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Softball Splits One-Run Games with Elms

Softball Splits One-Run Games with Elms


NEW LONDON, Conn. – Mitchell College and Elms College split a New England Collegiate Conference softball doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Field. The Mariners won the first game 5-4 before the Blazers held on for a 5-4 victory in the finale.

Elms batted as the home team in both games. The doubleheader was originally scheduled to be hosted by the Blazers, but unplayable field conditions forced a change in venue.

In the opener, Mitchell put up the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning to break a 4-4 stalemate. Starting pitcher Brittany Fiederlein then retired the side in order in the home half of the frame to secure her fourth win of the season. 

Elms led 4-0 in the second game before Mitchell trimmed the deficit to one with a three-run sixth inning. A solo homer by Beth Grimes in the sixth gave the Blazers a much needed insurance run, as the Mariners added a run in the seventh but came up just short. Starting pitcher Jessica Colson went the distance for Elms to earn her first victory of the season.

Mitchell (5-10 overall, 1-1 NECC) will next host Fitchburg State University on Thursday, March 27 at 3 p.m. Elms (3-7 overall, 1-1 NECC) returns to action at home against Southern Vermont College on Thursday at 1 p.m.

Game 1 – Mitchell 5, Elms 4

Each team committed a pair of costly errors in the first inning. Elms should have gotten out of the inning unscathed, but a dropped fly ball extended the frame and allowed the Mariners put up three runs, highlighted by a RBI single by Shannon O'Neil. The Blazers responded by pushing across four runs on five hits and two errors in the home half. Gianna Gonyea and Jennifer Bouvier each delivered RBI singles for Elms during the rally.

Mitchell left runners in scoring position in both the second and third innings before tying the game in the fourth thanks to another pair of Elms miscues. The Blazers then threatened in the bottom of the frame as Bouvier led off with a double and later stole third base. However, the next batter grounded back to Fiederlein in the circle, and the Mariners got the out at first before cutting down Bouvier at the plate to keep the game tied at 4-4.

Mitchell loaded the bases with one out in the seventh and plated the go-ahead run on a dropped line drive, the fifth error of the game for Elms. The damage could have been greater, but the Blazers got a force out at home followed by a fly ball to center to end the threat.

Fiederlein didn't let the ball out of the infield in the seventh to improve to 4-4 overall on the season. She gave up three earned runs on 10 hits and struck out three over 7.0 innings.

Grimes (2-2 overall), who got the starting nod for Elms, didn't allow an earned run in 7.0 innings. She yielded six hits and six walks and struck out two.

Game 2 – Elms 5, Mitchell 4

Elms strung together three straight two-out singles to jump out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Grimes got things started with a single to center, and Gonyea followed with a base hit through the left side. Hayley Zisk then singled through the right side to score Grimes and get the Blazers on the scoreboard.

Elms added three more runs on four hits and an error in the fourth. Rachel Beery plated the first run with a pinch-hit single to center, and Gina DiGiovanni and Grimes each added RBI singles in the frame.

A pair of Elms errors to open the sixth helped Mitchell get back into the game. Colson hadn't given up a hit up until that point, but the miscues gave the Mariners runners at first and second with nobody out. After a sacrifice moved the runners into scoring position, Jenny Groman came through with a timely double to left-center to cut the deficit in half. Fiederlein later followed with a two-out double down the left field line that made it a 4-3 game. But with the tying run on second base, Colson settled down and got out of the jam with a strikeout to end the rally.

The Blazers got a run back in the home half of the sixth courtesy of a two-out home run by Grimes. The Mariners then gave Colson trouble in the seventh, as Dylan Riccardi led off with a double to bring the tying run to the plate. Riccardi eventually scored on a bunt by Samantha Ryan, which brought the Mariners down to their last out. Back-to-back singles by Tricia Tomaselli and Rivkah Berkman made it interesting, but Colson got the game's final out on a long fly ball to right field.

Colson (1-4 overall) gave up just one earned run on five hits through 7.0 innings and struck out six. Tomaselli (1-6 overall) took the loss for the Mariners, giving up four earned runs on 12 hits over 6.0 innings.

