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Mariners Split In Softball Tournament

Mitchell College loses to Daniel Webster, defeats Elms

Mitchell College lost to Daniel Webster College on Friday but defeated Elms College, advancing in the New England Collegiate Conference. The following information was provided by Ryan McCarthy, sports information director at Lesley University:

Daniel Webster 11, Mitchell 2

No. 3 Daniel Webster (22-17) used a nine-run second inning to fuel an 11-2 victory over No. 2 Mitchell College (20-14) Friday afternoon in New England Collegiate Conference Softball Tournament play.

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Each team scored one in the first, the Eagles with a leadoff walk and a two-out single and Mitchell with a Stacey Suplicki (New London, CT/Saint Bernard) RBI triple, before Daniel Webster knocked starter Marissa Thomas out of the game with nine in the second.

Samantha Hill (Hudson, NH/Alvirne) singled home a pair and a bases-clearing, three-run Heather Strong (Palmer, MA/Palmer) double to center served as the big blow, plating three more to send the Eagles to a 10-1 lead. Behind starter Amanda Wilson, Daniel Webster held on for the 11-2 win in five innings.

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Hill and Strong each went 2-for-3 with a run scored and three RBI’s for the Eagles. Wilson, meanwhile, allowed two runs on six hits, striking out two for her 10th win of the season.

For Mitchell, Meghan Burke (Bronx, NY/Preston) went 2-for-2 with a run scored.

Mitchell 9, Elms 3

Second-seeded Mitchell College (21-14) exploded for four runs with two outs in the second inning and went on to a 9-3 win in New England Collegiate Conference Softball Tournament play.

Junior Tiffany Person (Waterbury, CT/Crosby) went 2-for-3 with a run scored, two RBI’s, a double and a triple, and winning pitcher Tricia Tomaselli (Guilford, CT/Guilford) struck out four in picking up the complete game win.

Mitchell's Brittany Zaccaria (White Plains, NY/Maria Regina) doubled home a run and scored on a long Lindsey Romagnino (Totowa, NJ/Passaic Valley) home run to left one batter later. After a Nikki Hoxie (Winsted, CT/Gilbert) RBI double, the Mariners took a 5-0 lead after two. 

Elms senior Jennifer Killion (Cambridge, MA/Mount St. Joseph) singled home a run in the third to get the Blazers on the board before a Leah Spring (South Hadley, MA/South Hadley) two-run triple cut the margin to 5-3 mid-fourth. Mitchell answered with an unearned run in the bottom of the inning, with Person leading off the inning by tripling to the wall in right and scoring on a Blazers error, upping the lead to 6-3.

The Mariners junior first base player struck again with the bases loaded and one out in the fifth, doubling to center to score a pair as the Mariners increased the lead to 9-3, which would be the final.

Romagnino homered and drove in four for the Mariners.

For the Blazers, Killion went 2-for-4 with an RBI, being named along with Hampton to the All-Tournament Team.


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