Second Seeded Salem State Advances In 2010 MASCAC Softball Championships With 1-0 Eight Inning Victory Over Third Seeded Worcester State
Freshman Sarah Brown ripped a two-out triple in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Salem State Lady Vikings to a thrilling 1-0 victory over the Worcester State Lancers in the first round of the MASCAC Conference Softball post-season tournament
May 6, 2010
Courtesy Salem State Sports Information
Salem, MA
-- Freshman Sarah Brown (North Attleboro, MA) ripped a two-out
triple in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Salem State
Lady Vikings to a thrilling 1-0 victory over the Worcester State
Lancers in the first round of the MASCAC Conference Softball
post-season tournament.
Brown, knocked in Jenna Lentine (Methuen, MA), who had singled, with the game-winner to force a showdown with No 1. seed Westfield State on Saturday, May 8th at 1:00 PM. Worcester State will now face Framingham State in an elimination game at 11:00 AM.
Lady Vikings' starting pitcher Katelynn Fanning went all eight innings, giving up seven hits with 10 strikeouts to earn the shutout. Worcester State's Michaella Mahoney (Shrewsbury, MA) went toe-to-toe with Fanning, allowing only one run in seven and two thirds innings on just five hits and eight strikeouts.
Worcester State (19-16) had a couple of opportunities to score in the game, but Salem State (30-7-1) took advantage of the Lancer's aggressive base-running and kept the game scoreless until winning in extra innings.
The Lancers had a chance to go on top in the first inning, but Erica Cordio (Leominster, MA), who led off the game with a walk, was tagged out at home by Fanning after the ball got past catcher Amanda Scola (Leominster, MA).
Cordio and Jamie Jacobs (Billerica, MA) each went 2-for-3 for the Lancers. Lentine finished with a hit and run scored for Salem State, which has defeated Worcester State for the third straight time this year.
Brown, knocked in Jenna Lentine (Methuen, MA), who had singled, with the game-winner to force a showdown with No 1. seed Westfield State on Saturday, May 8th at 1:00 PM. Worcester State will now face Framingham State in an elimination game at 11:00 AM.
Lady Vikings' starting pitcher Katelynn Fanning went all eight innings, giving up seven hits with 10 strikeouts to earn the shutout. Worcester State's Michaella Mahoney (Shrewsbury, MA) went toe-to-toe with Fanning, allowing only one run in seven and two thirds innings on just five hits and eight strikeouts.
Worcester State (19-16) had a couple of opportunities to score in the game, but Salem State (30-7-1) took advantage of the Lancer's aggressive base-running and kept the game scoreless until winning in extra innings.
The Lancers had a chance to go on top in the first inning, but Erica Cordio (Leominster, MA), who led off the game with a walk, was tagged out at home by Fanning after the ball got past catcher Amanda Scola (Leominster, MA).
Cordio and Jamie Jacobs (Billerica, MA) each went 2-for-3 for the Lancers. Lentine finished with a hit and run scored for Salem State, which has defeated Worcester State for the third straight time this year.