 

 

 

 

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Mar17
Final - 6 innings
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Mar17
Final - 5 innings
5 Mitchell
14 AT Johnson & Wales (RI)
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Mar20
Final
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Mar20
Final - 5 innings
12 Norwich
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Mar23
Cancelled
Trinity (Conn.)
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Mar23
Cancelled
Trinity (Conn.)
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Mar26
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Cancelled
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Mar30
Cancelled
St. Joseph (Conn.)
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Mar30
Cancelled
St. Joseph (Conn.)
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Apr10
Final - 5 innings
1 Mitchell
12 AT Eastern Nazarene

Apr10
Final - 5 innings
0 Mitchell
10 AT Eastern Nazarene

Apr11
Final
9 Eastern Nazarene
6 VS Mitchell
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Apr11
Final - 5 innings
21 Eastern Nazarene
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Apr13
Final
5 New England Col.
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*** No spectators allowed

Apr13
Final
7 New England Col.
8 VS Mitchell
*** No spectators allowed

Apr18
Final
4 Lesley
3 VS Mitchell
*** No spectators allowed

Apr18
Final - 8 innings
5 Lesley
2 VS Mitchell
*** No spectators allowed

Apr19
Final - 5 innings
0 Mitchell
8 AT Lesley

Apr19
Final
0 Mitchell
7 AT Lesley

Apr21
Cancelled
Mitchell
AT Albertus Magnus
*no spectators permitted*

Apr21
Cancelled
Mitchell
AT Albertus Magnus
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Apr23
Final - 6 innings
0 Becker
8 VS Mitchell
*** No spectators allowed

Apr23
Final
8 Becker
9 VS Mitchell
*** No spectators allowed

Apr24
Final
3 Mitchell
2 AT Becker

Apr24
Final
7 Mitchell
6 AT Becker

Apr28
Final
1 Mitchell
5 AT New England Col.
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Apr28
Final - 5 innings
0 Mitchell
9 AT New England Col.
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May02
Final
4 St. Joseph (Conn.)
0 VS Mitchell
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May02
Final
0 St. Joseph (Conn.)
2 VS Mitchell
*** No spectators allowed

May05
Cancelled
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AT Elms
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May05
Cancelled
Mitchell
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Mar05
Final - 8 innings
9 Mitchell
10 VS Ursinus
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Mar05
Final
0 Finlandia
8 VS Mitchell
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Mar06
Final
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Final
1 Mount Mary
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Mar07
Final
1 Mitchell
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Final
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Mar10
Cancelled
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Cancelled
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Mar19
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Mar20
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12 Johnson & Wales (RI)
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Mar20
Final
8 Johnson & Wales (RI)
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Mar26
Final
1 Norwich
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Mar26
Final - 5 innings
1 Norwich
14 VS Mitchell

Mar27
Final
3 Mitchell
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Mar27
Final
6 Mitchell
5 AT Roger Williams

Mar30
Final
3 Nichols
4 VS Mitchell

Mar30
Final
3 Nichols
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Apr02
Postponed
Fisher
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Apr02
Postponed
Fisher
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Apr05
Final
1 Mitchell
2 AT Trinity (Conn.)

Apr05
Final
6 Mitchell
11 AT Trinity (Conn.)

Apr10
Final
2 Mitchell
3 AT Mass.-Dartmouth

Apr10
Final
2 Mitchell
4 AT Mass.-Dartmouth

Apr12
Final
8 Coast Guard
5 VS Mitchell

Apr12
Final - 6 innings
11 Coast Guard
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Apr15
Final
5 Mitchell
4 AT Lesley

Apr15
Final - 8 innings
9 Mitchell
6 AT Lesley

Apr16
Final
2 Mitchell
4 AT Eastern Nazarene

Apr16
Final
3 Mitchell
6 AT Eastern Nazarene

Apr20
Final
1 Mitchell
6 AT Wesleyan (Conn.)

