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 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Julie Boya (Coventry) drove in Sam Healy (Cranston, RI) from second base with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to give the Eastern Connecticut State University softball team a 2-1 second-game non-conference win over Western New England University and present 24^th-year head coach Diana Pepin with her 600^th coaching win.
 
Western New England (20-15-1) tied the game with a run in the bottom of the second inning off senior lefty winner Alexa Boone (Middletown) and the score remained intact until the seventh. With one ouot, Healy reached on an infield single, moved to second on a passed ball, and with two out, Boya recorded her fourth RBI of the season to easily plate Healy.
 
In the bottom of the seventh, Boone (3-8) walked the bases loaded but with two out, first-year righty pitcher Elizabeth Mitchell (Coventry) registered her third save of the year by getting  a game-ending ground ball to Healy at third to give Eastern (18-16) its seventh win in eight games.
 
In the opener, the Golden Bears never trailed, scoring two runs in the first and adding three more in chasing Eastern first-year righty pitcher Michaella Bowen (Hudson, NH) in a three-run third. The Warriors managed only three hits off senior Ava Blanchard (9-5), who fanned eight and walked two en route to her eighth complete game.
 
The winningest coach in the 49-year history of the program, Pepin has fashioned a 64.2 winning percentage in 938 games. She is 600-335-3 and has led the Warriors to two 40-win seasons, four 30-win seasons and ten 20-win seasons. The 2010 ECAC Coach-of-the-Year, Pepin's staff has been named NFCA regional Coaching Staff-of-the-Year four times, each time after leading the Warriors to the national tournament.
 
A 2017 inductee into the Connecticut Scholastic & Collegiate Hall of Fame, Pepin has coached 14 All-Americas and has directed Eastern to eight Little East Conference tournament titles in the last 15 years, including four in the last five years.
 
Eastern looks to clinch its tenth LEC regular-season championship since 2010 when it hosts the University of Massachusetts Boston Friday in a 4 p.m. home doubleheader.