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Lauren Sundquist hitting the ball
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9
Winner Colby COLBY 29-12
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MIT MIT 35-10
Winner
Colby COLBY
29-12
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Final
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MIT MIT
35-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Colby COLBY 1 3 0 0 1 3 1 9 12 2
MIT MIT 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2

W: Sophia Meade (14-3) L: Blackett, Sarah (7-3)

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MIT MIT 35-11
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Winner Colby COLBY 30-12
MIT MIT
35-11
5
Final
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Colby COLBY
30-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
MIT MIT 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 0
Colby COLBY 3 1 0 0 4 0 X 8 12 1

W: Sharlotte Stazinski (10-6) L: Watson, Emily (11-2) S: Sophia Meade (5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Falls to Colby in NCAA Regional Championship

BANGOR, Maine –  The MIT softball team fell to Colby College in the NCAA Bangor Regional Championship on Sunday afternoon at Robert & Frances O'Keefe Softball Field on the campus of Husson University.  

Arianna Kumar, Ava Ladd, and Delaney Benevides were named to the All-Tournament Team. 

THE BASICS:  

  • Scores: 
    • Game 1: Colby 9, MIT 2 
    • Game 2: Colby 8, MIT 5 
  • Records: MIT (35-11 Overall), Colby (30-12 Overall) 

HOW IT HAPPENED GAME ONE: 

  • Colby jumped out to a 4-0 lead with a run in the first and three in the third. 
  • The Engineers pulled within two in the bottom of the third with back-to-back bases loaded walks by Delaney Benevides and Layla Thiessen. 
  • Colby tacked on another run with an RBI double by Avery Lyman in the fifth and a three-run sixth put the Mules ahead 8-2. Victoria Ramiirez made it a 9-2 game with an RBI single in the seventh. 
  • Benevides doubled to lead off the seventh, but the Mules got the next three outs to take the win and force a decisive winner-take-all game. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:  

  • Benevides led MIT with two hits in the game. 
  • Lyman went 3-3 with three RBI. 

HOW IT HAPPENED GAME TWO: 

  • Lauren Sundquist and Maggie Feng worked bases loaded walks to give MIT an early 2-0 lead. The Mules responded in the bottom of the first with three runs to take the lead. 
  • The Engineers tied the game in the second as Benevides scored on an error on a ball hit by Kumar. Yet again Colby responded as an RBI single from Juliana Kiley put the Mules back in the lead.  
  • A five-run fifth helped Colby pull ahead 8-3.  
  • Olivia Scarpaci hit a two-out single in the sixth and advanced to second on a passed ball, but she was left stranded.  
  • Thiessen led off the top of the seventh with a single and Ladd followed with a single to center to bring up Kumar whose single plated Thiessen to make it 8-4. Sundquist doubled to left to score Ladd and get MIT to within three, but the Mules got the next two outs to secure the win.  

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:  

  • Seven different Engineers recorded a hit in the game. 
  • Sundquist led the way with two RBI. 
  • Emily Watson pitched six innings and did not allow a walk.  
  • The Mules had four players with two hits.   

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