NAC Softball Championship Complete Day 1 Results
Game 1: Husson University 8, Castleton State College 0 (5 innings)
In the first game, Dottie Cameron (So. South Plainfield, NJ) came up to bat in the bottom of the second inning with two outs and the bases loaded. Cameron would rip a base clearing double to left field, giving the Eagles a 3-0 lead. In the bottom of the fourth the Eagles led off the inning with back to back singles by Rachel Voicechovski (Fy. Jefferson, NJ) and Kristen Sousa (Fy. Detroit, ME). Voicechovski would end up scoring on an infield error and Sousa would score on a fielder's choice. Nicky Sargent (So. Sullivan, ME) would cap off the inning with a three run homerun to left field, giving the Eagles an 8-0 lead.
Sargent completed the shutout in the top of the fifth as the Eagles defeated the Spartans by the eight-run rule. Sargent improves to 12-4 on the season. Four different Spartans singled for Castleton. Husson improves to 24-14 on the season and Castleton falls to 14-18.
Castleton will play at 3:00 today in an elimination game against the loser of game two between Thomas College and University of Maine-Farmington. Husson will play the winner of game two at 5:00 today.
Game 2 (Thomas College vs. University of Maine-Farmington)
In the second game of the NAC Tournament the University of Maine-Farmington took advantage of five Thomas errors and outhit the Terriers 10-5 as the Beavers took a 7-3 victory. The Beavers were led by pitcher Liz Bergeron (Sr. Winslow, ME) who picked up the complete game win. Bergeron gave up three runs, only two earned, on six hits and two walks. Bergeron finished with 10 strikeouts.
Brittany Morin (Sr. Winslow, ME) led off the bottom of the first inning for Thomas with a double to left center. Bergeron struck out the next two batters. However, Kristy Clements (Sr. Monroe, ME) would hit a two-strike pitch to right field, scoring Morin from second giving the Terriers an early 1-0 lead. Bergeron would pick up her fifth strikeout in the bottom of the second as she struck out the side in order, on only ten pitches.
In the top of the third with one out and the bases loaded, the Beavers took the lead by scoring two runs on an infield throwing error. Samantha Morency (Fy. Lewiston, ME) then hit a two RBI single to left field, giving the Beavers a 4-1 lead going into the bottom of the third.
Alexandra Kriegal (So. Winslow, ME) led off the bottom of the fifth with a single to left field. After a walk and sac bunt, Morin hit a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Kriegal from third. Mallorie Blakney (So. Fairfield, ME) would then hit a single to left and Kristin Masessa (Fy. Montville, ME) would score on a fielding error to bring the Terriers within one run of the Beavers.
With two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the sixth, Jess Timmreck (So. Brunswick, ME) hit a RBI infield single and Morency hit a two run single to give the Beavers a 7-3 lead. UMF held went on to win 7-3 as they improved to 16-11 on the season. Thomas falls to 13-17-1. Thomas plays at 3:40 in an elimination game vs. Castleton State College. Farmington plays at 5:30 against Husson University.
Game 3 (Castleton State College vs. Thomas College)
Thomas College lives to play another day as they defeated Castleton State in the first elimination game of the 2009 Softball NAC tournament. Thomas took advantage of four Spartan errors to score five unearned runs. Thomas pitcher Patrice Cianchette (Fy. Corinna, ME) picked up the win going six innings, giving up one run on six hits.
In the top of the second inning, Thomas College took a 1-0 lead on a RBI single by Brittany Oxley (Sr. Vassalboro, ME). The Terriers shut out the Spartans in the bottom of the inning and came back in the top of the third to score two unearned runs on only one hit. Thomas added two more unearned runs in the top of the fourth, this time on no hits as they took a 5-0 lead.
The Spartans got on the board in the bottom of the fourth, when Hilary Bemis (Jr. Crown Point, NY) doubled to left and later scored on a sacrifice fly from Alicia Araunig (Jr. Greenfield, MA). However, the Terriers answered in the next half-inning with a two run single by Patrice Cianchette (Fy. Corinna, ME). The Spartans loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning with one out, but Thomas catcher Kristy Clements (Sr. Monroe, ME) made a great diving catch behind the plate and the Terriers retired the next batter to get out of the inning.
The Terriers added a run in the top of the seventh on a RBI double by Cianchette. Thomas improves to 14-17-1 with the 8-1 victory over Castleton State. Castleton State is eliminated from the NAC playoffs and finishes their season with a 14-19 record. Thomas plays tomorrow at 12:00 in an elimination game versus the loser of game four between Husson and Farmington.
Bangor, Maine - Nicky Sargent (So. Sullivan, ME) propelled
Husson University into the championship round with a seventh inning
two-run homerun, which broke a 4-4 tie. Husson went on to shut down
the U. Maine-Farmington in the bottom of the inning to win 6-4.
U. Maine Farmington opened the game with three runs In the bottom
of the inning, UMF outfielder Kasey McPhail (So. Benton, ME) led
off the inning with a bunt single. After an infield error, Mckell
Barnes (So. Durham, ME) hit a laser down the right field line for a
three-run homerun.
In the top of the third, the Eagles got on the scoreboard taking advantage of Farmington’s mistakes to score two unearned runs. Cassie Berry (Jr. Newcastle, ME) hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Brianna Webster (Fy. Belfast, ME), for Husson’s first run of the game. Sargent batted next and hit a RBI single to center, giving Husson their first hit and cutting the lead to 3-2.
The Beavers made it 4-2 in the bottom of the third. Jess Timmreck (So. Brunswick, ME) led off reaching on an infield error. After reaching third on a wild pitch, Timmreck scored on Emily Cove’s (Jr, Naples, ME) groundout.
Husson tied the game in the fifth with a big swing from Dottie Cameron (So, S. Plainfield, NJ). Webster got things started with a single to left field and Cameron crushed a homerun to dead center.
In the top of the sixth, Sarah Risser (Fy. Brewer, ME) led off the inning with a bloop single to right field. The Eagles loaded the bases with a Beaver infield error and a walk. Liz Bergeron (Sr. Milford, ME) would get out of the inning for UMF as she retired the next three batters on two pop-ups and one strikeout.
Sargent delivered the big hit in the top of the seventh. Berry
lead off with a one out double off the left-center field fence.
Sargent then stepped up and hit her second homerun of the day over
the left field wall, giving Husson a 6-4 lead.
Husson improves to 25-14 on the season and Farmington falls to
16-12. Farmington will play Thomas College tomorrow at noon in an
elimination game. There winner will take on Husson at 2:00.