Apr20
Final - 9 innings
5 Mitchell
3 AT Wesleyan (Conn.)

Apr23
Final
0 Mitchell
6 AT New England Col.

Apr23
Final - 5 innings
2 Mitchell
10 AT New England Col.

Apr24
Final
1 Lesley
7 VS Mitchell

Apr24
Final
0 Lesley
5 VS Mitchell

Apr27
Final
1 Anna Maria
6 VS Mitchell

Apr27
Final
5 Anna Maria
6 VS Mitchell

Apr30
Final
1 Eastern Nazarene
0 VS Mitchell

Apr30
Final
3 Eastern Nazarene
0 VS Mitchell

May01
Final
8 New England Col.
12 VS Mitchell

May01
Final - 5 innings
3 New England Col.
11 VS Mitchell

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Final
5 Lesley
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Final - 5 innings
9 New England Col.
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Final - 5 innings
9 WestConn
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Final - 7 innings
6 Mitchell
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Mar12
Final - 5 innings
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Mar12
Final - 7 innings
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Final - 7 innings
7 Mitchell
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Final - 7 innings
1 Rutgers-Newark
2 VS Mitchell
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Final - 7 innings
9 Mitchell
2 VS SUNY Cobleskill
@ Naples, Fla. Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic

Mar15
Final - 7 innings
5 Westfield St.
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Mar16
Final - 7 innings
4 Mitchell
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Mar16
Final - 7 innings
3 Nazareth
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Postponed
New England Col.
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Postponed
New England Col.
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Final - 5 innings
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Final - 5 innings
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Final - 7 innings
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Final - 7 innings
2 Mitchell
5 AT Nichols
Doubleheader

Apr02
Final - 7 innings
9 Eastern Nazarene
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Doubleheader

Apr02
Final - 7 innings
1 Eastern Nazarene
8 VS Mitchell
Doubleheader

Apr04
Final - 7 innings
11 Wesleyan (Conn.)
3 VS Mitchell
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Apr04
Final - 7 innings
9 Wesleyan (Conn.)
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Doubleheader

Apr05
Final - 5 innings
11 Trinity (Conn.)
0 VS Mitchell
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Final - 5 innings
9 Trinity (Conn.)
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Final - 6 innings
10 Mitchell
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Apr08
Final - 7 innings
18 Mitchell
9 AT Lesley
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Apr12
Final
0 Mitchell
4 AT Coast Guard
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Apr12
Final
5 Mitchell
6 AT Coast Guard
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Apr15
Final - 7 innings
4 Mitchell
1 AT New England Col.
Doubleheader

Apr15
Final - 7 innings
8 Mitchell
3 AT New England Col.
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Final - 7 innings
4 New England Col.
8 VS Mitchell
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Final - 6 innings
1 New England Col.
9 VS Mitchell
Doubleheader

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Final - 5 innings
1 Roger Williams
13 VS Mitchell
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Final - 7 innings
5 Roger Williams
3 VS Mitchell
Doubleheader

Apr20
Final - 7 innings
4 Mitchell
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Apr20
Final - 7 innings
0 Mitchell
5 AT Albertus Magnus
Doubleheader

Apr22
Final - 6 innings
0 Lesley
8 VS Mitchell
Doubleheader

Apr22
Final - 6 innings
1 Lesley
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Doubleheader

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Final - 7 innings
3 Salve Regina
4 VS Mitchell
Doubleheader

Apr25
Final - 7 innings
1 Salve Regina
6 VS Mitchell
Doubleheader

Apr27
Final - 5 innings
0 Purchase St.
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Doubleheader

Apr27
Final - 5 innings
0 Purchase St.
13 VS Mitchell
Doubleheader

Apr29
Final - 7 innings
3 Mitchell
6 AT Eastern Nazarene
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Apr29
Final - 7 innings
6 Mitchell
8 AT Eastern Nazarene
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May05
Final - 8 innings
3 New England Col.
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May06
Final
0 Lesley
7 VS Mitchell
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May06
Final
2 New England Col.
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