RINDGE, N.H. — The Assumption University softball team is advancing on to the Northeast 10 Conference Championship Series, as the Greyhounds knocked off the No. 2 seed, Adelphi University Panthers, 3-2, Friday afternoon at Melissa Bisaccia Field on the campus of Franklin Pierce University.
THE BASICS
Score: Assumption University 3, Adelphi University 2
Records: Greyhounds (29-25, 21-15 NE10) | Panthers (35-20, 27-9 NE10)
Adelphi was the first team to score, as Kaitlyn Klepper doubled home Jaylen Wright in the bottom of the first inning. Assumption evened the score at 1-1, as
Nevaeh Fatorma scored on a wild pitch, following
Bella Mara's leadoff double.
Mara would tie the game in her next plate appearance, as she laced a double up the middle, plating both
Kaylee Lacomb and
Emma Bloom, who scored on the play. The Panthers responded in the bottom of the fourth, as Ava Hershkovitz drove in Makayla Comer. From then on, the Assumption defense and
Kaelin Waldron locked down the Adelphi offense, holding them to just two hits for the rest of the game. The first one was wiped out in the sixth, as Waldron induced a 1-6-3 double play, while the final hit was eliminated in the seventh, as Hershkovitz singled to center, but was thrown out by
Kaitlyn Cahill at second base, trying to advance.
Waldron goes the distance, as she allows seven hits and two earned runs, while striking out five in the win.
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