Softball Slugs to Sweep at Regis
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
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Regis (Mass.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
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Regis (Mass.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
WESTON, Mass. – Regis College dropped a pair of games to visiting Mitchell College, 6-1 and 10-1, on Saturday afternoon in New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) softball action.
The Pride fell to 3-10 overall and 3-3 in league games. The Mariners improved to 7-12 and 3-1 in NECC play.
In the opening game, Mitchell scored three times in the top of the first to take an early 3-0 lead as junior Lindsey Romagnino had a RBI single and then scored on a Brittany Fiederlein two-run double that also plated freshman Jayshalee Torres. The Mariners tacked on three more in the top of the fourth as sophomore Jenny Groman stroked a two-run double to right center and came around to score on Romagnino's second RBI hit of the day.
The Pride got on the board in the bottom of the fifth as Katie Cuozzo doubled to left-center field. Allison Caloggero stepped to the plate and cranked a triple over the right fielder's head that allowed Cuozzo to score and made it a 6-1 game. The Pride bats were quieted afterwards as Fiederlein retired the final nine batters she faced to help lead the Mariners to the 6-1 win.
Alyssa McKinnon had the only other hit of the day for the Pride as the team mustered only three hits off Fiederlein. Cuozzo suffered the setback for the Pride, tossing seven innings and giving up six runs (five earned) on 11 hits with a pair of strikeouts.
Groman, Romagnino, and sophomore Shannon O'Neil each had two-hit games for Mitchell and combined to drive in four runs and score a pair as well. Fiederlein picked up her fifth win of the season in a complete game effort, scattering three hits and allowing only one earned run with three strikeouts.
Game two of the day started as a pitcher's duel as the two teams combined for only two runs through the first four innings of play. After sophomore Rivkah Berkman led off the game with a walk and then stole second, she came around to score on a Groman RBI single to center for the game's first run. Fiederlein struck again for Mitchell in the fourth inning as a perfectly placed ground ball to shortstop allowed Torres to score from third and gave the visitors a 2-0 lead.
The Mariners broke the game open in the fifth inning as four of the five players to lead off the inning hit doubles, allowing the Mariners to tack on three more runs and lead 5-0 through five innings. The Pride got one back in their half of the fifth as Kelsey Heath dropped a bunt down and beat the throw up the line for the single, allowing Rachel Tortora to come in the back door and make it a 5-1 game.
The Mariners' bats stayed hot in the sixth as Groman picked up another RBI and then got in a rundown to allow another Mitchell run to cross the plate to make it 7-1. Groman later scored on a RBI single by Romagnino to push the lead to 8-1, and in the seventh inning, freshman Samantha Ryan laced a two-run homer to center for the Mariners' final runs. Again the Pride bats went silent over the final two-plus innings as the final seven batters to come to the plate were retired.
Sam Bliss allowed five runs on eight hits in five innings of work in defeat, while Marissa Magarian gave up five runs of her own on nine hits in two innings of relief work.
Mitchell recorded 17 hits in the second game led by Groman's 3-for-4 effort with three RBI and two runs scored. Sophomore Emily Morenzoni also had three hits while Berkman, O'Neil, and Ryan each posted multi-hit games. Senior Tricia Tomaselli scattered four hits and allowed only one unearned run in her second victory of 2014.
Both Regis and Mitchell are back in action tomorrow afternoon as the Pride will take on Lesley University at Regis in a 12 p.m. doubleheader. The Mariners host Bay Path College in a 1 p.m. NECC doubleheader.
