team, the Bearcats hit .410 during the two games. Sophomore outfielder Sarah Rende, redshirt sophomore utility player Brianna Santos and redshirt sophomore designated player Lindsey Walter each went 3-for-5 (.600) on the day. Rende homered and drove in a pair of runs, Santos also had two RBI while Walter scored a team-best three runs.

On the mound, the Bearcat pitching staff compiled a 1.75 ERA in the two wins. It got a three-hit shutout by junior Allison L'Amoreaux in the nightcap, freshman Brianna Roberts' third win of the season in the first game as well as Walter's team-best second save of the year.

"We always love getting a sweep," head coach Jess Bump said. "We played good softball all around today and it was nice to see the girls relax and just let the game come to them. Our offense picked up today, we were error free and our pitchers stepped up and got some momentum for us throughout."

In the opener, Rende broke a 1-1 tie with a leadoff home run in the top of the fourth inning. It was her first homer of the season.

One inning later, the Bearcats reeled off four more runs to go up 6-1. Walter and Rende each delivered RBI singles during the frame and Santos drove in a run on a sacrifice fly.

From there, Roberts had all of the run support she needed to offset a pair of late Pirate runs. In the process, she struck out a career-high nine batters. Walter then retired the final batter of the game.

Rende finished the first game a perfect 3-for-3. In the process, she tied her career high for hits in a game.

In the second game, Binghamton reeled off seven runs in the top of the third inning and six more runs an inning later. The big hits were a two-run double by senior outfielder Chloe Morgan and a two-run triple by Harbaugh – both of which came in the fourth inning. Graduate student second baseman Alli Richmond drove in a run in each inning as did junior catcher Hailey Ehlers. Morgan also had an RBI single in the third inning.

L'Amoreaux, meanwhile, struck out five batters to raise her record to 2-2 on the season.

Morgan went 2-for-4 in the nightcap with a pair of runs in addition to her three RBI.

The 13 runs scored by the Bearcats in the second game represents its highest total since they defeated Colgate 13-5 on April 2, 2019.

Ehlers finished the day 4-for-7 (.571) while Harbaugh was 4-for-8 (.500).

Binghamton continues play on Sunday at the Hampton/Norfolk State Tournament with games against Norfolk State at 10 a.m. and Delaware at 12:30 p.m.