Ali Reilly had a busy opening weekend for the Babson College softball team, appearing in five of the Beavers’ first six games of the season.
Ali Reilly. Credit: Babson Athletics
The 2014 New Canaan High School grad and current Babson sophomore struck out 11 batters in an opening day loss against Amherst in Winter Garden, Fla. on Saturday but bounced back on Sunday, earning wins against Plymouth State and Rutgers-Newark at the National Training Center in Clermount, Fla. Reilly pitched a total of nine innings in those games while giving up just four hits and zero earned runs as Babson topped the Panthers 8-0 and took a 6-2 decision against the Scarlet Raiders.
After taking the loss against the University of New England in the first game of yesterday’s doubleheader, Reilly pitched 2 innings of relief against Western New England and earned the save in Babson’s 8-4 win.
As a freshman last season Reilly went 9-9 with a 3.85 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 109 innings pitched.
Ali Reilly in her playing days with the Rams. Credit: Terry Dinan
Reilly, a four-year starter for the Rams, is New Canaan’s all-time leader in career strikeouts (362) and shutouts (10). She also ranks second in career wins (26), fifth in career hits (67) and fourth in career RBI (46).
As a junior Reilly was a key member of New Canaan’s 2013 FCIAC Championship team, when she and former Rams great Cydney Ventura formed a powerful 1-2 pitching combination that carried the team to the title–the first and only crown in program history.