Assumption and SNHU Heading to Garden City for Championship Weekend.
MANSFIELD, Mass. - No. 6 Assumption and No. 8 Southern New Hampshire advanced to Championship weekend of the Northeast-10 Conference Softball Championship with first round victories on Tuesday. Both teams will now join No. 1 Adelphi, No. 2 Bentley, No. 3 Franklin Pierce and No. 4 Saint Anselm in Garden City, N.Y. for the three-day tournament hosted by Adelphi.
No. 8 Southern New Hampshire stunned No. 5 Pace in the first game of the day with an eighth-inning walk-off double by Jordyn Resetar, while No. 6 Assumption produced two runs in the fifth inning to hold off No. 7 Le Moyne. Assumption will play No. 3 Franklin Pierce at 12 p.m. followed by Southern New Hampshire against No. 4 Saint Anselm at 2:30 to kickoff the single-elimination tournament.
#8 Southern New Hampshire 3, #5 Pace 2 F/8 – Box Score
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - Sophomore Jordyn Resetar (Hanover, Pa.) doubled to tie the score in the sixth, and doubled home the game-winner in the eighth as SNHU Softball advanced to the NE10 Quarterfinals with an extra-winning 3-2 win at fifth-seed Pace Tuesday afternoon in Pleasantville, N.Y.
- The game was scoreless until Pace broke through in the bottom of the fifth inning.
- The final batter Hammond faced, Willa Poplawski doubled. The next batter, Brianna Shea, homered off McKechnie to put Pace up 2-0.
- Senior Bryn Garczynski (Norwood, Mass.) tripled to start the sixth and DiMauro doubled her home to make it 2-1.
- Resetar then followed with a double to the gap in left center to tie the game.
- Pace threatened with two aboard in the bottom of the seventh, but McKechnie struck out Jenny Gordon to end the threat.
- In the top of the eighth, DiMauro singled, advancing to second on a strikeout. Resetar doubled her home to put the Penmen up 3-2.
- McKechnie set the side down in order in the bottom of the eighth, which included back-to-back hard contact line outs to junior Bella Dicksinson (Scarborough, Maine).
#6 Assumption 3, #7 Le Moyne 2 – Box Score
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Assumption University softball team used a fifth-inning rally to come back and take down the Le Moyne College Dolphins 3-2 at Normand Marois '56 Field Tuesday afternoon in the Northeast-10 Championship First Round.
The Greyhounds got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning. Lauren Geremia used her speed to beat out a bad throw and get to third base on a throwing error. Corin Mahan then singled in Geremia with a bunt, and the Hounds went up 1-0.
The Dolphins responded in the third, with Frankie Larobardiere providing an RBI single to score Isabelle Boudreau and tie things up. Not too long after, Audrey Benderski slapped a single up the middle, scoring Mckenzie Bergdoll, and Le Moyne got their first lead.
The Hounds pitched well and defended in the field but couldn't grab the lead back or get the bats rolling until the bottom of the fifth. Jordan Dwyer opened it up by tripling to right field and scoring Abigail Larson. After her, Geremia continued to stay involved and got the crucial sacrifice fly to score Dwyer and get the lead back on the home team's side.
NE10 Softball Championship
1. Adelphi (21-3)
2. Bentley (18-5-1)
3. Franklin Pierce (16-8)
4. Saint Anselm (15-8-1)
5. Pace (15-9) *
6. Assumption (13-11)
7. Le Moyne (12-12) *
8. Southern New Hampshire (12-12) *
*Le Moyne, Southern New Hampshire & New Haven all finished with a 12-12 record. Within the mini-conference, Le Moyne was 3-1, SNHU was 2-2 and New Haven was 1-3. Le Moyne earns the #7 seed and Southern New Hampshire earns the #8 seed.
Tuesday, May 2nd
First Round Games
Game 1: #8 Southern New Hampshire 3, #5 Pace 2
Game 2: #6 Assumption 3, #7 Le Moyne 2
Thursday, May 4th (at Adelphi)
Game 3: #6 Assumption vs. #3 Franklin Pierce - 12 PM
Game 4: #8 Southern New Hampshire vs. #4 Saint Anselm - 2:30 PM
Friday, May 5th (at Adelphi)
Game 5: Game 4 winner vs. #1 Adelphi
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. #2 Bentley
Saturday, May 6th (at Adelphi)
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner
ABOUT THE NE10
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