CLAREMONT, Calif. - Alex Wedemeyer broke a 0-0 tie with an RBI double in the sixth, and Averi O tacked on a two-run double in the seventh as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team earned a 4-1 win over Pomona-Pitzer in the first game of a three-game series on Friday afternoon at Pomona-Pitzer's Wig Beach Field. 

CMS now stands at 2-0-1 on the young season, after earning a win and a tie in its season opening doubleheader against McMurry last Friday, while starting out league play 1-0. 

The game was a pitcher's duel through five innings at 0-0, with Hannah Adams allowing only two hits through the first five for the Athenas. In the sixth, Giselle Lai got on second on a leadoff error, and Wedemeyer found the left-center field gap to plate Lai with the game's first run. Lexie Stinson then had a sacrifice fly to right to score pinch-runner Megan Kho to make the score 2-0. 

Pomona-Pitzer got one run back with a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the sixth, but O found the right-center field gap to plate two runs and give CMS some insurance in the top of the seventh. Delanie Stevens led off with a walk, and went to second on a single from Lai. After both runners moved up a double-steal, O plated them both to stretch the lead to 4-1. 

O finished the game 2-for-4 with two RBI, while Rachel Sapirstein was 2-for-3 with a walk. Adams went the distance to improve to 2-0 on the season, allowing four hits and one run. 

The two teams will be back in action tomorrow for a doubleheader at Athena Field, beginning at 12 p.m.